Born in South Shields, North East England, I grew up working class, I was “educated working class”…meaning, I learned more from life than I did at school. I didn’t believe in the education system that that was offered, why? Simply put, it only suited a small percentage. So, educated working class/self taught, was my real education…reading, watching and listening to anything and everything to make sure my mind wasn’t left to waste.

Now, I’m not saying some of my little mind hasn’t gone to waste…I mean watching the TV show ‘Lost’ was a little bit of a waste! However, a lot of what I’ve done has served me well. Like throwing myself into the world of theatre.

For most of my life I have been a performer, acting on screen, on stage and sometime in places you can barely call a performance space. During this time, my head has lived in scripts, comedies , panto’s and even Shakespeare…I know, a working class fool like me performing ‘The Bard’! In these years, I began to scribble things down myself. Small things at first, jokes, sketches and short children’s plays.

During a twenty plus pantomime career, children’s theatre and panto’s became second nature. So, much of what I was first commissioned to write was in that genre. A genre that still continues to pay the bills and puts instant noodles in the cupboard, to this day.

Adult comedies on the other hand, they became more of a “passion project” as they don’t bring in the pennies as much as some of the other writing work in my career. That didn’t stop me though, I continue to write comedy for the big kids alongside comedy for the little kids.

Most of my work has been performed/produced in the North East, some further north in Scotland. Despite my “ Northern..ness”. Comedy is universal, laughter knows no borders…I work and write in the hope some of the shit that spills out of me can be enjoyed far and wide.

Some of my works include: Being an Ultimate Warrior, Santa’s Naughty Elf, The Big Time, The Big Goodbye, Wendy The Witch, The Will Of Joe Spade, Peter Plank’s Spooky Spectacular Show, The Big Hit, Peter Plank’s Magical Mystical Egg , Swing When You’re Losing, TheLittle Mermaid