Alan Boyd
@alanboyd.bsky.social
Writing Plays and reviving those bottom drawer plays. [email protected]
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On the off chance anyone finds themselves short of an actor last minute for pantos (especially in Glasgow or the Central Belt of Scotland), I am VERY available and very good at learning lines REALLY quickly.
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
On the off chance anyone finds themselves short of an actor last minute for pantos (especially in Glasgow or the Central Belt of Scotland), I am VERY available and very good at learning lines REALLY quickly.
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My fourth book, a biography of Kenny Dalglish, is in bookshops and online now.
October 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My fourth book, a biography of Kenny Dalglish, is in bookshops and online now.
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I mean it, Scotland. We’ve got to ditch England and save ourselves. The union is done. England is done. Scotland can still be saved if we go it alone, but we’ve gotta go fast and go soon. We’re in a burning building. Only a fool stays to die.
It’s inevitable that Reform will eventually come for naturalised citizens soon. They’re in full brutality mode now, fed and watered by Starmer’s govt & the BBC, Sky and the London press
Scotland: we need to vote our way out of this rotten Union before the next UK election or we’ll live to regret it
Scotland: we need to vote our way out of this rotten Union before the next UK election or we’ll live to regret it
September 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I mean it, Scotland. We’ve got to ditch England and save ourselves. The union is done. England is done. Scotland can still be saved if we go it alone, but we’ve gotta go fast and go soon. We’re in a burning building. Only a fool stays to die.
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Tonight is the first preview of #BlackHoleSign at the Tron Theatre. Here’s the cast letting us know what to expect…
Catch it at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow until 4 October and then at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from 8 to 18 October
🎥81 Films UK
Catch it at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow until 4 October and then at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from 8 to 18 October
🎥81 Films UK
September 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Tonight is the first preview of #BlackHoleSign at the Tron Theatre. Here’s the cast letting us know what to expect…
Catch it at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow until 4 October and then at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from 8 to 18 October
🎥81 Films UK
Catch it at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow until 4 October and then at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from 8 to 18 October
🎥81 Films UK
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Looking for some readers for feedback on a new play of mine. Drop me a message if you'd like a look at what I've been working on.
September 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Looking for some readers for feedback on a new play of mine. Drop me a message if you'd like a look at what I've been working on.
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Lisa Nicoll Productions & Perth Theatre’s Creative Hub are calling out for more professional actors, writers, directors and producers across Scotland to get involved for 2025/26 Programme which kicks off on 22 September 2025
Lisa Nicoll Productions: Creative Hub - YTAS
Lisa Nicoll Productions & Perth Theatre’s Creative Hub are calling out for more professional actors, writers, directors and producers across Scotland to
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September 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Lisa Nicoll Productions & Perth Theatre’s Creative Hub are calling out for more professional actors, writers, directors and producers across Scotland to get involved for 2025/26 Programme which kicks off on 22 September 2025
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Scotland is a nation - and nations have the right to decide their future.
Add your name to the Right to Decide declaration.
Let’s make Scotland’s voice heard loud and clear. Add your name here: yes.scot/decide
Add your name to the Right to Decide declaration.
Let’s make Scotland’s voice heard loud and clear. Add your name here: yes.scot/decide
September 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Scotland is a nation - and nations have the right to decide their future.
Add your name to the Right to Decide declaration.
Let’s make Scotland’s voice heard loud and clear. Add your name here: yes.scot/decide
Add your name to the Right to Decide declaration.
Let’s make Scotland’s voice heard loud and clear. Add your name here: yes.scot/decide
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📣 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CALLOUT!
We are delighted to be supporting the Scottish Graduate Showcase by aiding the recruitment of their Assistant Director for 2025! 🏴
🔗 For more info & to apply: www.frameworktheatre.com/work-with-us
We are delighted to be supporting the Scottish Graduate Showcase by aiding the recruitment of their Assistant Director for 2025! 🏴
🔗 For more info & to apply: www.frameworktheatre.com/work-with-us
August 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
📣 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CALLOUT!
