Alan Ayckbourn: Careers & Timeline
Although primarily known as a playwright & director, Alan Ayckbourn's career in theatre is wide-ranging and his position as Artistic Director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre is as crucial to understanding Ayckbourn as his playwriting & directing careers.Theatre Careers (including Stephen Joseph Theatre)
Professional Playwright
(1959 - present)
Professional Director
(1961 - present)
Artistic Director of the SJT (1972 - 2009)
Professional Actor
(1956 - 1964)
Other Venues & Organisations
Company Director
(1986 - 1988)
Radio Drama Producer
(1965 - 1970)
Playwright, Director & Actor (1962 - 1964)
Visiting Professor
(1992)
Alan Ayckbourn: A Careers Timeline
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Actor with Sir Donald Wolfit's company
Student Assistant Stage Manager at Connaught Theatre, Worthing
Actor at Leatherhead Theatre Club
Assistant Stage Manager & Actor at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Actor at the Oxford Playhouse
Stage Manager at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Actor at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Playwright
Director
Director, writer and actor at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Radio Drama Producer at the BBC
Director Of Productions at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Screenplay writer for Hark At Barker on ITV (using the pseudonym Peter Caulfield)
Artistic Director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre
Company Director at the National Theatre, London
Cameron Mackintosh Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford University
Guest Director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre and other venues
Director Emeritus at the Stephen Joseph Theatre
Student Assistant Stage Manager at Connaught Theatre, Worthing
Actor at Leatherhead Theatre Club
Assistant Stage Manager & Actor at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Actor at the Oxford Playhouse
Stage Manager at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Actor at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Playwright
Director
Director, writer and actor at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Radio Drama Producer at the BBC
Director Of Productions at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Screenplay writer for Hark At Barker on ITV (using the pseudonym Peter Caulfield)
Artistic Director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre
Company Director at the National Theatre, London
Cameron Mackintosh Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford University
Guest Director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre and other venues
Director Emeritus at the Stephen Joseph Theatre
Research by Simon Murgatroyd. Copyright: Haydonning Ltd. Please do not reproduce without permission of the copyright holder.