John Nicholson
Physical Comedy Director
John is the AD of Peepolykus. Eight of his plays are published by NHB.
Writing credits include: A Trespassers Guide to the Classics, Rik Mayall’s Bedside Tales, Baskervilles, Marley Was Dead (BBC Radio 4); The Time Machine (Olivier nominated - 2024); Hound of the Baskervilles (Duchess); No Wise Men (Liverpool Playhouse); King Arthur (BOV); Madame Bovary (Jermyn Street); Spyski (Lyric Hammersmith); The Ramsbury Players (NT); Richard’s Rampage (Old Vic); Conan Doyle’s Appreciation Society (Traverse).
Comedy consultant credits include: One Man Two Guvnors (Bolton Octagon); A Little Hotel on the Side (Theatre Royal Bath); Watson and Oliver, The Wrong Door (BBC); Accidental Death of An Anarchist (West End); Black Comedy (Orange Tree).
Directing credits include: Tweedy’s Massive Circus (RSC); Baskervilles (Theatre By The Lake); Partners in Crime (Queens); Dracula - the Bloody Truth (Plymouth TR); Shaun the Sheep Live (Aardman); Nina Conti, Paul Merton (West End); Spymonkey (Blackpool); Light Princess (Tobacco Factory); A Christmas Carol (Exeter Northcott).