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Plays performed  

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​The Bronte Boy
​This tragic tale of Branwell Bronte toured
West Yorkshire before arriving at the Wakefield Drama Festival to win Best Actor award for its leading man in 2011. A new performance two years later was commissioned by the Bronte Society for its AGM weekend in Haworth and the play returned to Leeds for more shows.
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​Sunday Afternoon Again
​Little Lenny has two problems: first, his mam and dad fight all the time and then there's a witch living next door!
​This sad, funny and universal tale about growing up was performed at the Write Now Drama Festival in Liverpool in 2012.

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QWERTYUIOP,
comedy about working women, performed at Power House One theatre in Wakefield and at Featherstone Community Theatre in 1996
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The Navigator's Daughter,
tragicomedy about a dysfunctional family, performed at Powerhouse One theatre in Wakefield and at Featherstone Community Theatre in 1997
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Till My Eyes Bleed,
​performed as part of a double bill at The Carriageworks Theatre in Leeds and as a stand-alone at the Ilkley Festival fringe in 2009

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All Good Men,
comedy of political manners, performed at The Carriageworks theatre in Leeds and at the Victoria Hall in Saltaire as part of double bill in 2010
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Doublecross,
​co-written with Helen Shay, performed at The Carriageworks theatre in Leeds and at Otley Courthouse in 2010
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Luvvies,
black comedy about writers and actors, performed as part of double bill at The Carriageworks Theatre in Leeds in 2012

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The Lightning Conductor,
a play for children about a magic musician, performed in Dewsbury schools in 2009
​Double bill of Life Sentence
and first version of Luvvies performed in Wakefield 2007
​A Real Cushy Number,
​about life and death in a hospital, performed at Featherstone Community Theatre as part of double bill in 1998
​Life Sentence
​performed as part of double bill in Leeds and Pontefract in 2008 and wins award at Sheffield One-Act Play Festival.