We are delighted to be supporting the Scottish Graduate Showcase by aiding the recruitment of their Assistant Director for 2025! 🏴
🔗 For more info & to apply: www.frameworktheatre.com/work-with-us
We are delighted to be supporting the Scottish Graduate Showcase by aiding the recruitment of their Assistant Director for 2025! 🏴
🔗 For more info & to apply: www.frameworktheatre.com/work-with-us
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📣 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
We’re delighted to announce that Leah Balmforth, Julie Coombe and Louise Haggerty will be starring in #FEIS by Anna McGrath.
Also featuring live music from Brian James O'Sullivan!
We’re delighted to announce that Leah Balmforth, Julie Coombe and Louise Haggerty will be starring in #FEIS by Anna McGrath.
Also featuring live music from Brian James O'Sullivan!
August 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
📣 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
We’re delighted to announce that Leah Balmforth, Julie Coombe and Louise Haggerty will be starring in #FEIS by Anna McGrath.
Also featuring live music from Brian James O'Sullivan!
We’re delighted to announce that Leah Balmforth, Julie Coombe and Louise Haggerty will be starring in #FEIS by Anna McGrath.
Also featuring live music from Brian James O'Sullivan!
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#ALL50RTS Day 50: well how else could you finish?
GOLDEN SLUMBERS/CARRY THAT WEIGHT/THE END by THE BEATLES (1969) (11 PTS)
They wrote their own perfect epitaph, and undercut it seconds later and for over fifty years since. Because all endings are imposed. Funny guys
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b1q5...
GOLDEN SLUMBERS/CARRY THAT WEIGHT/THE END by THE BEATLES (1969) (11 PTS)
They wrote their own perfect epitaph, and undercut it seconds later and for over fifty years since. Because all endings are imposed. Funny guys
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b1q5...
The Beatles - Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by [TheNEW]
m.youtube.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
#ALL50RTS Day 50: well how else could you finish?
GOLDEN SLUMBERS/CARRY THAT WEIGHT/THE END by THE BEATLES (1969) (11 PTS)
They wrote their own perfect epitaph, and undercut it seconds later and for over fifty years since. Because all endings are imposed. Funny guys
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b1q5...
GOLDEN SLUMBERS/CARRY THAT WEIGHT/THE END by THE BEATLES (1969) (11 PTS)
They wrote their own perfect epitaph, and undercut it seconds later and for over fifty years since. Because all endings are imposed. Funny guys
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b1q5...
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Hello, Playwrights and theatre colleagues. We have made it to Bluesky.
The SSP is Scotland's theatre writer's union. We develop and promote the interests and craft of professional #playwrights and #playwriting within Scottish theatre.
Give us a follow or tag us so we can find you!
🏴 🎭 ✍🏼
The SSP is Scotland's theatre writer's union. We develop and promote the interests and craft of professional #playwrights and #playwriting within Scottish theatre.
Give us a follow or tag us so we can find you!
🏴 🎭 ✍🏼
August 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Hello, Playwrights and theatre colleagues. We have made it to Bluesky.
The SSP is Scotland's theatre writer's union. We develop and promote the interests and craft of professional #playwrights and #playwriting within Scottish theatre.
Give us a follow or tag us so we can find you!
🏴 🎭 ✍🏼
The SSP is Scotland's theatre writer's union. We develop and promote the interests and craft of professional #playwrights and #playwriting within Scottish theatre.
Give us a follow or tag us so we can find you!
🏴 🎭 ✍🏼
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August 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Written by playwright Frances Poet, with music by Ricky Ross and directed by Dominic Hill, Small Acts of Love is produced by the Citizens Theatre in association with the National Theatre of Scotland
BOOK NOW
www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/small...
BOOK NOW
www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/small...
Small Acts of Love | National Theatre of Scotland
A powerful new play that celebrates love, resilience, and community. In the wake of the Pan Am 103 atrocity in December 1988, the people of Lockerbie respo
www.nationaltheatrescotland.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Written by playwright Frances Poet, with music by Ricky Ross and directed by Dominic Hill, Small Acts of Love is produced by the Citizens Theatre in association with the National Theatre of Scotland
BOOK NOW
www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/small...
BOOK NOW
www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/small...
