A heist goes wrong and a desperate youngster in hock to a criminal gang finds himself in the hands of the neighbourhood pawnbroker - and fence.

A small nation invites a monarch, whose family was toppled from power when he was a babe in arms, back to rule the land. But is it prepared to welcome a king with a republican soul and a son who also breaks the mould?

An age old fairy tale - a princess awakes from a hundred-year sleep to marry her prince. But this time, she’s been evicted from her palace on a shabby couch and a group of 21st century professionals have her life in their hands.

An exploited media intern finds his dream job with an acclaimed movie director comes at a hellish cost.

Written 2015

THIS PLAY HAS CHARACTERS WHO USE RACIAL SLURS. (Full Length Play)

Pre Credit Crunch London - lawyer Hugo and accountant David are building up, by hook or by crook, a property empire - the properties, the dosh, the bank loans, the accounts in the name of Monica, David's girl friend - if only she knew. Hugo's French girl friend, Annick, still hopes Hugo will turn out to be a chivalrous Hugh-Grant type. Little does she know. But now hit man Max wants to become his own boss in the global market place and even a senior with a sweet tooth turns out to be one adversary too many. A 21st century tale but, with the wheel of fate turning like the London Eye, how will it all end?

Written in 2007 as Briefcase Encounter.

A Brit playwright on the cusp of American success finds his career scuppered in the 1970s when his name is used by a Marxist group on a leaflet. Fast forward to the 21st century and a prospective deal in the crazed London property market brings victim and perpetrator together.

Written for Theatre 503, London Rapid Response but rejected April 2014

Panic buying leading to fuel shortages. A row between a Facebook group admin and a poster about garages with petrol takes an unexpected turn.

In 1960s' Switzerland the renowned German author of a wartime classic novel and his American movie star wife knock back the liquor and bicker during their self imposed tax exile. Yet even in their jetsetting world, they still have to face the realities of love and death.

Based on a true story.

Written for but rejected for a reading by Actors and Writers London 2008

Rehearsed Reading directed by Jennifer Davis with Lucien Morgan and Jeanne Golding RealDeal Theatre 2013

Cheated out of his land, an honest farmer tries for the rest of his days to regain the family property.

A young boy embarks on a journey of discovery about his town and family’s past in post World War 2 Germany.

An executive seeks to revolutionise broadcasting in a top secret project but doesn’t count on an element turning automatons into humans - money!

During the protectorate republic of Oliver Cromwell, two women meet and connect over an illegal business transaction.

First there was Charles Ponzi, then Bernie Madoff … Now there’s Paul Stone …‘It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked.’ Warren Buffett, billionaire investor

Financier Paul Stone, journalist Zoe Maskill and investment manager Amanda Cardville-Smith all think they’re victims of the Credit Crunch -- they got found out!

The finance journalist disguised as a Pizza Boy disguised as a Brazilian maid (it's complicated) calling out to the police officer (who is the investment fund manager in disguise - it's complicated) outside the locked door "Meester Stone, he no here ... he in church, he pray, mucho pray ..."

One act play featured in the City Spy column of the London Evening Standard 3/4/2009, The Capitalist column of City AM ‘First Ponzi Inspired Play Hits The Boards’ 3/4/2009 and The London Paper's ‘One Of Three Plays To See’ 2/4/2009.

Tuesday March 31 - Saturday April 4 2009
Barons Court Theatre, 28a Comeragh Road, London
Catherine Potter as Zoe Maskill
Maggie Robson as Amanda Cardville-Smith
Mark Shaer as Paul Stone
Directed by Catherine Arden
Design by Amy Cartwright
Stage Manager/Assistant Designer/Scene Backdrop Will Seward
Lighting/Sound by Annabel Grundy
Camera Michelle Brooks

There's one constant from the early days of the movie business in the back gardens of Walthamstow through British film studios to Hollywood. The ultra efficient 'continuity girl' insuring movies make sense in a senseless world! An informative romp through movie history.

Originally written for a mooted Walthamstow, London festival which never went ahead. 2014

A financial whizz is on the brink of a huge breakthrough — and enormous commission payments. Overriding the veto on nations exploiting space for national gain with a multinational tied to no state, limitless wealth beckons. Until unexpected family ties bring him back to earth.

Full length play.

"Jake and Penelope have flown from the US to their English seaside house to celebrate their wedding anniversary with two grown-up children and a baby grandchild in tow. But when American Jake wakes up to find a note on the pillow where his English-born wife should be, the family’s transatlantic idyll collapses to reveal a more complex and bewildering reality ...”

The songs included are not compulsory but it may show how songs can add an extra layer to the script.

This was written 2012/13.

Hidden away for over 500 years in a secret forested valley somewhere in France, an unregistered community is in crisis. The aged baker has popped his clogs leaving no one to take over his role. When a gap year student seems to fulfil the criteria, life in the valley will never be the same again …

The life and loves of poet, broadcasting personality and womanizer Louis Untermeyer as a Cold War recording of popular quiz show What's My Line? digs deep, excavating his wives, political past, rivals and the fate of his student son.

Written in July 2013