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OCTOBER \/ NOVEMBER 2019 \/ 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

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28 January 2024<\/strong>: LOOKING FOR JOAN AND OTHER STORIES to be published by Troubador on 28th January 2024.<\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.troubador.co.uk\/bookshop\/poetry-short-stories-and-plays\/looking-for-joan-and-other-stories<\/a><\/div>\n
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Reviews:<\/strong>
\n\u2018I am enjoying the stories very much. I like Christopher Owen\u2019s unostentatious style\u2019 \u2013 Elizabeth Cook, author, Hawthorden Fellow, Royal literary Fund Fellow.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u2018Misconnections, (in Looking For Joan) is so sad and funny and horrible, and brilliantly constructed. The story A Day At The Cricket is a gem\u2019 \u2013 David Buckton, retired BBC Music \u2013 producer, director, writer.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u2018If you do nothing else in 2024, get yourself a copy of this book. Short story writing at it\u2019s very best, and I mean BEST!\u2019 \u2013 Bob Young.<\/strong>
\n\u2018Reading it now and enjoying it immensely\u2019 \u2013 Robert Putt<\/strong><\/div>\n
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November 2022:<\/strong> My poem THE EVENING SKY in COLLABORATIVE ARTS.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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April 2022<\/strong>: My poem ELEGY long listed for SPECTRUM Poetry Competition – RENARD PRESS.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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January 2022<\/strong>: My story CYRIL, EYES FULL OF DRINK has been Highly Commended (in top 5 of submissions) for THE COSTA SHORT STORY PRIZE 2021.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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September 2021:<\/strong>\u00a0My story A DAY AT THE CRICKET has made the Top 50 from almost 1100 entries in the 2021 BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Autumn 2021:\u00a0My poem \u2018Ten O\u2019clock Appointment\u2019 \u2013 Video Consultation is in the World Poetry Anthology COOCH BEHAR PALACE\u00a0<\/strong>\u0995<\/strong>\u09cb\u099a\u09ac\u09bf\u09b9\u09cb\u09b0<\/strong>\u09b0\u09cb\u099c\u09bf\u09cb\u09dc\u09c0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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July 2021<\/strong>. My poem\u00a0One o\u2019clock Appointment<\/strong>\u00a0is on the\u00a0Royal Society Literature WriteAcrossLondon poetry map.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 See:\u00a0https:\/\/rsliterature.org\/poems-map\/10-oclock-appointment\/<\/p>\n

March 28th<\/sup>\u00a02021.<\/strong>My book\u00a0America Awaits Us, My Lovely and other stories<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is published by Troubador Publishers. Available through bookshops, online retailers and Troubador Publishers.\u00a0Book link<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Stories set in the UK, France and America. \u2018Beautifully written and really evocative of a particular time and place\u2019 Emily Trahair, Editor, Planet Magazine (Wales)<\/p>\n

2021: My play A Family Affair<\/strong> is to be adapted by Muhammad Imran Fatani in his \u2018Native Desi Language Style\u2019 and performed in his Directional Course Project at the National Academy of Performing Arts, Karachi, Pakistan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2020<\/strong>: My comedy Simon Cowell Is Coming To Tea<\/strong> performed as a reading on Zoom by Cloud Playhouse San Francisco<\/strong> on Sunday, June 14th, at 7 pm Pacific Time. Adapted and Directed by: Hassan Shah. Readers: Divya Balu, Rajat Bhargava, Sanjay Kapoor, Dilip Ratnam, Vaishnavi Sridha.<\/p>\n

2020.\u00a0<\/strong>Photos of my PAKISTANI and INDIAN friends in SAN FRANCISCO Zooming my comedy A Family Affair.<\/p>\n

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2020.<\/strong>\u00a0My one-act comedy\u00a0SIMON COWELL IS COMING TO TEA<\/strong>\u00a0is available. (Soon to be represented by Stage Scripts Ltd).<\/p>\n

2020 (March)<\/strong>: Two\u00a0of my stories\u00a0The Square\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>and\u00a0Ellen\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>are published\u00a0in the anthology\u00a0\u2018Eavesdropping\u2019<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0put together by a few writer friends, and purchasable through Amazon as a paperback or eBook.<\/p>\n

2020:<\/strong>\u00a0My story\u00a0SARAH<\/strong>\u00a0has been short-listed and is to be\u00a0published by<\/strong>\u00a0Hammond House Publishing in the anthology ‘Leaving’<\/strong>\u00a0on the 6th February 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

