Alan Ayckbourn

English dramatist Trevor Griffiths, pictured in 1973. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Trevor Griffiths obituary: Passionate and prolific dramatist

Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.

'Theatre is restorative': Birds of a Feather team bring Cluedo to life on stage

Raphael Akuwudike (Ste) and Joshua Asaré (Jamie) in rehearsals for the 30th anniversary production of Beautiful Thing, coming to Leeds Playhouse in October. Picture: The Other Richard

Highlights of the autumn seasons in the region's theatres

Sir Alan Ayckbourn with a previously unseen portrait painted by John Bratby in the mid 1970s

Sir Alan Ayckbourn donates his treasures to go on display in Scarborough

Sir Alan Ayckbourn at 75.Picture Richard Ponter

Alan Ayckbourn to appear on stage in his own play

Scarborough Sea Wall Heritage Trail plaque unveiling... (Pic: Richard Ponter)

History of Scarborough's Marine Drive to be told in new sea wall trail

Falafal, muhammara

Kino the new Leeds restaurant funded by Opera North

Family Album written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn at The Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough.

Review: Four stars for Alan Ayckbourn's Family Album in Scarborough

Brief Encounter runs at the Stephen Joseph Theatre over the summer

New season at the Stephen Joseph Theatre includes a brand new Ayckbourn play

Infiniti Construction has won a multi-million pound contract to convert the former home of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough into 28 new one- and two-bedroom apartments.

Former theatre to be transformed into apartments

Sir Alan Ayckbourn Picture: Richard Ponter

Alan Ayckbourn joins objectors to £22m flats and retail scheme for Scarborough

Sir Alan Ayckbourn in his garden in May this year. (Picture: Tony Bartholomew).

Sir Alan Ayckbourn on his new radio play, lockdown and the challenges facing the...

Paul Robinson, artistic director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. Picture: Tony Bartholomew.

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre's bold new season

The playwright on stage alongside his wife Jane Thornton in Shafted!

John Godber on David Hockney and the future of theatre

Mark Curry, who was born in West Yorkshire, has been doing a series of interviews with showbiz stars to raise money for charity.

Former Blue Peter presenter Mark Curry on why he's helping struggling actors

Sir Alan Ayckbourn at his home in Scarborough. (Richard Ponter).

Alan Ayckbourn: 'We must make sure that theatre survives'

Alan Ayckbourn and his wife Heather Stoney

Alan Ayckbourn and his wife to star in a world premiere of his play Anno Domino ...

Stepping Out, above, and Birthdays Past Birthdays Present, inset, at the SJT, 2019. Picture: Tony Bartholomew

Loyal audiences give support to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre during lock...

Alan Ayckbourns Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present.

We look back at 2019 - an exceptional year for theatre in Yorkshire

Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present, is on in Scarborough.

Review: Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present - Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough

Seasons Greetings is on in Scarborough this summer. Picture: Tony Bartholomew.

Review - Season’s Greetings - Stephen Joseph Theatre

Christmas has come early to Scarborough with the revival of Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s tragi-comedy Season’s Greetings.

Sue Wilkinson

New work: The first stage adaptation of film The Last King of Scotland comes to the Crucible, Sheffield next month.

Yorkshire’s theatre highlights this autumn - part 2

A festival of Alan Ayckbourn films at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre includes Private Fears in Public Places

Rarely seen films in Alan Ayckbourn festival in Scarborough

Laura Soper in reherasals for Swallows and Amazons at York Theatre Royal. (Picture: Anthony Robling).

As Swallows and Amazons opens at York Theatre Royal we talk to its young star La...

Sonia Boyces placards, Devotional Series. Picture: Charlotte Graham

York sound exhibition turns up the volume on female artists

Rehearsals for Seasons Greetings which opens at the Stephen Joseph Theatre next week. (Picture: Tony Bartholomew).

Why Sir Alan Ayckbourn is one of the world’s greatest living playwrights

The cast in rehearsal for Stepping Out. (Picture: Tony Bartholomew).

Dancing feet

The Yorkshire Dales National Park is popular with walkers.

Why I have suspicions of birds of prey persecution in Yorkshire Dales - Yorkshir...

Bob Weighton, turns 111 today.

England's oldest man, born in Hull, tells Queen not to send a card as he turns 1...

