In the theatre, Alan Ayckbourn works, variously, as a stage manager, sound technician, lighting technician, scene-painter, prop maker, actor, writer, and director. He has premiered over forty of his plays at the Library Theatre in Scarborough where he spends the greater part of each year directing other people's work. Some thirty of his plays have subsequently been produced either in the West End, at the Royal National Theatre or at the RSC. They have been translated into over forty languages, are seen on stage and television throughout the world, and have received many national and international awards.
