Plays by Ron Nicol: 38 tried, tested and published One Act Dramas & Comedies, One Act Plays for Young People, Full Length Plays and Pantomimes. Most of the one act plays are suitable for festivals, five have won writing prizes, and various productions at Scottish, English, Irish and American festivals have won more than sixty awards between them. Ron's work has been performed in the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Germany, Luxembourg and Minorca. Productions of his plays during the past two years are listed below under PRODUCTION DIARY.

For details and a synopsis of each play, click the buttons on the left.

"Ron Nicol is not only one of our most prolific playwrights, but a highly respected one, who is a fine wordsmith." (Amateur Stage - May 2007)

"We performed your wonderful play and managed to win the Junior Section of the Highland Division. It was really good to find something in which we could cast the whole of our P6/7 and which allowed our strong players to perform. The humour, balance and pace really allowed us to show what they could do. Thanks." (Auchtertyre Primary School - 'The Spiriting of Burd Ellen' 2005)

"We are thrilled to say that The Young Oxted Players swept the board at last night's Southern Counties Drama Festival and won Best Young Actor, Best Young Actress, Best Stage Presentation, Best Junior Entry and Runner Up for the whole Festival! Five awards for one play appears to be an all time record at the festival. Our thanks to you for such a wonderful piece of theatre that had the audience totally gripped." (Young Oxted Players -'The Edge' 2008)

"The audience and the adjudicator loved the play and the reception we got from the audience was fantastic ... I would say the best audience reaction out of the whole festival. We are chuffed to bits. I hope you have a great success with the play. We certainly had!" (Peninver Players - 'Pig Tale' 2010)

                    PRODUCTION DIARY 2011

                    'ALADDIN'

Hugglescote Drama Group - Hugglescote, Leicester

Glenrothes Theatre Company - Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, Fife (14-16 Dec)

                    'BEWARE THE JABBERWOCK'

Biloxi High School - Biloxi High School Lecture Hall (10-12 Jan); Mississippi Theater Association Statewide Festival, Mississippi State University Riley Center, Meridian, Mississippi (14 Jan)

Glenrothes Theatre Company - Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, Fife (11-13 May)

                    'A CHRISTMAS CAROL'

Pullman Civic Theatre, Pullman, Washington USA (9-18 December)

                    'FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS'

Elgin Amateur Dramatic Society - Moray Fringe, Holy Trinity Hall, Elgin (7 Apr)

                    'PIG TALE'

Star Struck Youth Drama - King's Theatre, Gloucester (29 & 30 Apr)

                    'SCOUNDRELS AND STRATAGEMS'

Clipston Amateur Dramatic Society - Market Harborough, Leicester

Minorca Charity Players - The Casino, San Clemente, Minorca (2,3,9,10 Dec)

                    'DE SNEEUWKONINGIN'

Holland

                    'THE SNOW QUEEN'

Swansea Little Theatre - Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea (7 & 8 Jan)

The Young Phoenix - Phoenix Theatre, Blyth, Northumberland (7 – 9 Apr)

Rushden Amateur Theatrical Society - The Pemberton Centre, Rushden, Northamptonshire (26-28 May)

Old Palace of John Whitgift School - Croydon, Surrey (16 - 18 Nov)

USA

                    'THE SPIRITING OF BURD ELLEN'

Peninver Junior Players - Scottish Community Drama Association Argyll Kintyre District Festival, Campbeltown Grammar School, Campbeltown, Argyll (18 & 19 Feb); SCDA Western Division Youth Final, Ryan Theatre, Stranraer (19 Mar)

                    'TWO TALL TALES'

St Peter Players - Community Centre, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire (14 - 16 July)

                'THE WISE VILLAGERS'

Glenrothes Theatre Company - Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, Fife (11-13 May)

                    'WOLF TALE'

Glenrothes Theatre Company - Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, Fife (11-13 May)

Highnam Young Players - Gloucestershire Drama Association One Act Play Festival, King's Theatre, Gloucester (10 Jun)

                 PRODUCTION DIARY 2012

                'BEAUTY AND THE BEAST'

Old Buckenham Players - Village Hall, Old Buckenham, Norfolk (19-21 Jan)

                    'BEWARE THE JABBERWOCK'

CCHS Jet Theatrix Drama Club - Palace Theater, Cumberland County High School, Crossville, Tennessee (29 - 31 March)

Fintry Amateur Dramatic Society Youth - Scottish Community Drama Association Stirling District Festival, Menzies Hall, Fintry (3 March); SCDA Eastern Division Youth Final, Bowhouse Community Centre, Grangemouth (18 March); Menzies Hall, Fintry (15 April); SCDA Scottish Youth Final, Ryan Theatre, Stranraer (16 June)

               'A BIRD IN THE BUSH'

Providence Christian School - Monarch, Alberta, Canada

                    'CINDERELLA'

Darite Players - Darite, Cornwall (30 Nov & 1 Dec)

                    'THE EDGE'

CE Caversmill Theatre Company - AETF Stoke-on-Trent One Act Festival, Mitchell Memorial Arts Centre, Stoke-on-Trent (7 March)

                    'MURDER AT THE CATHEDRAL'

Waddington Dramatic Society - Village Hall, Waddington, Lincoln (22 & 23 June)

                    'THE WISE VILLAGERS'

Peninver Junior Players - Scottish Community Drama Association Argyll Kintyre District Festival, Campbeltown Grammar School, Campbeltown, Argyll (15 Feb); SCDA Western Division Youth Final, Palace Theatre, Kilmarnock (24 March)

updated May 2012

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