Sir Alan Ayckbourn at his home in Scarborough. (Picture: Tony Bartholomew).

Sir Alan Ayckbourn at 80: Exclusive interview with the Yorkshire playwright

Kay Mellors Fat Friends the Musical.

Theatre in Yorkshire has been in rude health in 2018

Alan Ayckbourn looking on (back) during rehearsals for Better Off Dead his 82nd play which he also directs. (Picture: Tony Bartholomew).

Why Alan Ayckbourn is top of his game

Alan Ayckbourn's latest play '“ his 82nd '“ opens in Scarborough next month. Theatre correspondent Nick Ahad reports.

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CLASSIC: Joking Apart by Alan Ayckbourn returns to the Scarborough stage, forty years on. PIC: Tony Bartholomew

Past, present and future on offer at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre

Janie Dee in rehearsals for Monogamy by Torben Betts. (Picture: Simon Annand).

Janie Dee heads to York for new play Monogamy

Dr John Godber with his OBE medal following an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace

Playwright John Godber in plea for arts funding at Palace ceremony

Actress Emma Chambers

Emma Chambers, actress

DOMESTIC COMEDY: A Brief History of Women. Picture: © Tony Bartholomew.

Theatrical giant

LOOKING BACK: Sir Alan Ayckbourn is celebrating 60 years at the Stephen Joseph Theatre.

Big interview: Sir Alan Ayckbourn

STEP UP: Ayckbourn's farce Taking Steps at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. Picture: ©Tony Bartholomew /Turnstone Media.

Review: Taking Steps

DOUBLE ACT: Lotte Wakeham and Amelia Bullmore at Scarborough Stephen Joseph Theatre. Picture: Richard Ponter

Crowd-pleasers

HIDDEN TALENT: Serena Manteghi as LV is rehearsals for The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough.Picture: Sam Taylor

A new direction

Kara Tointon is about to appear on stage in Yorkshire in Gaslight.

Kara Tointon: I was so naïve that I thought that the critics were kind to every...

© Tony Bartholomew/Turnstone Media 07802 400651 /info@turnstonemedia.co.uk PICTURES SUPPLIED ON BEHALF OF THE STEPHEN JOSEPH THEATRE FOR USE IN PRESS AND PUBLICITY IN PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. 1st December 2016 Production picture of No Knowing, written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn, at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, 1-24 December. From left: Jacqueline King as Elspeth

Review: No Knowing

Crowds at the Scarborough Cricket Festival last month.

YP Letters: Scarborough '“ a resort with something to offer everyone

Sunbathers at South Bay beach in Scarborough on Bank Holiday Monday. Picture: Ceri Oakes

Pilloried Yorkshire town hits back at sports writer

The Karaoke Theatre Comany. ©Tony Bartholomew/ Turnstone Media.

Review: Karaoke Theatre Company, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough

Rehearsals for The Karaoke Theatre Company by Alan Ayckbourn. Picture: Tony Bartholomew

Why just write about my play, said Alan Ayckbourn - you can be in it

PREVIEW: The National Joke

The Stephen Joseph Theatres new Artistic Director Paul Robinson

Which way now?

Elvis in Concert  Live on Screen

Yorkshire calendar: Upcoming events

Writer and SJT associate Torben Betts.

Highlights of the new season at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre

July 20: Celebrating a great theatre’s anniversary

Father and son team Christopoher and Tom Godwin in The Woman in Black. Picture: Tony Bartholomew

Acting duo bring family values to hit chiller

Ayckbourn’s latest work marks theatre’s 60th anniversary celebrations

DIAMOND NIGHT OUT: Scarboroughs Stephen Joseph Theatre will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2015 by offering 600 tickets for around the price of a pint of milk.

Scarborough theatre offers seats for 60p to celebrate anniversary

Sir Alan Ayckbourn

How Scarborough playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn became toast of New York

Stephen Matthews Katie Birtill and John Barr in The Boy Who Fell Into A Book. Picture: Tony Bartholomew

Ayckbourn play that’s been transformed into a musical - with review

Young writers discussing some of the entrants in the competition at a Script Yorkshire event. Picture: Amy Charles

Helping to put new writing centre stage

Nick Ahad: Final curtain: thank you and goodbye, it’s been a huge privilege

Review: Farcicals, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough