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New version
of "The Wizard of the North" premières at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival
Fringe
A new version of
"The Wizard of the North" will be staged by the Mercators at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival
Fringe.
The venue is Diverse Attractions at the Lawnmarket (Venue 11) from 9th to 14th
August.
Operatic première
of "When a Man Knows" in London
When
a Man Knows has been adapted as an opera by the London-based contemporary
classical music composer, Robert Hugill. (www.hugill.demon.co.uk).
FifteenB Productions gave a concert performance of the work on Sunday
13th June at St. John's Church, Waterloo, and will perform it again at the
Tête à Tête Opera
Festival at the Riverside Studios, London, Saturday
21st August
Cyprus and
India premières for "The Spy"
The
Spy Who Came in for the Phone was performed by the Anglo Cypriot Theatre
Group at St. John's School Theatre, Episkopi, Cyprus, in April
and will be performed at La
Martiniere Girls' College, Lucknow, India, in July
Awards galore
for "Worst Day" at the 2010 All-England Festival
Southend Drama
Society's production of The Worst Day of My Life
wins the Southend round of the All-England Festival at the
Eastwood Studio Theatre, Eastwood, Essex.
They also won the awards for Best set, Best comedy and Best supporting actor,
and were
nominated in the Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and the Adjudicator's
special award categories.
Eight awards
for "When a Man Knows" at the
the 2009 All-Ireland One Act Festival
Runner-up, best
actress, best actor nomination, best sound and best lighting at the Dunmore
Festival, and runner-up, best actor and best
actor nomination at the Tubbercurry for KODE Theatre Group with When
a Man Knows at
the All-Ireland One Act Festival.
Spanish, South African
and Canadian Premières
for "Worst Day"
The Worst Day of My Life
received its Spanish première in Malaga on the 25th February, to be followed
by its
South African première in Port Elizabeth on the 20th of May and its Canadian première
in Richmond, British Columbia on the 18th of September.
Play in the
2009 SCDA
Scottish Finals
Carnoustie Theatre
Club's production of A Fine Gentleman appeared at the
National Finals
of the SCDA One Act Festival in Edinburgh at the end of April.
Awards at the
2009 SCDA One Act Festival
Carnoustie Theatre
Club won the Angus District round and also took second place and the best moment
in theatre award at the Northern Divisional Finals with
A Fine Gentleman and
Stranraer Drama Club won the Wigtown District round with The Worst Day of My Life
New
Publication
The
Spy Who Came in for the Phone is now published by New Theatre
Publications - the playwright's 18th play to be published!
Australian Première
for "The Spy"
The
Spy Who Came in for the Phone received its Australian première
by
Goldfields Repertory Club in
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, September 2008.
Bumper month
of May
May 2008 saw a
record number of productions in one month, with three productions of
The Worst Day of My Life, two productions of The
Spy Who Came in for the Phone (including its first production in South
Africa) and two productions of Perfect Partners
Three awards
for "The Spy"
The
Spy Who Came in for the Phone wins three awards (best director and runner-up
actor and actress)
2008 SCDA Festival
Winner
Peninver
Players' production of Platform Party wins
three trophies at the Argyll District round
of the 2008 SCDA One Act Festival; Festival winners, Best Production and Best Comedy.
Edinburgh
Festival Fringe Première
The
Inimitable Dickens, the author's new dramatised reading on the life and
novels of Charles Dickens, is given its first performance by the Mercators at the
2007 Edinburgh Festival
Fringe.
French Première
for "Perfect Partners"
The Riviera Amateur
Dramatic Association presented an outdoor production
of Perfect Partners on the French Riviera in
July, 2007.
Five trophies
for "The Worst Day of My Life"
Renfrewshire Young Farmers
Club are winners of the 2007 Clyde & Central District round of the
YFC Drama Festival and also take the best actor and best actress awards. At the
West
Region Festival they are runners up and again take the best actress award.
2007 SCDA Festival
Awards
Peninver Players take
third place with The Worst Day of My Life at the Argyll Kintyre district
round
and Atholl Players gain the stage presentation award with When
a Man Knows
at the Perthshire district rounds of the SCDA One Act Festival.
Plays by
Alan Richardson