Plays
Please see Home page for latest news.
The long and short of it...
My short plays have been short-listed and performed in competitions.
My longer plays feature on this website.
My medium plays 'Commune' and 'In the Frame' (One Act each) reached the Longlists for the Funny Women Comedy Writing Award and the Windsor Fringe Award for New Drama Writing.
Above, Jyo Miarkali as Aladdin and William Hastings as the Genie. Aladdin, Spontaneous Productions. Photo: Sydenham Photos.
|
|
|
Around the World in 80 Days received a 5 star review
'...a five-star rating means one of the best examples of a show of its type that the reviewer has ever seen - and that's precisely what this is. Complete with sparky plot, imaginative promenade staging, a four-piece live band, gentle inclusion of topical issues and a showcase for the skills of five fine, immaculately directed actors, it is an outstanding piece of work.' Photo credit: Mark Drinkwater, featuring Hjalmar Norden as Phileas Fogg and Jimand Allotey as Julia Verne. |
A few short plays which have been performed on the London Fringe:
'Three for Tea'
Comedy, set in a boys boarding school, 1955. Won a competition at Actors and Writers London.
'Spinsters'
Costume drama spoof. Came third in a competition at Actors and Writers London.
'King of Hearts'
Comedy. Runner-up, Love Bites Again.
'The Silver Sixpence'
Comedy.
'Family Values'
Black comedy-drama.
'Body Talk'
Drama.
'Mum's the Word'
Black comedy.
All have a running time of around ten minutes.
'Three for Tea'
Comedy, set in a boys boarding school, 1955. Won a competition at Actors and Writers London.
'Spinsters'
Costume drama spoof. Came third in a competition at Actors and Writers London.
'King of Hearts'
Comedy. Runner-up, Love Bites Again.
'The Silver Sixpence'
Comedy.
'Family Values'
Black comedy-drama.
'Body Talk'
Drama.
'Mum's the Word'
Black comedy.
All have a running time of around ten minutes.
'Frighteners'
'The Strange Tale of W.W.' , inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's short story, featured in an evening of seven original plays produced by Spontaneous Productions upstairs at the Sydenham Centre. This is available to watch on Scenesaver.
L to R: Jimand Allotey, Annie Aldington, Hjalmar Norden and William Hastings.
Photo by Mark Drinkwater.
|
Whodunnit?
'Dangerous Path': can student sleuth Sydney Sharp unravel the mysterious demise of Professor Noble? Feedback from the Steyning Festival: ‘...we very much enjoyed reading the play and found it an interesting variation on quite a well-established genre, with an unexpected double twist and some nice characters.’ This play has a running time of around thirty minutes. So I guess it's a medium one. |