Pete Shaw
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For the football player of the same name see Pete Shaw (American football).
Pete Shaw (born 2 December 1966 in Isleworth
, London
) is a British
author, broadcaster, programmer
and theatrical producer.
, Middlesex
. It was while at Stanwell Secondary School that he was introduced by a school friend to Tim Hartnell
, the co-owner of Interface Publication, the other owner being his school friend's mother, Sue North.
His first published computer programme was The Elephant's Graveyard, written for the Sinclair ZX81 and published in the magazine ZX Computing in August 1982.
and was published by Virgin Books
in conjunction with Interface Publications and was an early title in a series of Games For Your. .. books published by Virgin. Shaw himself wrote three more books for the series, including Games for your Oric, More Games for your Oric and Games for your Sinclair QL. Shaw also co-wrote two books designed to teach the adventure game genre, Creating Adventures on your ZX Spectrum (Interface Publications, 1983) and Creating Adventure on your BBC Micro (Interface Publications, 1985).
Shaw's books mainly comprised Type-In programme listings for home computers, which were designed to teach-as-you-type, since the programmes contained many comments on how the listing worked.
Before he even left school, Shaw was a regular contributor to ZX Computing and Home Computer Weekly, and on leaving Stanwell
Secondary School he turned down a sought after place at Isleworth Art College to work full-time for the newly-launched computer magazine Your Spectrum
.
It was at Your Spectrum (which later was relaunched as Your Sinclair) that Shaw picked up the nickname Troubleshootin' Pete due to his regular column in the magazine in which he would answer reader questions that had been posed over the YS Helpline. Shaw's official title at Your Sinclair was Editorial Assistant when he first joined, but he was promoted to Deputy Editor within a year of joining the staff.
Your Sinclair was published by Dennis Publishing
, and Shaw also contributed to other Dennis magazines including Your 64, Computer Shopper
and MacUser
.
While still Deputy Editor of Your Sinclair, Shaw also contributed to a weekly Capital Radio
children's show called XYZ On Air, broadcast every Sunday and hosted by DJ Kelly Temple. The show was an eclectic mix of music, interviews, features and the 'Computerworld' slot hosted by Pete Shaw. It was Shaw's association with Capital Radio that brought about, The Capital Radio Book of Computers and Simple Programming (NeatQuest, 1985), co-written with Kelly Temple and Your Spectrum's original Editor, Roger Munford.
Before 1985 was out, Shaw had written at least eleven computer technical books, published around the world and in several languages.
's play You Couldn't Make It Up at the Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh
. The show was Wilde's follow up to What's Wrong With Angry?, which had debuted a decade earlier at the Lost Theatre in London. You Couldn't Make It Up was a black comedy
dealing with issues of sexuality, the agendas of TV and film production and male rape. The year after its premiere in Edinburgh, Shaw brought the show down to the New End Theatre, Hampstead
, London
in 2003.
In 2006 Shaw collaborated with Sir Tim Rice
to produce his musical Blondel
at the Pleasance
Theatre in Islington
. Blondel was the first musical Rice wrote outside of his successful working partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber
. Telling the tale of medieval ministrel, Blondel, the musical is set in two acts. Shaw also created the poster artwork for revival of Blondel.
In May 2008 Shaw took a new play by Matt Ian Kelly called Lightning Strikes to Dublin as part of the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. In August the same year, Shaw took What's Wrong With Angry? and Boys Of The Empire to the Edinburgh Festival with Glenn Chandler
, the latter of which he transferred to London at the King's Head Theatre for a limited run over Christmas 2008.
Shaw is the owner of Internet publication Broadway Baby http://www.broadwaybaby.com, a reviews-based website particularly focused on fringe theatre. He has increased Broadway Baby's traffic considerably by integrating social media into the site, and has recently made it available through the iFringe, an iPhone application that collates reviews from some of the main independent reviews sites. He also started the Virgin Atlantic customer site, V-Flyer.com in 2003 http://www.v-flyer.com, which regularly receives over 150,000 readers per month.
In 2011 he worked with photographer Paul Reiffer
to create the website for The Grapes
, famously owned by Evgeny Lebedev
, Sean Mathias
and Ian McKellen
.
He continues to write computer programmes on a freelance basis.
Pete Shaw (born 2 December 1966 in Isleworth
Isleworth
Isleworth is a small town of Saxon origin sited within the London Borough of Hounslow in west London, England. It lies immediately east of the town of Hounslow and west of the River Thames and its tributary the River Crane. Isleworth's original area of settlement, alongside the Thames, is known as...
, London
London
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) is a British
United Kingdom
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author, broadcaster, programmer
Computer programming
Computer programming is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in one or more programming languages. The purpose of programming is to create a program that performs specific operations or exhibits a...
and theatrical producer.
Early life
Shaw attended school in StanwellStanwell
Stanwell is a suburban village in the Surrey borough of Spelthorne. It is located 15.7 miles west south-west of Charing Cross and half a mile from the southern boundary of London Heathrow Airport and the London Borough of Hillingdon...
, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
. It was while at Stanwell Secondary School that he was introduced by a school friend to Tim Hartnell
Tim Hartnell
Tim Hartnell was an Australian journalist, self-taught programmer and extremely prolific, bestselling author of books and magazines on computer games. His company, Interface Publications , produced titles for all of the machines in the home computer market, including Sinclair machines...
, the co-owner of Interface Publication, the other owner being his school friend's mother, Sue North.
His first published computer programme was The Elephant's Graveyard, written for the Sinclair ZX81 and published in the magazine ZX Computing in August 1982.
Career
Shaw's first book, Games for your ZX Spectrum, followed at the end of 19821982 in literature
The year 1982 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*La Bicyclette Bleue by Régine Deforges becomes France's best selling novel ever.-New books:...
and was published by Virgin Books
Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.-History:...
in conjunction with Interface Publications and was an early title in a series of Games For Your. .. books published by Virgin. Shaw himself wrote three more books for the series, including Games for your Oric, More Games for your Oric and Games for your Sinclair QL. Shaw also co-wrote two books designed to teach the adventure game genre, Creating Adventures on your ZX Spectrum (Interface Publications, 1983) and Creating Adventure on your BBC Micro (Interface Publications, 1985).
Shaw's books mainly comprised Type-In programme listings for home computers, which were designed to teach-as-you-type, since the programmes contained many comments on how the listing worked.
Before he even left school, Shaw was a regular contributor to ZX Computing and Home Computer Weekly, and on leaving Stanwell
Stanwell
Stanwell is a suburban village in the Surrey borough of Spelthorne. It is located 15.7 miles west south-west of Charing Cross and half a mile from the southern boundary of London Heathrow Airport and the London Borough of Hillingdon...
Secondary School he turned down a sought after place at Isleworth Art College to work full-time for the newly-launched computer magazine Your Spectrum
Your Sinclair
Your Sinclair or YS as it was commonly abbreviated, was a British computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum.-History:...
.
It was at Your Spectrum (which later was relaunched as Your Sinclair) that Shaw picked up the nickname Troubleshootin' Pete due to his regular column in the magazine in which he would answer reader questions that had been posed over the YS Helpline. Shaw's official title at Your Sinclair was Editorial Assistant when he first joined, but he was promoted to Deputy Editor within a year of joining the staff.
Your Sinclair was published by Dennis Publishing
Dennis Publishing
Dennis Publishing Ltd. is an independent publisher. It was founded in 1974.As of April 2010 the company publishes 31 magazine or online titles, predominately in the UK....
, and Shaw also contributed to other Dennis magazines including Your 64, Computer Shopper
Computer Shopper
Computer Shopper could refer to the following publications:* Computer Shopper - a home computer magazine published in the United Kingdom* Computer Shopper - a home computer magazine published in the United States...
and MacUser
MacUser
MacUser is a biweekly computer magazine published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. and licensed by Felden in the UK.In 1985 Felix Dennis’ Dennis Publishing, the creators of MacUser in the UK, licensed the name and “mouse-rating” symbol for MacUser to Ziff-Davis Publishing for use in the rest of the world....
.
While still Deputy Editor of Your Sinclair, Shaw also contributed to a weekly Capital Radio
Capital Radio
Capital London is a London based radio station which launched on 16 October 1973 and is owned by Global Radio. On 3 January 2011 it formed part of the nine station Capital radio network.- Pre-launch :...
children's show called XYZ On Air, broadcast every Sunday and hosted by DJ Kelly Temple. The show was an eclectic mix of music, interviews, features and the 'Computerworld' slot hosted by Pete Shaw. It was Shaw's association with Capital Radio that brought about, The Capital Radio Book of Computers and Simple Programming (NeatQuest, 1985), co-written with Kelly Temple and Your Spectrum's original Editor, Roger Munford.
Before 1985 was out, Shaw had written at least eleven computer technical books, published around the world and in several languages.
Since 2002
In 2002 Shaw produced Patrick WildePatrick Wilde
Patrick Wilde is an English playwright and screenwriter for both television and film.-Early work:Most of Wilde's early work was centred around the classics. He played Hamlet, Mark Antony for ATC and Amnon in Tirso de Molina’s Rape of Tamar at the Lyric in London...
's play You Couldn't Make It Up at the Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
. The show was Wilde's follow up to What's Wrong With Angry?, which had debuted a decade earlier at the Lost Theatre in London. You Couldn't Make It Up was a black comedy
Black comedy
A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
dealing with issues of sexuality, the agendas of TV and film production and male rape. The year after its premiere in Edinburgh, Shaw brought the show down to the New End Theatre, Hampstead
Hampstead
Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in 2003.
In 2006 Shaw collaborated with Sir Tim Rice
Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
to produce his musical Blondel
Blondel (musical)
Blondel, a rock opera musical by Tim Rice and Stephen Oliver , was inspired by, and very loosely based on, the life of the eponymous French troubadour...
at the Pleasance
Pleasance
The Pleasance is a street in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is largely residential, although the University of Edinburgh owns property in the area.-University of Edinburgh union:...
Theatre in Islington
Islington
Islington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...
. Blondel was the first musical Rice wrote outside of his successful working partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
. Telling the tale of medieval ministrel, Blondel, the musical is set in two acts. Shaw also created the poster artwork for revival of Blondel.
In May 2008 Shaw took a new play by Matt Ian Kelly called Lightning Strikes to Dublin as part of the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. In August the same year, Shaw took What's Wrong With Angry? and Boys Of The Empire to the Edinburgh Festival with Glenn Chandler
Glenn Chandler
Glenn Chandler is an award-winning Scottish playwright and novelist. He has written plays for theatre and radio, original screenplays for television and films, television series, and novels...
, the latter of which he transferred to London at the King's Head Theatre for a limited run over Christmas 2008.
Shaw is the owner of Internet publication Broadway Baby http://www.broadwaybaby.com, a reviews-based website particularly focused on fringe theatre. He has increased Broadway Baby's traffic considerably by integrating social media into the site, and has recently made it available through the iFringe, an iPhone application that collates reviews from some of the main independent reviews sites. He also started the Virgin Atlantic customer site, V-Flyer.com in 2003 http://www.v-flyer.com, which regularly receives over 150,000 readers per month.
In 2011 he worked with photographer Paul Reiffer
Paul Reiffer
Paul Reiffer Paul Reiffer Paul Reiffer (born 12 May 1980 is a British photographer, having previously been a commercial male model.-Modelling:Paul Reiffer was represented by Target Models in the UK and Europe, although hasn't actively worked as a model since 2009. Reiffer has featured on the cover...
to create the website for The Grapes
The Grapes
The Grapes is a public house backing onto the Thames waterfront, located at 76 Narrow Street, London E14 8BP . It is owned in partnership by Evgeny Lebedev, Sean Mathias and Ian McKellen, and managed by Paul Mathias.- History :...
, famously owned by Evgeny Lebedev
Evgeny Lebedev
Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev is the chairman of both Evening Standard Ltd, which owns the Evening Standard and also Independent Print Ltd which owns the Independent newspapers, which he bought in January 2009 and March 2010...
, Sean Mathias
Sean Mathias
Sean Gerard Mathias is a British theatre director, film director, writer and actor.Mathias was born in Swansea, south Wales. He is known for directing the film, Bent, and for directing highly acclaimed theatre productions in London, New York, Cape Town, Los Angeles and Sydney...
and Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE is an English actor. He has received a Tony Award, two Academy Award nominations, and five Emmy Award nominations. His work has spanned genres from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction...
.
He continues to write computer programmes on a freelance basis.
Theatrical productions
- You Couldn't Make It Up (The Gilded BalloonThe Gilded BalloonThe Gilded Balloon is one of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's best-known venues, established by Karen Koren in 1986 in Edinburgh's Cowgate. When a fire destroyed the original premises, Teviot Row House in Bristo Square became the Gilded Balloon's main venue....
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2002) Producer - You Couldn't Make It Up (New End TheatreNew End TheatreThe New End Theatre, Hampstead, was a 80-seat fringe theatre venue in London, England, located in the London Borough of Camden which operated from 1974 until 2011. It was listed widely on the internet, including with the New York Times....
, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2003) Producer - Diana & Ross (The Gilded BalloonThe Gilded BalloonThe Gilded Balloon is one of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's best-known venues, established by Karen Koren in 1986 in Edinburgh's Cowgate. When a fire destroyed the original premises, Teviot Row House in Bristo Square became the Gilded Balloon's main venue....
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2004) Graphic Designer - Blondel (PleasancePleasanceThe Pleasance is a street in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is largely residential, although the University of Edinburgh owns property in the area.-University of Edinburgh union:...
Islington, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2006) Co-Producer with Tim RiceTim RiceSir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus... - Lightning Strikes (Project Arts CentreProject Arts CentreProject Arts Centre is a multidisciplinary contemporary arts centre located in Dublin's Temple Bar that showcases cutting-edge visual art and performance....
, Dublin 2008) Producer - Boys Of The Empire (C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2008) Co-Producer with Glenn ChandlerGlenn ChandlerGlenn Chandler is an award-winning Scottish playwright and novelist. He has written plays for theatre and radio, original screenplays for television and films, television series, and novels... - What's Wrong With Angry? (C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2008) Co-Producer with Glenn ChandlerGlenn ChandlerGlenn Chandler is an award-winning Scottish playwright and novelist. He has written plays for theatre and radio, original screenplays for television and films, television series, and novels... - Boys Of The Empire (King's Head Theatre, Islington, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2008) Co-Producer with Glenn ChandlerGlenn ChandlerGlenn Chandler is an award-winning Scottish playwright and novelist. He has written plays for theatre and radio, original screenplays for television and films, television series, and novels... - What's Wrong With Angry? (King's Head Theatre, Islington, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2009) Graphic Design & Sound Design - Scouts In Bondage (King's Head Theatre, Islington, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2009) Producer - Searching for Eden (C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2009) Graphic Designer - Rat Pack Live (C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2009) Graphic Designer - Blues Brothers Live (C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2009) Graphic Designer - Broadway Baby Revue (C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2009) Producer - The Best Of Times (Tristan Bates Theatre, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2010) Graphic Designer - Rat Pack Live (C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2010) Graphic Designer - Blues Brothers Live (C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2010) Graphic Designer - Elvis Live (C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2010) Graphic Designer - Fame, The Musical (C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2010) Graphic Designer - Jump (PleasancePleasanceThe Pleasance is a street in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland. It is largely residential, although the University of Edinburgh owns property in the area.-University of Edinburgh union:...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2010) Graphic Designer - The Crying Cherry (C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2010) Graphic Designer - Company (Southwark PlayhouseSouthwark Playhouse-History:Southwark Playhouse Theatre Company was founded in 1993 by Juliet Alderdice, Tom Wilson & Mehmet Ergen. They identified the need for a high quality accessible theatre which would also act as a major resource for the community...
, Southwark, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2011) Marketing Consultant - Drowning On Dry Land (Jermyn Street TheatreJermyn Street TheatreJermyn Street Theatre is a performance venue situated in Jermyn Street, London.Formerly a restaurant, under the leadership of Howard Jameson, it was transformed into a 70-seat studio theatre right in the heart of London's West End...
, West End, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2011) Marketing Consultant - What Goes Up (C venuesC venuesC venues is the home of the largest theatre and new writing programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is held annually in August each year...
, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
2011) Graphic Designer - Parade (Southwark PlayhouseSouthwark Playhouse-History:Southwark Playhouse Theatre Company was founded in 1993 by Juliet Alderdice, Tom Wilson & Mehmet Ergen. They identified the need for a high quality accessible theatre which would also act as a major resource for the community...
, Southwark, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2011) Marketing Consultant - Noel & Gertie (Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2011) Marketing Consultant - Burlesque (Jermyn Street TheatreJermyn Street TheatreJermyn Street Theatre is a performance venue situated in Jermyn Street, London.Formerly a restaurant, under the leadership of Howard Jameson, it was transformed into a 70-seat studio theatre right in the heart of London's West End...
, West End, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
2011) Marketing Consultant
External links
- The YS Rock 'N' Roll Years — Unofficial site, dedicated to archiving games reviews and feature articles from the magazine.
- YRUA? The Your Spectrum Unofficial Archive — Archive of articles from Your Sinclairs forerunner, Your Spectrum.
- Your Sinclair: A Celebration — Fan-written website detailing both YS and YS-related material.
- Broadway Baby — Theatrical Reviews Site
- Blondel — Revival of the Tim Rice musical in 2006
- V-Flyer — Virgin Atlantic travel site operated by Pete Shaw