AYT was founded in 2007 by Natalie Hardie and Imogen Curtis, who were both in their final years as drama students.
Alan is a member of the Abbey Theatre in Arbroath, and writes, acts and directs for the club.
Robin Bailes
Robin discovered the joys and abject miseries of writing comedy while at university and "Robin Hood" grew from his experiences there appearing in one bad panto after another.
Jonathan Hales performed in many pantomimes before turning his hand to writing his own. His portrayal of Puddles the giant mute penguin was universally acclaimed and as a career highlight has been an influence on most of his work since.
Bob Bishop is the author of over twenty stage plays, pantomimes and musicals.
Brian entered the theatre direct from National Service, as Trainee Manager at the London Palladium. He has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, Scottish Opera, Sadlers Wells Ballet, London Festival Ballet, Nottingham Playhouse, Bristol Old Vic and Manchester Library Theatre, but has especially fond memories of his years with Theatre Workshop at Stratford East and credits Joan Littlewood as the biggest influence on his writing and directing style.
Brian is the author of Aladdin and The Pirates. Its his first pantomime script.
Carole is a Fifer, and lives in St Andrews.
Charlotte lives and works in Aberdour, a village in Fife on the banks of the Rver Forth.
Cheryl lives with her husband, Peter May, on the Isle of Wight and is a member of West Wight Writers Group.
Chris lives in Bristol and is a founder-member of Youngsong Music.
Claire Scott is a nursery teacher from Port Glasgow, Scotland. She writes in a wide variety of genres, in particular drama and fiction for young children.
Craig Hewlett began writing for the stage in the early nineties and had his first play Penges PODS produced in Gloucestershire as a Charity Fund raiser.
Daniel is from Cambridgeshire and has had a strong love for panto ever since he was a child when he would sit in the pit at the local pantomime every night which his grandmother musically directed.
Dave Buchanan lives and works in the Kingdom of Fife. He first came to the world of amateur drama playing in a local version of "Babes in the Wood" in 1971, and produced his first panto in 1976. In the mid-80s he wrote a suite of six pantomimes for his local club. In 1995 the six pantos were published by Pedersen Press of Cumbernauld, but he launched his own company two years later under the name Wonderful World of Panto.
David Butler acts and directs on a regular basis with Dalkey Players and Square One Theatre Group.
David is the author of Confessional
Author of "Action!"
Emma Houldershaw has been a member of The Warren in North London for over 25 years.
Author of Mickey Moon and the Mushroom Mountain
Fred is co-founder along with Richard Coleman of The Really Useless Theatre Company based at Lymm in Cheshire.
Author, "The Red Carpet"
Gill Morrell has been involved in drama for as long as she can remember. She co-founded the Malford Players in Wiltshire some 20 years ago and wrote all the plays published here for the group.
Richard Hales, Mike Hogan and Claire Wright wrote their first pantomime for their local drama group in Wheatley, where all three acted, directed and produced for a number of years.
Author, "Breaking News"
Emma Houldershaw and Samantha Cartwright are the authors of The Wizard of Oz Pantomime.
The late Jack Burgess devoted the last 40 years of his life to a career in comedy, first as a banker, then as a management consultant.
Jane trained at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama studying English, Speech and Drama. She is a member of The Society of Women Writers & Journalist
Moss Park, near Whithorn, in Dumfries & Galloway, was purchased by Jill and David Sumner in 1990. Both had a passion for theatre, and were inspired by the outbuildings at Moss Park to realise their dream of having their own theatre.
Jonathan began writing six years ago with some small sketches for his local drama group. He has since gone on to write two full length plays as well as four One Act offerings, three of which have won him awards in Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands.
Joy was born in Gloucester and has been an active member of am dram for over 30 years, acting and directing mostly with The Crown Players.
Kevin comes from Surrey originally but now lives in Weston super Mare having met his wife whilst he was living in Bristol.
Les took a Film Directors Course at the Arts Institute in Bournemouth earlier this year, and will be making a film in September.
Liz is a poet and writer who was born in Glasgow and currently lives in Dumfries. She has published several poetry collections, including Stravaigin and Burning Whins and written and edited texts to support Scots and English language work in Education.
Has been writing for a number of years, mostly one act plays.
Mark Rees trained at the Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff and worked for fourteen years as a professional actor in Wales and England, in Rep, TV and radio.
Maxine Linnell′s lifelong passion for writing has been consistently interrupted by life making other plans. She is a Buddhist psychotherapist and trainer, and her ear for dialogue has been tuned by years of active listening.
Nancy McPherson is a drama enthusiast. A graduate of Glasgow University, she spent over twenty years lecturing in communication, creative writing and drama. She has also run a college theatre group, a youth theatre and has been acting, directing and writing for Stewarton Drama Group for many years.
Peter Bond has written several full-length pantomimes and short sketches for local groups and for school entertainments. His first full-length musical (with music by the late Stephen Oliver) was published over forty years ago.
Peter Foord has been involved with amateur dramatics for approximately seven years, previously having been a staunch member of the "youll never get me up on a stage!" brigade.
Peter as born in Hendon, London, and at the age of sixteen became an editor in the film industry
Peter Rolls specializes in farces for all-female casts, and has so far written three: Marigold Mews, The Eagle Eye and The Comfort Machine. All have been received well, and indeed Peter has become a cult figure in the Western Isles!
Richard is co-founder along with Fred Aylin of The Really Useless Theatre Company based at Lymm in Cheshire.
Richard chose a difficult subject for his debut play - teenage suicide. But the play was well received and went on to be runner-up in the Scott Salver Competition.
Ron Nicol spent several years in professional theatre, working in repertory, with touring productions, and in musicals, pantomime, music hall and variety.
Samantha Cartwright has been a member of The Warren in North London for nearly twenty years and acts, produces, directs and writes for the group.
Born in Weston Super Mare in 1959 Simon has been acting since the age of 14 and is currently an active member of the Crown Players based in Gloucester.
Stephen Curtis is the author of over 20 stage works most of which have been performed somewhere at some time.
Susan is the author of Alice in Wonderland, and this is her first Spotlight publication.
Tony Earnshaw is an award winning playwright whose work has been described by GoDA adjudicators as "very impressive" and "fascinating mental gymnastics with just enough humour to keep the audience laughing". Tony won Sir Michael Caine Award for Best New Writing 2011.
Brian Freeland, Dave Buchanan, Peter Bond, Jack Burgess, Jane Willis, Emma Houldershaw, Ron Nicol
Despite dabbling in writing of all types for her own fun and amusement, Vicky was lured into the addictive world of amateur dramatics in 2005 and has rarely been out of the theatre since.
