Stage struck

I’ve been passionately involved in theatre since I first trod the boards aged about 9 or 10. Most of my experience has been in amateur theatre (not "amateur dramatics" – here’s why), principally the Talisman Theatre in Kenilworth and the Loft Theatre in Leamington Spa, for whom I’ve been acting, directing and composing music for 38 and 41 years respectively, besides "guesting" at most other local amateur theatres at one time or another.

Archive

• My thespian CV – an anorak’s guide to all my performing, directing and/or composing credits for every production in which I’ve ever been involved. NB I haven’t updated this list for some years now; to check out my more recent work, see my profile on the Loft’s online archive.
• For some pictures of past productions, see the gallery section.
• I used occasionally to be asked to write music for theatre productions; some of it is collected on the music page.

Articles

Some miscellaneous writings about theatre:

• Why what I do is amateur theatre, not "amateur dramatics".
• The story of how my acting nightmare came true.
• In June 2001, I directed Jonathan Harvey’s play Beautiful Thing at the Loft. In view of the enormous interest in the play and its film adaptation, I’ve set up a page of production memorabilia.
• In September 1997, I directed Tim Firth’s Neville’s Island ("a comedy in thick fog") for the Talisman. The magazine Amateur Stage invited me to write an article on the experience for their regular feature The Play Produced; here’s the article I submitted, illustrated with production photos as well as some of my own photographs of the real "Neville’s Island".