Plays wot I have done
A life on stage,and in the classroom.
Twenty-five years as a primary school teacher, with drama in education always at the centre of it. Alongside that, a life in amateur and fringe theatre as actor and director — and now, happily living in the UK, director of an English-speaking theatre company engaging the local community in live theatre.
Some of these were leading roles, some were three lines and a tray of drinks. All of them mattered. The list below is as complete as memory allows.
Next up
Hopefully travelling to London to star in a two-hander at the Bush Theatre with the very talented actor Emma Wilkinson Wright, written by my husband, the multi-award-winning playwright Simon O'Corra.
The list
38 productions, and counting
- 01Games and After LiverpoolJames Saunders · directed
- 02The CagebirdsDavid Campton · directed
- 03Play TenVarious authors — Actor in 5 of the 10 plays
- 04America Hurrah! — The InterviewJean-Claude van Itallie — 3rd Applicant — winner, All England 1-Act Play Festival · directed
- 05The Common RoomPaul Sangster · directed
- 06There Goes The BrideRay Cooney & John Chapman — Timothy · directed
- 07The MaidsJean Genet · directed
- 08A Delicate BalanceEdward Albee · directed
- 09TOJim Cartwright — Man (all 7 parts) · directed
- 10Broken GlassArthur Miller — Phillip Gelburg · directed
- 11Bazaar and RummageSue Townsend — Gwenda · directed
- 12The Bald Prima DonnaEugene Ionesco — Mr. Martin · directed
- 13Blithe SpiritNoel Coward — Charles · directed
- 14The Farndale Avenue… MacbethDavid McGillivray & Walter Zerlin Jr. — Lady Macbeth · directed
- 15Bitter SanctuaryRosemary Anne Sisson · directed
- 16Dancing at LughnasaBrian Friel — Gerry · directed
- 17You Should See Us NowPeter Tinniswood — Graham
- 18BallerinaArne Skouen · directed
- 19Round and Round the GardenAlan Ayckbourn (The Norman Conquests) — Tom · directed
- 20Table MannersAlan Ayckbourn (The Norman Conquests) — Reg · directed
- 21Living TogetherAlan Ayckbourn (The Norman Conquests) — Norman · directed
- 22PhaedraRacine, trans. Robert Lowell · directed
- 23The AnniversaryBill MacIlwraith — Terry · directed
- 24When She DancedMartin Sherman — Sergei Essenin · directed
- 25An Inspector CallsJ. B. Priestley — Arthur Birling
- 26Pack Of LiesHugh Whitemore — Bob Jackson · directed
- 27A Flea In Her EarGeorges Feydeau — Etienne
- 28Play On!Rick Abbot · directed
- 29Playhouse CreaturesApril de Angelis · directed
- 30Our Country's GoodTimberlake Wertenbaker — Captain Arthur Phillip
- 31Look Back In AngerJohn Osborne — Jimmy Porter · directed
- 32Deadline DawnAnthony Booth — Priest · directed
- 33Pity About KittyJimmie Chinn (one act) · directed
- 34In By The HalfJimmie Chinn (one act) · directed
- 35Caught on the HopDavid Foxton (one act) — Etienne · directed
- 36Abigail's PartyMike Leigh · directed
- 37Mixed Doubles — An Entertainment on MarriageVarious playwrights — Actor in 6 of the 11 scenes · directed
- 38The TakerA film for television
Musicals for children
Director of them all, except where he managed to get a part — back when the school hall was the West End.
- Before Your Very Eyes
- RATS!
- The Rocky Monster Show
- Alice, the Musical
- The Evacuees
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The Factory Children
- Sago the Clown
- Let's Put On A Show
- The Pyramid
Want Nigel in the room?
Readings, talks and book club visits — in person where possible, on a call anywhere else.