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Currently writing Peter Pan for Sell a Door for their Christmas season.

Pictures of The Wind in the Willows below. Birmingham Old Rep/Scott Ritchie Productions 2016 Directed by Robert Marsden Designed by Mila Sanders Lighting by Charlie Morgan Jones 

http://www.behindthearras.com/Reviewspr/ReviewsPRAug-Dec2016/wind-in-the-willows-review-old-rep-OLD12-16.html   https://mumsnetlocalbirmingham.wordpress.com/2016/12/04/wind-in-the-willows-at-the-old-rep/    

Some pictures from ‘A Weekend in the Country’ (Cooper Hall, July 2016)

It’s a busy Christmas! First up is The Wind in the Willows (Patrick Sandford’s adaptation) at Birmingham Old Rep. Directed by Robert Marsden Design: Mila Sanders (Set); Lisa Hickey (Costume) Musical Director and Composer: Steve Allan Jones Choreographer and Movement Director: Steve Elias Lighting: Charlie Morgan Jones Poop Poop! http://www.oldreptheatre.co.uk  

Delighted to be leading some writing workshops for Selladoor’s GYWP programme over the next few months in London alongside their playwright in residence . Carolyn Kras My topics will be on helping to create dialogue  and character story arcs. Sell A Door’s Writing Programme Leading to Meantime at the Greenwich Theatre:

Here’s my 2016 projects and productions: Developing a programme of in-house work for the Victoria Theatre Halifax for the Halifax Comedy Festival; Developing and directing A Weekend in the Country for Cooper Hall Directing and tutoring at AIMS International Music School, Eastbourne Directing Peter Pan at Victoria Theatre Halifax for Imagine Theatre Directing The Wind…

Cinderella at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax runs until the 3rd January 2016. Here’s what The Stage had to say: “Combining imaginatively staged chorus work with powerful vocals, Robert Marsden’s production easily brings out a clear moral message too – and even includes a fresh twist on the ghost gag” with “plenty of seasonal magic”. More pictures…

I had the privilege of directing Michael Frayn’s recent work ‘Matchbox Theatre’ for the Halifax Comedy Festival. A site specfic piece across shops and empty houses across Halifax Town centre, this was an inhouse production for the Festival and The Victoria Theatre Halifax