2019.\u00a0<\/strong>My comedy\u00a0<\/strong>A FAMILY AFFAIR<\/strong>\u00a0(the play represented by Stage Scripts Ltd)\u00a0is to be performed by\u00a0<\/strong>RTAI Drama group, Cork<\/strong>\u00a0in the Lee Valley Golf Club, Ovens on November 7th<\/sup>\u00a0and 8th<\/sup>, and the White Horse in Ballincollig on the 13th<\/sup>\u00a0November.<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong>: My story\u00a0‘Store Security’<\/strong>\u00a0has won\u00a0second prize<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a02019 WELLS FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE SHORT STORY COMPETITION.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2019:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>My<\/span>\u00a0story\u00a0‘Sarah’<\/strong>\u00a0has been\u00a0short-listed<\/strong>\u00a0for the\u00a02019 BRIDPORT SHORT STORY PRIZE.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

2019<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>The Brighton Scratch Night<\/strong>. 15\/10\/2019 – 17\/10\/2019. Unmasked Theatre, working in collaboration with Pretty Villain, George Lassos The Moon Theatre and The Rialto Theatre are proud to announce the return of The Brighton Scratch Night. Running across three nights, with extracts from six eclectic and exciting scripts, one of the biggest scratch programmes outside of London is back. Play extracts included:\u00a0Sammy by Christopher Owen dire<\/strong>cted by Matt Turner \/ George Lassos The Moon Theatre.<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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FICTION PUBLISHED<\/strong>: Plays produced – see below:<\/p>\n

March 28th<\/sup>\u00a02021.<\/strong>My book\u00a0America Awaits Us, My Lovely and other stories<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is published by Troubador Publishers. Available through bookshops, online retailers and Troubador Publishers.\u00a0Book link<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Stories set in the UK, France and America. \u2018Beautifully written and really evocative of a particular time and place\u2019 Emily Trahair, Editor, Planet Magazine (Wales)<\/p>\n

2018<\/strong>. My story SARAH<\/strong> has been long-listed (was in the first 26 of 700 submissions) for the Royal Society of Literature V.S. PRITCHETT short story Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2018<\/strong>. My story\u00a0\u2018Our Revels Now Are Ended\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0has been long listed\u00a0 for the\u00a0Dorset Fiction Award 2018<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2018<\/strong>\u00a0My story\u00a0Len’s\u00a0All-Nite Cafe<\/strong>\u00a0long listed (in first 15% of 497 submissions) for the\u00a0London Short Story Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017. Autumn<\/strong>. My story\u00a0THE DROWNINGS<\/strong>\u00a0published by The Binnacle, the<\/strong>\u00a0Literary Journal of Coastal Maine<\/strong>\u00a0at the University of Maine at Machias.<\/p>\n

2017 April<\/strong>: HERMENEUTIC Chaos Journal (<\/strong>Sidney, Australia) comment of my story DROWNINGS<\/strong>: \u2018DROWNINGS presented to us a narrative landscape stunningly wrought with haunting imagery and beautifully crafted language.\u2019<\/p>\n

May 2015. THE BALLAD OF CARMIL FORESTER\u00a0<\/strong>now published\u00a0in print Issue 4 of\u00a0Valve Journal.(Glasgow).\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

August 2015. PLAY UP AND PLAY THE GAME. LONDON STORY COMPETITION. In top 50 of 400 submissions.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 2014. DUNCAN\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0<\/strong>published in June 2014 issue of\u00a0The Irish Literary Review.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018I loved DUNCAN, the saddest tale, imprisoned by caution, everything shrinking, brilliant end. I like the dry voice and the relentlessness of it!\u2019 Chris Buckton, writer, education consultant.<\/p>\n

\u2018So good and so sad. Very atmospheric.\u2019 Carolyn Pertwee, writer, actor, director.<\/p>\n

March 2014. DYE IT RED, SHE SAID<\/b>\u00a0is in the latest issue of\u00a0Smoke London Peculiar\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 a great edgy off-the-wall magazine. My story is free to read\u00a0CLICK HERE<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Or on Smoke\u2019s website\u00a0HERE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

18th February 2014. FACEBOOK FRIEND\u00a0<\/strong>&\u00a0I\u2019M DYING, EGYPT\u00a0<\/strong>published\u00a0in the\u00a0Neon Literary Magazine Issue 37.\u00a0<\/strong>To Buy\u00a0CLICK HERE<\/span><\/a>\u00a0With writing by Paul Bavister, Shanalee Smith, Noel Williams, Christopher Owen, Tracey S Rosenberg, Erric Emerson, Meg Eden, and Joe Evans<\/p>\n

