Playwright's wisecrack about lead actor, once passed round? (4)

I’m a playwright, author, actor, and an amateur cryptic crossword setter who takes great pride in making theatre that seeks to "entertain at any cost."

Born and raised in Nottingham, I’ve proudly called Hull home for a decade. I came for the patty and chips, and stayed for the marriage. (I am a father of three and husband of one.)

I predominantly write plays that take existing works, violently shake them upside down, and put them back together with a contemporary, dark, and frequently risqué twist. As a card-carrying lover and scholar of Shakespeare, I like to think he’d either kiss me or kick me in the nuts if he saw what I my Edinburgh Fringe Debut "WATCH ME DIE!" did to Othello. (Or both, I'm not fussy.)

My theatrical pedigree (oof fancy!) runs deep: I started acting at age five and peaked early by appearing in the Milan Film Festival Award-winning short Odour of Chrysanthemums (dir. Mark Partridge) at age eight.

Today, my acting specialities have gracefully evolved into two distinct categories: exhausted father figures and unhinged panto villains. I've got range.

When I’m not despairing at the state of politics or wrestling with never ending plot holes, I’m one-third of the anarchic theatre-making trio The Dead Fool Society, alongside my frequent collaborators Sami Hindmarsh and Lulu Frenett.

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