Welcome to my web site.
I was born and still live in Edinburgh, Scotland. My interest in amateur theatre started back in 1969, when I was a mere youth of 20 years. After serving my theatrical apprenticeship with local group Edinburgh People's Theatre, I moved on to become a founder member of Edinburgh Youth Theatre. Since 1978, I’ve mostly worked with the Mercators, one of Edinburgh's oldest drama groups. During my fifty-plus years in amateur theatre, I’ve acted in over eighty plays and directed over forty. I’ve also been a film extra and appeared four times in the world famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo, playing before a total audience of over half a million.
Since my first play surfaced in 1973, I’ve won nine playwriting competitions including four times winner of the Scott Salver for the best original play entered in the SCDA One Act Play Festival and one big time, the Geoffrey Whitworth Trophy for the best original play entered in the British One Act Festival. My one act plays have won numerous awards at Drama Festivals including winning play, best director and best actor. Several plays have been translated and one has been adapted into an Opera.
Total performances number over 1200, mainly in the UK, including twelve Edinburgh Festival Fringe Productions, but also in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Holland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Spain, Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and the USA.
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