January 2014<\/strong>:\u00a0Final Chapters Anthology<\/strong>\u00a0published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in which my story An Honourable Life is included is now\u00a0available for purchase<\/strong>\u00a0from the publisher\u2019s website\u00a0CLICK HERE<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

2014: AN HONOURABLE LIFE\u00a0<\/strong>(short story)to be\u00a0re-published in an anthology \u2018Final Chapters\u2019 by\u00a0Jessica Kingsley Publishers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

16TH<\/sup>\u00a0MAY 2012. AN HONOURABLE LIFE<\/strong>\u00a0(short story) won 1st<\/sup>\u00a0prize in the Dying Matters Coalition Final Chapters Writing Competition. The story read out at the ceremony by actor Barbara Flynn, and\u00a0published in the anthology\u00a0Final Chapters by Dying Matters Coalition. ISBN 978-1-898915-93-5.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To read\u00a0AN HONOURABLE LIFE<\/strong><\/p>\n

20th<\/sup>\u00a0MAY 2012: THE\u00a0<\/strong>CAMEL\u2019S BACK<\/strong>\u00a0(short story) read by Amanda Hadingue at White Rabbit\u2019s \u2018Are You Sitting Comfortably\u2019 event at the Secret Garden Pub, Battersea Park Road, as part of the Wandsworth Festival.<\/p>\n

27th<\/sup>\u00a0MAY 2012: ANTHONY AND MONICA<\/strong>\u00a0(short story) read by me at StoryTails storytelling event at The Three Crowns Pub, Stoke Newington.<\/p>\n

Long \/ Short Lists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018A Cuppa Tea and a Kit Kat\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in the long list of 16 submissions for the Felixstowe Festival Short Story Competition 2015.<\/p>\n

\u2018Play Up and Play the Game\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0in the top 50 of 400 submissions for the London Story Competition 2015.<\/p>\n

Further comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Re:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2018An Honourable Life\u2019, \u2018How Are You Doing?\u2019 and \u2018The Crow\u2019<\/strong>: \u2018They are sensitive and engaging and I have enjoyed reading them very much\u2019.\u00a0Penny Thomas, Fiction Editor. Seren<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Re:\u00a0\u2018Recital\u2019<\/strong>: \u2018Hilarious\u2019.\u00a0The Mark Twain Humour Contest USA 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018We really enjoyed your stories \u2014\u00a0Dr Reynolds\u2019 Mother and An Honourable Life.\u2019 Anne McDonnell of<\/strong>\u00a0Pewter Rose Press<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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PLAYS PRODUCED:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2020.<\/strong>\u00a0My one-act comedy\u00a0SIMON COWELL IS COMING TO TEA<\/strong>\u00a0is available. (Soon to be represented by Stage Scripts Ltd).<\/p>\n

2019.\u00a0<\/strong>My comedy\u00a0<\/strong>A FAMILY AFFAIR<\/strong>\u00a0(the play represented by Stage Scripts Ltd)\u00a0is to be performed by\u00a0<\/strong>RTAI Drama group, Cork<\/strong>\u00a0in the Lee Valley Golf Club, Ovens on November 7th<\/sup>\u00a0and 8th<\/sup>, and the White Horse in Ballincollig on the 13th<\/sup>\u00a0November.<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>The Brighton Scratch Night<\/strong>. 15\/10\/2019 – 17\/10\/2019. Unmasked Theatre, working in collaboration with Pretty Villain, George Lassos The Moon Theatre and The Rialto Theatre are proud to announce the return of The Brighton Scratch Night. Running across three nights, with extracts from six eclectic and exciting scripts, one of the biggest scratch programmes outside of London is back.<\/span>
The Full Line Up:<\/span>
Battlesong by Aine King directed by Luke Ofield.<\/span>
Sammy by Christopher Owen dire<\/span><\/strong>cted by Matt Turner \/ George Lassos The Moon Theatre.<\/strong>
\nMusic for Cats by Fran Lanting directed by Scott Roberts.
\nBrain Fog by David Varela directed by Christine Kempell.
\nThe Anchor and The Wave by Joe Von Malachowski directed by Lauren Varnfield.
\nShy, The Devil by Wendy Haines directed by Pip O\u2019Neill.
\nTickets \u00a35<\/span><\/p>\n

2018. SAMMY. Comment:\u00a0<\/strong>High Tide Literary Department<\/strong>:\u00a0an incredibly compelling story of a couple navigating their way through grief, and those characters and their struggles were captured really well.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Theatr Clwyd<\/strong>.’Our Literary Associate was impressed with the way your storytelling engaged with such a pertinent debate that so often is hidden behind tabloid, chickbait headline.\u2019\u00a0 Prav MJ @ PMJ Prods<\/strong>.\u00a0\u2018<\/strong>The subject matter is poignant and heart breaking.<\/strong><\/p>\n

