Andrew Beattie has directed a number of school productions including John Mortimer's A Voyage Round My Father, Alan Ayckbourn's Ernie's Incredible Illucinations and Tom Stoppard's Doggs Hamlet, Cahoots Macbeth. He has also directed a production of James and the Giant Peach at the Edinburgh Fringe. In addition to his titles with YouthPLAYS, his published plays include Arthur: Boy King of Britain (Lazybee Scripts), which is a telling of the traditional story of Arthur, Merlin and the Sword in the Stone, along with original works such as Dramatic Licence and Ordinary Jack (both Playstage YA); these have been performed by schools and youth theatre groups in the UK, the United States and Australia. His play Brief Lives won the Scottish Community Drama Association's award for new writing for youth theatre; the play was subsequently performed at the E15 Acting School in East London in a production directed by the actress Alison Steadman. He is also the author of two middle grade novels for children set in medieval England, The Secret in the Tower and The Angel Player (both Sweet Cherry Publishing).
