Peter Straughan

Peter Straughan (born 1968) is a playwright and author, based in the north-east of England.

Peter Straughan was the writer-in-residence at Newcastle's Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays "Bones" and "Noir". Both of these plays have displayed Straughan's talent for writing dark, twisted and witty stories.Straughan has now penned a number of different stories over various media, from his screenplay "Three Bad Men" to his radio play "The Ghost of Federico Garcia Lorca Which Can Also Be Used as a Table".

Peter's first ambition was to be a professional musician and he achieved this while playing bass guitar with Newcastle-based band The Honest Johns. Peter spent 4 years touring and recording with the band through the late 80's and into the early 90's before leaving to take up full-time education at Newcastle University. In 2004 The Honest Johns re-formed without Peter although they are still in (very occasional) contact.

He also co-wrote the 2006 feature film, "Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution".

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