2026

November 2026 - I am so excited to have sent my debut poetry book, Two Bards Are Better Than One, to the typesetters last week - a collection of lighthearted, comic and reflective poems written with my mum (but independently). I have also illustrated the book, which will be self-published next February and available at www.moonlitapplespress.co.uk

November 2026 - I am excited that three of my monologues have reached the Regional Finals of the World Monologue Games in November.

October 2026 - I was delighted that both performances of my one act drama Come In No. 8, by the Company of Ten at Abbey Theatre, St Albans were enthusiastically received, with a lot of audience laughter. The trailer: https://youtu.be/KzRPNW2gr7k?si=FN3pHswzoiHLOKIe

October 2026 - I am delighted that my short rom-com two-hander, Stop And Smell The Roses was enthusiastically received during three performances by HHTheatreCo. at The Boxmoor Playhouse in Hemel Hempstead, as part of 'Duologues'. The dress rehearsal: https://youtu.be/SNVcjX1TaAE?si=IO6UAuV7MOJLpjFu

September 2026 - I am very pleased that my 17 minutes monologue, Missing has been longlisted by Cranked Anvil's audio playwriting competition.

May 2026 - I am delighted that Stop And Smell The Roses has a reading at the Readers' Theater Summer Edition at Surfside Playhouse, Cocoa Beach, Florida.  

May 2026 - I am excited to have two of my poems included in The Four Seasons Poetry Anthology, published by Swaledale Festival, North Yorkshire.

April 2026 - I enjoyed performing in a script-in-hand rehearsed performance of my one act drama Come In No. 8, with the Company of Ten at Abbey Theatre, St Albans. 

March 2026 - I loved writing Stop And Smell The Roses, a sweet 14 minutes two-hander set in a garden on a summer's day - with the possibility of serendipity striking.   

January 2026 - I enjoyed writing Come In No. 8, a one act drama with four characters, set in a hospital day room and inspired by real events.

 

2025

November 2025 - I thoroughly enjoyed writing The Soldier From The Fog, a 7.5 minutes monologue about a person who is due to take part in the annual re-enactment of the Battle of Barnet – when not all is what it seems.

October 2025 - I am delighted that my short comedy three-hander Stage Door Blues was brilliantly performed and superbly produced as an audio play by Theatrical Shenanigans.  https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-5czg9-190102e

September 2025 - I am delighted that Travelling Light, my full length drama set on a coach trip to Blackpool was read by Bury Theatre Workshop, Bury St Edmunds. 

June 2025 - I enjoyed writing School Reunion (For Two), a 7.5 minutes monologue inspired by one of my poems about a man who bumps into a friend from his primary school days, who wonders if there is the possibility of rekindling their friendship. 

May 2025 - I am delighted that my comedy monologue Last Egg & Cress Standing was wonderfully performed by Lianne Weidmann in Dial M for Monologue at Abbey Theatre, St Albans. I'm pleased to write that it got a lot of laughs. The dress rehearsal:  https://youtu.be/hT9xY_4wgfM?si=bshZgkLT-gBUefUb

 

2024

December 2024 - This is not one of mine but a 30 minutes audio Christmas play which I am privileged to perform in called A Snowflake On Your Lips by Clive Foskett - beautifully written and moving, with a wonderful uplifting message.  https://www.brooklandsradio.co.uk/podcasts/UpstageSurrey-SnowflakeOnYourLips2024-12-27.mp3

December 2024 - I enjoyed writing Missing, a 17 minutes (with alternative 13 and 10 minutes versions) monologue about a lonely widower who re-connects with his surroundings and realises that life must go on.

November 2024 - I enjoyed performing in a script-in-hand rehearsed performance of my one act drama The Visitor, with Company of Ten at Abbey Theatre, St Albans. With an enthusiastic audience, the play received helpful feedback for further development.

November 2024 - I am excited that my comedy monologue Last Egg & Cress Standing, won the bronze medal in the Endurance Category at the Global Finals of the World Monologue Games (reaching the finals for the second year in a row), wonderfully performed by Toni Brooks. https://youtu.be/br7f8Sk7wM8?si=8-Dv-V3NKzkMSaXP

November 2024 - I am pleased that my comedy monologue When I Grow Up? was performed at a Monologue Night as part of the Solo Play Day Fest by ProEnglish Theatre of Ukraine, Kyiv (winning joint first place).

September 2024 - I had some fun writing Going Up, an emotional 13 minutes fantasy drama with four characters, set in a mysterious lift.

July 2024 - I am delighted that my three-hander comedy drama Cliff on the Edge was brilliantly performed by Company of Ten as part of the New Writing Festival at Abbey Theatre, St Albans (which I also acted in) and was warmly received by an appreciative audience.