Meet the Playwrights

Music and drama has played a huge part in Christine’s life. She has performed in plays, musicals and pantomimes and has been the Music Director for many productions. More recently she has moved in to directing and writing which she enjoys. She particularly likes a twisted tale.

Leonie has performed with a number of groups in Hertfordshire, but now particularly enjoys writing plays. She tries to address the imbalance of parts for “women of a certain age” and other groups lacking suitable parts. She has been a teacher for many years.

Sarah is a drama practitioner and playwright based in West Yorkshire. She has been creating work predominantly for young people for over 30 years. Her work has been produced nationally and occasionally internationally.

Actor, director, youth leader and performing arts tutor, Dianne ffitch has been involved in both amateur and professional productions for over 50 years. Unable to find the 'right play' for the circumstances when running a touring theatre company, she started writing for the stage.

Jay is an actor, director and writer. In 2023 she retired from her role as Artistic Director at Ilkley Playhouse. She now concentrates on her writing and cherry-picking the few parts available for an actor of a certain age.

Richard is an award-winning writer, actor and director based in Bedford, UK. Five of his ten-minute plays have won open competitions; at the Chesil Theatre 'Take Ten', the Ilkley Playhouse '8x8x8' (twice), and the Bedford 'From Scratch' (twice). His plays 'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein', 'The Mrs Hudson Mysteries', and 'Seizing the Skies', telling of the R101 airship disaster, have been premiered at The Place Theatre in Bedford.

Kathryn has spent much of her life in amateur theatre as an actor, dancer, director, choreographer and writer. These days she is mostly to be found directing or writing. She lives and works in beautiful Cornwall.