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Greetings, playwrights! We're accepting play submissions for the 2026 Scribe Playwriting Competition. Submit your one-act and full length plays at: scribeplaywriting.weebly.com
#playwriting #playwright #playwrights #theater #dramaturgy #theatre #writingcommunity #writing #theatersky #theatresky
#playwriting #playwright #playwrights #theater #dramaturgy #theatre #writingcommunity #writing #theatersky #theatresky
August 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Greetings, playwrights! We're accepting play submissions for the 2026 Scribe Playwriting Competition. Submit your one-act and full length plays at: scribeplaywriting.weebly.com
#playwriting #playwright #playwrights #theater #dramaturgy #theatre #writingcommunity #writing #theatersky #theatresky
#playwriting #playwright #playwrights #theater #dramaturgy #theatre #writingcommunity #writing #theatersky #theatresky
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Theatre Studies at University of Glasgow has launched its first online course. Introduction to Playwriting, a partnership with Scottish Playwrights Studio and brilliant playwright Douglas Maxwell, alongside other featured writers, is FREE.
www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-introduction-to-playwriting
www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-introduction-to-playwriting
Introduction to Playwriting - Online Course
In this intro course, you'll generate ideas for a play and get to know genre, drama structure, exposition, dialogue, and drafting.
www.futurelearn.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Theatre Studies at University of Glasgow has launched its first online course. Introduction to Playwriting, a partnership with Scottish Playwrights Studio and brilliant playwright Douglas Maxwell, alongside other featured writers, is FREE.
www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-introduction-to-playwriting
www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-introduction-to-playwriting
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Like, did you know a huge amount of art only gets made if working class folk play the lottery?
March 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Like, did you know a huge amount of art only gets made if working class folk play the lottery?
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I made a little video for my website showcasing what I do.
I'm lucky to be pretty busy this year but still have some gaps to fill later in the year if anyone is looking for a director, writer and/or composer!
I'm lucky to be pretty busy this year but still have some gaps to fill later in the year if anyone is looking for a director, writer and/or composer!
March 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I made a little video for my website showcasing what I do.
I'm lucky to be pretty busy this year but still have some gaps to fill later in the year if anyone is looking for a director, writer and/or composer!
I'm lucky to be pretty busy this year but still have some gaps to fill later in the year if anyone is looking for a director, writer and/or composer!
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Come see the SAST scratch night! Thursday 27th February, 7.30pm. Mysterious location revealed when you buy a ticket! (or email & ask)
February 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Come see the SAST scratch night! Thursday 27th February, 7.30pm. Mysterious location revealed when you buy a ticket! (or email & ask)
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Come see our new scratch night. We have comedians, short plays & poetry.
Someone may learn to juggle.
Location information comes with the ticket - the clue is Billy Connolly 🧐 🎟
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele...
Someone may learn to juggle.
Location information comes with the ticket - the clue is Billy Connolly 🧐 🎟
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele...
February 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Come see our new scratch night. We have comedians, short plays & poetry.
Someone may learn to juggle.
Location information comes with the ticket - the clue is Billy Connolly 🧐 🎟
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele...
Someone may learn to juggle.
Location information comes with the ticket - the clue is Billy Connolly 🧐 🎟
www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/sele...
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We’re at @thegaiety.bsky.social in Ayr Thursday to Saturday and then out touring Ayrshire the following week.
February 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We’re at @thegaiety.bsky.social in Ayr Thursday to Saturday and then out touring Ayrshire the following week.
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I’m looking forward to this. The Gaiety is a lovely place to perform with an amazing cafe. The plays are great fun too.
We’re at @thegaiety.bsky.social in Ayr Thursday to Saturday and then out touring Ayrshire the following week.
February 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I’m looking forward to this. The Gaiety is a lovely place to perform with an amazing cafe. The plays are great fun too.
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We have an amazing line-up on Monday, very excited to have all these fantastic creatives joining us at Leith Depot for our pint-sized play night, Up in the Air.
Tickets available here
tinyurl.com/3m6rc58b
We do tend to sell out, so grab one now!
Tickets available here
tinyurl.com/3m6rc58b
We do tend to sell out, so grab one now!
January 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We have an amazing line-up on Monday, very excited to have all these fantastic creatives joining us at Leith Depot for our pint-sized play night, Up in the Air.
Tickets available here
tinyurl.com/3m6rc58b
We do tend to sell out, so grab one now!
Tickets available here
tinyurl.com/3m6rc58b
We do tend to sell out, so grab one now!