"Gets so, nobody's story's true. Not yours, not mine. But it's all we've got." First and Fiftieth My writing - drama and fiction - covers many different characters and situations, ranging from the real to the fantastic, from the deeply serious to the slyly comic, from sensitive to offensive. As a director of theatre, I am still learning my trade. As an actor I perform best on film. NEXT   ON STAGE OCTOBER 2022 WRITER & DIRECTOR  The Satyricon Encolpius, Ascyltos and Giton are penniless young men footloose in the Roman Empire. With narrator Gaius Petronius as their guide and a cantankerous group of Actors who bring to life everyone they encounter, the trio find themselves at the heart of adventures of seduction, deception, love, thievery, violence and more. My adaptation of the classic Latin comedy The Satyricon opens at the Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh on 5 October 2022 (preview 4 October). This fast and funny, filthy and philosophical play will both challenge and entertain audiences as it straddles the first and twenty-first centuries. Tickets (£15-£18) now on sale from Assembly Roxy. More details of the play including background, cast etc on thesatyricon.uk.

"blissful chaos" * "a great night of comedy" ** Meet the wealthy, self-obsessed and eccentric Bliss family; grande dame of the stage and mother Judith, novelist and father David, and their two children Sorel and Simon. Each has invited a guest to spend the weekend at their country house in rural England – and each has neglected to tell the others. Needless to say friction and hilarity ensue in this classic British comedy of manners. Hay Fever was the third production I have directed for the Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group; the talented cast and crew created a memorably frothy and funny production.

* Corr Blimey (pdf version) ** All-Edinburgh-Theatre (pdf)

A young man seeks solitude. He thinks he has found it on a deserted beach until he comes across a burning fire. I was very pleased to be invited to play the enigmatic beachcomber, together with co-star Daniel Orejon. Writer/producer/director Ross MacFarlane and music creator Malcolm MacFarlane have created a haunting short film. Watch it and look out for his next work. youtube Instagram Facebook

"part corporate hearing, part hellish nightmare ... probably worth the ticket price on its own" All Edinburgh Theatre (pdf version) The Report was in Bytesize Theatre, a trio of online plays from EGTG in this year's Edinburgh Fringe. The first outing for my 15-minute drama, which won the Pitlochry Festival Theatre Short Play Award in 2018.

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From Now Until Eternity After a year apart, a man returns to the woman he loves. Listen/Download

Ten Million Years Love comes in many forms and may last for aeons . . . Listen/Download