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  • A love letter to everyone who made Positive a thing

    Well that was a ride and a half. There were times when I honestly didn’t think we’d make it, but we did! Positive has wrapped up its 18-show run at the Waterloo East Theatre; and as the inevitable Post-Show Blues (PSBs) begin to kick in, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who Read more

  • Going Down performed at Briefs

    My latest short Going Down was performed at Briefs last night – the quarterly new writing night I organise at the Rosemary Branch Theatre in London’s N1. The play was also performed as part of Velvet Trumpet’s Soggy Brass event on Saturday, March 29 at the Hen & Chickens, and I’m massively grateful to director James Read more

  • My 10 worst MySpace ‘selfies’ from the mid-00s

    I know there’s been a mixed reaction to the whole no-make-up selfie thing, and an array of valid points are being made across the board – but £8m is £8m, and in terms of fundraising for cancer research that’s a fucking brilliant amount of money. The participating female population has done a spectacular job of Read more

  • New short Going Down for two London events

    My latest short play Going Down is being performed at two new writing nights over the next couple of weeks – and I’m also acting in it LOLZ. The piece will be performed firstly on Saturday, March 28 as part of Velvet Trumpet’s Soggy Brass night of new comedy writing at the Hen & Chickens Read more

  • New short play Afterwards performed at latest Briefs

    New short play Afterwards performed at latest Briefs

    My latest short play Afterwards was performed on Wednesday, January 15, at the Rosemary Branch in London’s N1. Francesca Meaby, Paul Heelis and Thomas Wingfield played a woman and her two late husbands, reunited in the afterlife after her death. Anoushka Bonwick directed. I was fascinated by the idea of what allegedly happens after death Read more

  • Positive raises charity wonga at sell-out London show

    My play ‘Positive’ was trialled as a full two-act piece at the weekend, following its successful two-week stint up in Edinburgh as a 60-minute show over the summer. For World AIDS Day we swung by the brilliant Waterloo East Theatre, and successfully managed to sell the place out. “Sell-out show” has a nice ring to Read more