BRIEF SYNOPSIS:\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s five years since baby Sammy died. His parents Carrie and John Botham had unsuccessfully gone to the High Court to prevent the hospital from removing his life support. The case created international interest, especially among pro-life supporters. Five years on, fragile Carrie is still grieving. John is trying to encourage her to \u2018move on\u2019. Enter Moira, a pro-life fundamentalist whose presence threatens Carrie and John\u2019s already imperilled marriage\u2026.<\/p>\n

2018: BUSH THEATRE<\/strong>. My play\u00a0LAYING THE TURF<\/strong>\u00a0is among the 100 scripts out of 850 which made it to a second reading at The BUSH THEATRE. \u2018The voice is unique \u2013 The play explores well their varying attitudes towards class, power, capitalism and culture.\u2019 Brief synopsis: 4 park employees lay turf at the front of a new fountain erected in honour of a multi-millionaire sponsor of an extensive rehabilitation of the park which has included the building of a large concert hall. They are unhappy about the commercial changes that have been made to the park and with the character and activities of the sponsor. Tomorrow there is to be a VIP opening celebration. From time to time they can hear Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream being performed in the Open-Air Theatre in the park.<\/p>\n

2018 Papatango New Writing Prize: ‘Laying the Turf’ reached the second round, one of 312 out of 1384 entries.\u2018It\u2019s an interest premise and a very good inclination to represent characters on stage that are rarely seen. You also show a clear ability for comedy.\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2018 – 2014: A FAMILY AFFAIR\u00a0<\/strong>performed\u00a0in UK, Australia, Ireland.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017<\/strong>:\u00a0ELLEN<\/strong>\u00a0(monologue) long-listed (in 10% of top 1,136 entries) for\u00a0HERETIC VOICES \/ ARCOLA THEATRE project.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017.<\/strong>\u00a0November. My short piece\u00a0DROWNINGS<\/strong>\u00a0performed as part of the \u2018Best of Bolton\u2019 programme at the\u00a0Octagon Theatre, Bolton<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017\u00a0June 3rd<\/sup>:<\/strong>\u00a01st<\/sup>\u00a0performance of\u00a0Recital\u00a0<\/strong>at\u00a0Caterham Festival<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0The Another Way Theatre Company.\u00a0 SYNOPSIS:\u00a0<\/strong>\u2018Temperamental\u2019 Gillian <\/strong>is a concert platform singer. \u2018Boring\u2019 Trevor<\/strong> her pianist. They\u2019re on tour. She has a sore throat. She has a concert tonight. But Trevor has broken his wrist! They desperately try to find another pianist. No one is available. By the end, Trevor has done his back in and can\u2019t stand up straight, and Gillian can\u2019t speak. Disaster!<\/p>\n

2017 February:<\/strong>\u00a0RECITAL <\/strong>published by\u00a0STAGE SCRIPTS LTD.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2016. THE TOUCH OF A BUTTERFLY\u2019S WING <\/strong>has been long listed for the PAPATANGO <\/strong>Competition. Feedback from the Papatango readers was that: \u2018A strong, heartfelt piece of writing exploring difficult and pertinent themes. Bernard’s character is totally affable and well-drawn, which makes the reveal at the end all the more tragic, and allows us to explore a complicated issue from several sides. Dialogue is strong, and the piece is well-paced. Congratulations for tackling such difficult themes.\u2019<\/p>\n

2016 April: STILL WATERS produced by MIND THE GAP THEATRE at the Manhattan Theatre, NEW YORK.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2015 November: WE\u2019RE SUPPOSED TO BE SINGING TONIGHT! performed by Quids-In Theatre Company, Aberdeen as a \u2018Lunchbox\u2019 show.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2015 September: WINSTON BROWN (monologue)<\/strong>\u00a0performed as part of\u00a0PAINES PLOUGH\u2019S NOT-TOO-TAME ROUNDABOUT season at THE LOWRY, SALFORD \/ MANCHESTER.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2014 November: A FAMILY AFFAIR\u00a0<\/strong>performed by\u00a0THE PHILLIP ISLAND OFFSHORE THEATRE, AUSTRALIA.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2013: WOMEN\u2019S VOICES\u00a0<\/strong>(about a feminist a cappella choir) by Susan K Monson and Christopher Owen premiered 16th \u2013 19th October as part of the\u00a0Manchester (Women in Comedy)\u00a0Festival,<\/strong>\u00a0produced by the Manchester based\u00a0New Live Theatre Company<\/strong>. Cast: Kerry Leigh, Sean Fitton, Hilly Barber, Victoria Kerr, Betty Webster, Parisa Nikkhah-Eshghi and Una Love. \u00a0Director: Clare Barry. Producer: Paul Kenney.<\/p>\n

