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Eight awards for "When a Man Knows" at the the 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 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.