...is a comedy of manners and a political fable for our times. A Labour party conference is shocked by the sudden death of a popular Labour prime minister - and the struggle for the leadership begins between aristocratic health minister Sir Marcus Bridgewater and working class cabinet bulldog Peter Porter. Only sexy Lady Bridgewater and naive young journalist Simon Bloom can make the difference. This play was shown as  part of a double bill called Sex & Politics, which played to full houses at The Carriageworks in Leeds and also ran at the Victoria Hall, Saltaire.  Click on the poster to see newspaper coverage.

Till My Eyes Bleed

In this dark comedy,  the theatre has been hired for a wake by well-meaning Mel for his dead friend – the womanising ad man Adrian. But it soon becomes obvious Mel is missing the  point – the truth about the relationship between his wife and his best friend. Will he guess what it is? Or will he continue to believe in marriage…  and in bonuses for bankers?

Till My Eyes Bleed was part of a double bill Money Double with Helen Shay's The Malteser Falcon, in Wakefield and Leeds, but shown separately at the Ilkley Literature Festival. Click on the poster for more info!

Life Sentence

...is part of a double bill of drama called Body Double. It shared the honours with Fit Piece by Helen Shay. In Helen's play, a sinister man menaces a young woman at a gym. In my play, an irate woman threatens her unfaithful man with a meat cleaver. A nice contrast! First run of the show played in both Leeds (at The Carriageworks) and Pontefract. Click on the poster to see newspaper coverage.

The Lightning Conductor

Music and magic are the subjects of this children’s play performed at Overthorpe school in Dewsbury. Pupils in Mrs Crotchet’s music class are bored. But The Lightning Conductor – a visitor on a magical train – takes them on a voyage to discover the music they love. Click on the picture for newspaper coverage!

TAB Life Sentence and Upstaged!

... are two dark comedies of mine, about love, sex and betrayal, featured as a double bill under the title Table Dancing.  In Life Sentence, Annie pursues her unfaithful husband with a meat cleaver.  In Upstaged!  a man and his wife fight over her latest love affair. Click on the poster for newspaper coverage! 

The Navigator’s Daughter

Alice is searching for love - but it comes in a brutal package and spells misery for her young daughter Maudie. Tragic study of 50 years of  family life. Performed at Wakefield's Powerhouse One Theatre. Click on the poster for scenes from the play!

QWERTYUIOP

Women behaving badly - over men, sex, politics, work, children and men again. Comedy about a group of women retraining to be typists in Thatcher's Britain. Performed at Featherstone Theatre and   Wakefield’s Powerhouse One.      Click on the poster for newspaper coverage!