2012 \/ 2013 \/ 2014:\u00a0<\/strong>A PARSON\u2019S TALE:<\/strong>\u00a0tour of North West UK by New Live Theatre Company, Manchester, starring Bob Young. Director: Paul Kenney.\u00a0A Parson\u2019s Tale previously was toured by Christopher Owen in\u00a0the UK and Gulf between 1995 & 2004.<\/p>\n

May 2012: BEWARE! DANGER ZONE!\u00a0<\/strong>One Act\u00a0Comedy on Health and Safety. First performed in 2012 by Cranwell Amateur Theatrical Society at the Royal Air Force Theatrical Association Festival of One-Act Plays, Lincolnshire 2012.\u00a0Click to downloadEXTRACTS<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong>:\u00a0STILL WATERS<\/strong>\u00a0A 5 minute comedy sketch. 1 M 2F.Winner of the Lost Theatre Five Minute Festival 2012. Subsequently performed by the New Venture Theatre, Brighton. Adapted to a short film in 2014<\/p>\n

JUNE 2010: A FAMILY AFFAIR.\u00a0<\/strong>Performed by the ADELPHI THEATRE CLUB.<\/p>\n

2009: A FAMILY AFFAIR\u00a0<\/strong>which was\u00a0winner at the ROYAL AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION FESTIVALof One Act Plays 2009.\u00a0<\/strong>Adjudicator: Paul Fowler GODA Comment: \u201cThe comedy is dry and understated with the occasional eruption of emotion I can hardly remember when I last saw such committed eating on stage. It was a great moment of theatre and beautifully handled by all concerned.\u201d\u00a0 A FAMILY AFFAIR is now\u00a0published and represented by Stagescripts Ltd<\/strong>\u00a0and is\u00a0on the Stagescripts website. T<\/p>\n

2006 \u2013 2008: A WILDE AFFAIR.\u00a0(Miss Pr<\/strong>ism and Canon Chasuble In Concert).\u00a0<\/strong>Toured the UK\u00a0<\/strong>with Susan Flannery and Michael Lunts between 2006 and 2008. It also played in Australia.\u00a0Comment: \u2018An excellent entertainment\u2026an hilarious evening\u2019 Newbury Weekly News \u2013 Hungerford Festival Review<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

1995 \u2013 2004: A PARSON\u2019S TALE\u00a0<\/strong>Toured extensively throughout the UK and in the Gulf States between\u00a01995 \u2013 2004<\/strong>.\u2019Hilarious. Involves the whole audience. By the end of the evening it felt we were taking leave of a dear friend\u2019 \u2013 Lichfield Mercury. CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0A PARSON\u2019S TALE EXTRACTS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2000: RIGHT HO, WODEHOUSE!\u00a0<\/strong>Toured the UK extensively between 2000 and 2004. Based on the writings of PG Wodehouse with songs by Jerome Kern and Ivor Novello.\u00a0\u2018Absolutely spiffing\u2019 \u2013 D. Telegraph.<\/p>\n

1983: A REAL KING KONG<\/strong>
\nFirst performed at Theatre Space, The Oval, Kennington, Chats Palace Homerton, London.<\/p>\n

1983: KENNEDY\u2019S DOWNSTAIRS<\/strong>
\nComedy material for the revue at Kennedy\u2019s Downstairs, King\u2019s Road, Chelsea.<\/p>\n

1980: SCRIPTS FOR TWO SHORT (Educational) FILMS<\/strong>
\non Employment Equality and on Youth and Alcohol.<\/p>\n

1973: WHAT!<\/strong>
\na revue \u2013 music and lyrics by Alan Mason and Diana Bishop, performed at the Howff, Chalk Farm, London.<\/p>\n

1970: CHAMPAGNE FOR CHECHOV<\/strong>
\nperformed at Crewe Theatre and Keele University.<\/p>\n

COMMISSIONS INCLUDE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1989: FACADE. 90 MINUTE Screen on Two BBCTV.<\/strong>
\nProducer: Louis Marks.\u00a0 Director: Warris Hussein.\u00a0To star: John Gielgud.\u00a0\u00a0The production finally pulled due to lack of American money.<\/p>\n

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