 He has written several other plays and has directed episodes of the television soap operas "Brookside" and "Emmerdale Farm".He was born in Coventry, England, read Drama at the University of Hull and, after graduation, won an Arts Council Trainee Director's Bursary to the Belgrade Theatre in his hometown of Coventry.He was later Associate Director at the Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster and York Theatre Royal before becoming artistic director of the Bubble Theatre Company in 1979.