Philip Ayckbourn
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Philip Ayckbourn is an English
actor
, director and playwright
. He is the son of playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn
.
Ayckbourn trained for three years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
. In 1998, he and fellow RADA
alum Judi Armstrong founded Quorum Theatre Company for which Ayckbourn has written and directed many of his own one act plays.
In 2009 he and Kristina Anne Howell founded PCK Productions which tours Ayckbourn's plays in the UK.
Most recent full length plays include: 'The Essence of Love' (review http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/review_view.php?uid=5387), 'A Thorn in Midsummer' and 'Virtually Just So', co written with Kristina Anne Howell.
Ayckbourn's play 'A Plan of Action' (2008) is published by Samuel French Ltd.
(http://www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk/books/a-plan-of-action)
Ayckbourn's play 'The Essence Of Love' (2010) is available from Stagescripts Ltd. (http://shop.stagescripts.com/categories/Plays/Full-Length/Comedy/The-Essence-Of-Love)
Agent details: JFL Agency Ltd http://www.jflagency.com
England
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, director and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
. He is the son of playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn
Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE is a prolific English playwright. He has written and produced seventy-three full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their...
.
Ayckbourn trained for three years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...
. In 1998, he and fellow RADA
Rada
Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly"borrowed by Polish from the Low Franconian "Rad" and later passed into the Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages....
alum Judi Armstrong founded Quorum Theatre Company for which Ayckbourn has written and directed many of his own one act plays.
In 2009 he and Kristina Anne Howell founded PCK Productions which tours Ayckbourn's plays in the UK.
Most recent full length plays include: 'The Essence of Love' (review http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/review_view.php?uid=5387), 'A Thorn in Midsummer' and 'Virtually Just So', co written with Kristina Anne Howell.
Ayckbourn's play 'A Plan of Action' (2008) is published by Samuel French Ltd.
(http://www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk/books/a-plan-of-action)
Ayckbourn's play 'The Essence Of Love' (2010) is available from Stagescripts Ltd. (http://shop.stagescripts.com/categories/Plays/Full-Length/Comedy/The-Essence-Of-Love)
Agent details: JFL Agency Ltd http://www.jflagency.com