Playwright, Poet, Composer and Creator of Eddie Ross and Crocodile Keith!
ASHLEY BURGOYNE
Latest News
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Upcoming Productions...​
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The Park Bench will be performed by City Players Amateur Dramatic Society, Eckington, North
Derbyshire (near Sheffield) from 24th February - 8th March, 2025 (11 performances).
The Hotel Room will be performed by Sudbury
Dramatic Society, at The Quay Theatre, Sudbury,
Suffolk on 4th - 8th March, 2025.
The Park Bench will be performed by Carnon Downs Drama Group, near Truro, Cornwall on 30th -31st May,
2025 (3 performances).
Recent Productions...
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Can be found here!
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Just Released...
A new comedy play: Housewarming.
The characters from The Hotel Room return.
This time they're in the same room at the same time!
Details below...
A new comedy play: The One That Got Away.
Details below...
Coming Soon...
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A new comedy play: And... Curtain. Details below...
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When Eddie Ross is almost 12 years old he has a strange, but strong, urge to try and break the rather unsavoury school record for peeing up the ruined wall in the local woods!
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With his best friend, Carrot, he goes for the record. In doing so, a solitary brick falls from the wall. This new hole is the way into another Realm. The Realm of Eddie Ross....
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A fantasy adventure for children aged 10+.
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Available from Amazon as a paperback, hardback and Kindle Edition.
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Paperback also available from all good booksellers!
5* Review on Amazon
Great little adventure/fantasy story for late Primary ages upwards. Fires young imaginations and promotes themes of friendship and teamwork, as Eddie and his friends find themselves in another world with a series of challenges to face and overcome.
5* Review on Amazon
Take the time to read these rhymes.
A heartwarming story. Beautifully illustrated.
'There once was a ginormous crocodile with extremely large white teeth.
Everyone was terrified of him; by the way his name was Keith.'
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And so the story begins with first an elephant, and then a tiger, trying to find out how Keith keeps his teeth so shiny and white!
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An educational, rhyming picture book for young children.
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Available from Amazon as a paperback and as a Kindle Edition.
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Paperback also available from all good booksellers!
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My poems
The Sublime and the Ridiculous - A poetic meander through life, is a beautiful and unusual poetic wander through life.
Written with Melissa Collin, whose blog can be reached below.
Available from Amazon as a paperback and as a Kindle Edition.
Paperback also available from all good booksellers!
5* Review on Amazon
This book made me laugh out loud, made my heart swell, grow goosebumps and made me weep a little. So much emotion to be shared on a lovely journey through both poets lives. Highly recommended, a book of poems that truly reflects both the sublime and the ridiculous in this crazy life, written with wit, love and beautiful imagery.
Non-Fiction
From Len to Lil
With Love and a Lick.
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From 1939 until 1944 Basil Leonard Doyle, known as Len, wrote to his sweetheart, Lilian Smith, from the East End of London to the West. It is assumed Lil wrote back, but, alas, those letters are no more.
As The Blitz raged over their heads, the two young lovers continued to work and make plans to meet, ‘Hitler permitting’.
With over seventy letters and postcards, we follow Len and Lil from their first meeting in early 1939 until their marriage in September 1944.
One final letter was written in May 1949 immediately after the birth of Len and Lil’s son (and my father-in-law), Mike.
These letters were found by Mike inside a Terry's chocolate box which had been delivered with the note: ‘From Len to Lil With Love and a Lick’.
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A non-fiction book of Letters across London during The Blitz.
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Available from Amazon. Also available from all good booksellers!
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My Music
As a classical guitar teacher I have written several pieces of music for the guitar. I have also written other random pieces of music! Apart from the samples below, I also wrote the song and the scene change/incidental music for my play, The Village Hall and the short song in my play, The Poolside. If you wish to hear the pieces of music from The Village Hall, please search for it on YouTube!
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If you would like any music written for a production, podcast or anything else; please contact me via the email address at the bottom of the page.
New Frontiers Theatre Company is a new theatre company based in North Norfolk.
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Founded by Ashley Burgoyne and Melissa Collin, it is setting out to perform monologues and two-handers across North Norfolk, Broadland and Norwich.
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One of its first productions will be the dark comedy 'Lost and Found' written by Ashley Burgoyne.
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For more details on this production please click on the 'My Plays' tab.
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Link to the New Frontiers Theatre Company website below!
Ashley's Story
Ashley Burgoyne is a writer and musician based in Norfolk. His comedy plays, which have been performed by theatre groups around the country and overseas, encapsulate the humour and pathos to be found in ordinary relationships and seemingly ordinary situations. Ashley is also a poet and creator of books for children and, when not writing, he teaches the classical guitar.
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Contact
For enquiries about books, poems, plays and licenses please contact Ashley at
ashleyburgoynewriter@gmail.com
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Performance Licences:
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Applications for permission to perform any of my plays should be made in advance, before rehearsals begin, direct to me at the above email address.
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Any public performance of my plays must have a Performance Licence.
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A performance will be considered as a public performance if your audience contains any external visitors to your group, including family members and friends. An application for a Performance Licence must be made whether an admission charge for the play is going to be made or not.
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Ashley Burgoyne's playscripts, which are sold as published books, generate royalties for the playwright alongside performance licence fees from those wishing to produce his plays. Most drama groups purchase the appropriate amount of scripts/books in order to produce the play. If a drama group wishes to photocopy the play either because they prefer an A4 format, or because they wish to save money, then permission must be sought from Ashley Burgoyne and a fee paid to offset loss of earnings from book royalties.
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For enquiries about music compositions please contact Ashley at