Nicky Allt

Nicky Allt (born 12 December 1960, Liverpool, Merseyside, England) is an English playwright and author.

Early life

Allt is an eldest child from a family of five; his father worked as a union shop steward in a number of factories and his mother as a union rep, dinner lady. From 1965-72, he went to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Infant and Junior Schools in Kirkby. From 1972 onward, he attended St Kevin's Comprehensive in Kirkby till 1977. He has lived a nomadic lifestyle, emigrating to South Africa and America, and living and working, at various building trades, in London, Jersey, Bournemouth, Germany and Spain, and numerous other cities around the globe.

Career

His first success came as the writer of The Boys From The Mersey, a bestselling book about his travels while following Liverpool Football Club. His next book, Here We Go Gathering Cups in May was written with six other authors about Liverpool FC's seven European Cup Final appearances.^[1]

Allt's first play, "Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels"^[2], co-written with fellow Liverpudlian, Dave Kirby, became a huge local hit at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre. The play, about a comedic rivalry between The Wirral and Liverpool, which ends in the surreal blockading of the Mersey Tunnels, to stop the 'posh Wirraliens' from getting through to take up Liverpool jobs, was eventually watched by over 130,000 people. ^[3] In Liverpool Theatre folklore, it was stated that it saved the historic Royal Court Theatre from closing. The play went on to complete four sell-out runs at the Theatre.

Allt's next venture into theatre was to write and produce the hit show, "One Night in Istanbul", ^[4] which became The Empire Theatre's fastest selling show, after being watched by 25,000 people in a short run in the spring of 2009. The show had repeated success at The Liverpool Empire, and at the brand new Grand Canal Theatre in Dublin's docklands. It is now being made into a movie.

Allt lives in Liverpool with his wife and three children and is in the process of writing a new show about the history of Liverpool Football Club called YNWA, and a movie for Ireland.

Works

Plays

• "Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels", Liverpool: Royal Court, England, 2006
• "One Night In Istanbul", Liverpool: Empire, England, 9 July 2009
• "Brick Up: The Wirral Strikes Back", Liverpool: Empire, England, 7 September 2010 ^[5]
• "YNWA" Liverpool: The Royal Court England 2011

Bibliography

• Boys from the Mersey:. Milo Books. 2005. ISBN 9781903854396. 
• The Culture of Capital. Liverpool University Press. 2008. ISBN 9781846311277. ^[6]
• Here We Go Gathering Cups in May. Canongate Books. 2009. ISBN 9781847671677. 
• Klepto. Bang On Top Productions. 2009. ISBN 9780956426703. 
• A Smashing Little Football Firm. Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Limited. 2010. ISBN 9781848184077. 

References

1. ^ http://textpublishing.com.au/books-and-authors/author/nicky-allt
2. ^ Ben Schofield (Jul 15 2009). "REVIEW: Brick Up the Mersey Tunnels, Royal Court, Liverpool". Liverpool Daily Post. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2009/07/15/review-brick-up-the-mersey-tunnels-royal-court-liverpool-92534-24156220/. 
3. ^ Laura Davis (Sep 6 2010). "Brick Up the Wirral Strikes Back writer Nicky Allt on premiering his new comedy at the Liverpool Empire Theatre". Liverpool Daily Post. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-arts/2010/09/06/brick-up-the-wirral-strikes-back-writer-nicky-allt-on-premiering-his-new-comedy-at-the-liverpool-empire-theatre-92534-27208411/. 
4. ^ Laura Davis (Jul 3 2009). "One Night In Istanbul: Nicky Allt's perfect play for Liverpool". Liverpool Daily Post. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2009/07/03/one-night-in-istanbul-nicky-allt-s-perfect-play-for-liverpool-92534-24065217/. 
5. ^ http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsA/allt-nicky.html
6. ^ http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=6305087

External links

• "Brick Up: The Wirral Strikes Back", NWtheatre

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