Plays by Alan Richardson

Performance Diary

July 2008 The Russell Players will perform The Spy Who Came in for the Phone at the Swallowfield Parish Hall, Swallowfield,

June 2008 Broughton Players will present The Spy Who Came in for the Phone at the Preston One Act Festival.

June 2008 The Wootton Players will present The Worst Day of My Life at two drama festivals in Oxfordshire at the Abingdon Unicorn Theatre and the Wallingford Corn Exchange.

May 2008 Exmouth Players will present Perfect Partners as part of an evening of plays at the Exmouth Festival on Thursday 29th.

May 2008 Bures Stage Society will present The Spy Who Came in for the Phone at Bures Village Hall, Suffolk on Saturday 24th.

May 2008 The Spy Who Came in for the Phone will be performed on Thursday 22nd at the annual Arts Festival at  Victoria Park High School in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

May 2008 The Worst Day of My Life will be staged as Dinner Theatre by St Ives Players on the 16th and 17th at St Ives, near Bournemouth.

May 2008 Boughton Monchelsea Stage Frites will perform The Worst Day of My Life at the Village Hall, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent on the 9th and 10th.

May 2008 Lismamurricam Young Farmers Club will perform The Worst Day of My Life at St Patrick's Church Hall, Broughshane (near Ballymena), Northern Ireland on the 1st of the month.

April 2008 Peninver players presented Platform Party in the Argyll festival in Ardrishaig on Tuesday 22nd.

April 2008  Exmouth Players presented Perfect Partners at the Exmouth festival (part of the All-England Theatre Festival) on Thursday 17th at the Blackmore Theatre, Exmouth , Devon

April 2008 The Lothersdale Luvvies presented The Spy Who Came in for the Phone in a National DWP One Act Drama competition held at Thornton Little Theatre, Thornton, Cleveleys, Blackpool, on than17th. (and won an acting award) 

March 2008 Platform Party was performed by Peninver players at the Western Divisional finals of the SCDA One Act Festival at Stranraer.

March 2008 Perfect Partners was staged as part of "Affairs of the Heart" - a trilogy of plays at the Archway Studio Theatre, Horley (nr Gatwick), Sussex, 7.45pm, 13th, 14th and 15th.

February/March 2008 Platform Party was entered by Peninver Players (and won three trophies including festival winner) in the Argyll Kintyre district round and by Glaxo Drama Club in the Angus district round of the SCDA One Act Festival. A Tale O' Twa Undertakers was entered by Stranraer Drama Club in the Wigtown district round.

February 2008  The Inimitable Dickens was staged as a non-competitive entry in the Edinburgh district round of the SCDA One Act Festival.

October/November 2007 More performances of The Inimitable Dickens at various venues throughout  Edinburgh.

October 2007 Another presentation of Perfect Partners by The Actual Theatre Company; this time at Cullins Yard Restaurant on the Yachting Marina in Dover harbour.

August 2007 The Actual Theatre Company presented Perfect Partners in a Dinner Theatre Production at Best Western Clifton Hotel, The Leas, Folkestone, Kent, Friday 17th and Saturday 18th.

August 2007 World Première of The Inimitable Dickens, the author's dramatised reading documenting the life and times of Charles Dickens, by the Mercators at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Monday 13th to Saturday 18th, 5.30pm, at Diverse Attractions, Riddle's Court.

July 2007 The Riviera Amateur Dramatic Association presented an outdoor production (and the French Première!) of Perfect Partners on the French Riviera from Thursday 5th to Saturday 7th.

June 2007 The Spy Who Came in for the Phone was performed by The Penfold Players at Washingborough Community Centre, Washingborough, Lincolnshire, on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th.

April 2007 The Worst Day of My Life was performed by Peninver Players at the Argyll One Act Festival at Ardrishaig Public Hall, 20th April.

April 2007 The Worst Day of My Life was performed at a One Act Festival by New Sarepta Community High School at Leduc Performing Arts Centre, Leduc, Alberta, Canada.

April 2007 When a Man Knows was performed by Atholl Players at Pitlochry Town Hall, 12th and 13th April.

April 2007 The International Theatre Studio presented a rehearsed reading of The Spy Who Came in for the Phone at Bar Ricardo in San Pedro Alcantara, Andalusia, Spain 

March/April 2007 When a Man Knows was presented at the Lorne Drama Festival on three different dates by Benderloch & North Connel Drama Group.

March 2007 The Worst Day of My Life performed by Renfrewshire Young Farmers Club, won the Clyde & Central District YFC Festival and took the best actor and actress awards, then went on to be runner-up and win the best actress award at the West Region Festival.

February/March 2007 Two entries in the SCDA One Act Festival: The Worst Day of My Life performed by Peninver Players in the Argyll Kintyre district round (Winning third place) and When a Man Knows  performed by Atholl Players in the Perthshire district round (Winning best staging). 

February 2007 The Worst Day of My Life  was performed by the Renfrewshire Young Farmers Club on the 7th 8th and 9th of February in the Cargill Hall, Bridge Of Weir.

November 2006 Perfect Partners was performed by Spotlight Drama Group at the Gibraltar Drama Festival.

October 2006 The International Theatre Studio presented rehearsed readings of Perfect Partners at Bar Ricardo in San Pedro Alcantara, Andalusia, Spain 

October 2006 Two productions of The Spy Who Came in for the Phone during the last weekend of the month; by the Buccaneer Theatre Club at RAF Lossiemouth, Kinross on the 28th and 29th, and as part of the One Act Play Festival staged by Malta Amateur Dramatic Club on the island of Mata, 26th-28th. 

October 2006 The Worst Day of My Life  Received its English première by Killinghall Village People Productions at Killinghall (near Harrogate).

September 2006 The Spy Who Came in for the Phone was performed by Drayton Players at Drayton Hall, Drayton, Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

May 2006 Platform Party is performed at the Nuneaton Festival of Arts.

April 2006 When a Man Knows wins 3 trophies, including best actor, for Hull Playgoers Society at the Hull & East Riding round of the All England Theatre Festival.

April 2006 When a Man Knows was performed by Thornhill Players at the Eastern Divisional Finals of the SCDA One Act Festival in Edinburgh.

March 2006 Platform Party performed by Abbey Players, Nuneaton, is runner-up at the Warwickshire One Act Festival, also winning the best male actor award for Richard Shield. At the Hastilow Festival, Richard Shield again wins the best male actor award.

March 2006 Two further performances of The Worst day of My Life by the Mercators at different Edinburgh venues.

March 2006 When a Man Knows performed by Thornhill Players is runner-up at the Stirling District round of the SCDA One Act festival and progresses to the next round.

February 2006 When a Man Knows was performed by Glenkens 73 Club at the Stewarty District round of the SCDA One Act Play Festival 

February 2006 The Worst Day of My Life The author's brand new one act comedy/farce wins an award for the Mercators at the SCDA One Act Play Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.