The latest project from Gloucester Scriptorium is ‘The Gloucester Citizen’, a series of tiny plays and monologues with characters inspired by the city of Gloucester.

The show includes two of my own pieces, both of them monologues set in a graveyard, originally written for Stroud Fringe.

In ‘Pension Plan’ bank robber Derek (played by Andrew Thorn) looks forward to enjoying the spoils of his late partner-in-crime Andy… who may have left him more than he’s expecting.

In ‘Nosferatu’, widow Lucy (played by Jilly Breeze) prepares to tell her late husband’s friends some home truths in the hope that she can begin to move on with her life.

The performance takes place in the Fountain Inn, Gloucester, at 19:30 on Thursday 31st May. Entry is free, although donations to the Scriptorium would be welcomed.

Hard to believe the whole process is all over, but at 9:30  last Friday morning 18th May, my short radio play ‘Sky Pilots’ was broadcast on BBC Solent during the Julian Clegg drive time show – then repeated at 17:40. It was lovely to hear it complete with all the sound effects I had written in, but which couldn’t practically be done live at Thornden Hall – especially the hot air balloon burners.

The whole show is now available on iPlayer here, starting at 3:05:30.

It was great to be involved with the BBC Solent people, particularly Louisa Hannan who did such a great job of organising the whole venture, as well as fellow playwrights Ben White, Georgina Pitts  and GillianPalmer, I hope to hear more from them in the future.

Now comes the hard part, moving onwards with other projects.