M A R T I N   F O R E M A N Author / Director / Playwright / Actor "utterly convincing portraits of love " Broadway World " .. strong piece of theatre" Broadway Baby "emotionally charged and thought-provoking theatre" The Gay UK "a masterclass on the art of the monologue" Beige "words always deeply poetic" Views from the Gods " .. well acted and craftily staged" britishtheatreguide.info ".. thoroughly enjoyable .. have you laughing" All Edinburgh Theatre "the script is ingeniously structured" All Edinburgh Theatre Home Drama Fiction Audio Playscripts Rights Contact Drama 2015-2017 For current or future work see the home page. For other years see drama 2018-29 and drama 2011-14.   AUGUST 2017: ADAPTED AND DIRECTED "thoroughly enjoyable ... keep you on your toes ... have you laughing" All Edinburgh Theatre He's dying to get rich In this classic farce wealthy Volpone seeks to become wealthier still, persuading the rich citizens of Venice he is dying, so they will give him presents to become his sole heir. A new version of the play, with some changes of gender, set in the nineteenth century. The original production was revived in 2018 by Arbery Productions. the production the playscript (my adaption)   JUNE 2017: ACTED CLOSE TO THE BONE  ***** August 2018: Bronze Award Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film in the Queen Palm International Film Festival ***** Roy in Close to the Bone a short film from writer/director Kevin Pickering producer Lewis Wardrop commissioned by More information  2016: DIRECTED J B Priestley's The Rose and Crown at the Edinburgh Fringe 2016 "fine resurrection of a gem...Thoroughly enjoyable!" edinburghguide.com (pdf) "well acted and craftily staged" britishtheatreguide.info "carefully builds up an atmosphere" alledinburghtheatre.com all reviews In turns comic, moving and spine-chilling, The Rose and Crown is a rarely performed but powerful one-act play by the Yorkshire playwright best known for An Inspector Calls. In a working-class pub in post-war 1940s London, a group of drinkers are complaining about their lives when a stranger enters and makes an unusual request.     The same production, for the Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group ("The Grads"), won the Bob Buchanan Salver in the Eastern Divisional Final of the Scottish Community Drama Association One-Act Festival on 2 April 2016   NOVEMBER 2015: ACTED WILDEST DREAMS  appeared as Austen Skate in Alan Ayckbourn's Wildest Dreams at the Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh 11 - 14 November "a compellingly wheezing, sepulchral version of Uncle Fester" All Edinburgh Theatre   PREVIOUSLY Drama 2011-14 Tweets by @actserious Support This website does not use cookies, but clicking advertiser links on this site may allow these companies to gather and use information, via technology installed on the computer(s) you use, about you and your visit to this and other websites to provide you with advertisements about goods and services presumed to be of interest to you. We do not store credit card information and we do not pass information about visitors to this site to third parties.