Biography of Graham A Rhodes

As a scriptwriter and director Graham A Rhodes has created concepts, scripts and programs for broadcast television, a/v presentations, computer games, film & video productions, web sites, audio-tape, interactive laser-disc, CD-ROM, animations, conferences, and multi-media presentations. For many years he specialised in writing scripts for major corporate clients within numerous training, corporate, and marketing projects. His knowledge of history helped him create a number of heritage based programmes that can be seen in museums and visitor centres throughout the country. More recently he writes dialogue and story lines for THQ, one of Americas biggest games companies. His words have been spoken by such actors as Chris Barrie; Dame Judy Dench, Michael Williams, Christopher Fairbanks; Timothy Spall; Ian Carmichael, Carol Vordeman; Trevor McDonald; Carol Barnes, Harry Gration and even Richard Whitely. He has published five books - A Visual History of York: Leeds Visible History: More Poems about Sex 'n Drugs & Rock n Roll : Footprints in the Mud of Time - The Alternative Story of York & The York Sketch Book featuring his own drawings of York. He's also written a number of stage plays and one musical. His play Chasing the Hard Backed Black Beetle recently won the Saltburn Drama Festival whilst other plays have been read at the West Yorkshire Playhouse whilst Rambling Boy starring Martin Stephenson played at Newcastle's Live Theatre. Grahams many other plays are regularly performed by Scarborough's Valley Theatre Co. Graham also performs a unique brand of comedy poetry in rock clubs and other venues and has supported such acts as Roger McGough, John Cooper Clarke, John Otway, The Animals, and Suzi Quatro. He appeared at the prestigious Edinburgh Festival and performed in front of 4,500 bikers where he not only survived but received a standing ovation! For the last four years he has also hosted Scarboroughs infamous Beached gigs. phone 01723 367251