Alex Jones is a British

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and

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. Born and bred in The Black Country, Alex became an actor and playwright after various jobs in the manufacturing and building industries.Alex Jones
David Higham. He is best known for ''Noise'', a violent play about teenage newlyweds who face neighbourly aggression. As an actor, he played the villain Clive Horrobin in ''

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''."Clive Horribin"
The Archers, BBC Radio 4 website Tours of his play include ''I’m a Minger'' (also nominated for The

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Award) and ''River’s Up'' toured by the Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company.

Plays

* ''I'm A Minger!'' (

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, National Tour, 2008/09) * ''Deadwood'' (

Watermill Theatre The Watermill Theatre is a repertory theatre in Bagnor, Berkshire. It opened in 1967 in Bagnor Mill, a converted watermill on the River Lambourn. As a producing house, the theatre has produced works that have subsequently moved on to the Wes ...

, Newbury,

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) * ''Noise'' (

Soho Theatre The Soho Theatre is a theatre and registered charity in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, in London, England. It produces and presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret, across three performance spaces. The the ...

) * ''News of the World'' (

) * ''Mickey and Me'' (

Birmingham Repertory Theatre Birmingham Repertory Theatre, commonly called Birmingham Rep or just The Rep, is a producing theatre based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England. Founded by Barry Jackson, it is the longest-established of Britain's building-based theatre ...

) * ''Phil&Jill&Jill&Phil'' (

Belgrade Theatre The Belgrade Theatre is a live performance venue in Coventry, England. It was the first civic theatre to be built in Britain after the Second World War and is now a Grade II listed building. Background Coventry was the fastest growing city in B ...

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and Worcester Swan Theatre) (also produced by companies in Chile and Italy) * ''A Miracle in No Man's Land'' * ''River's Up'' (Worcester Swan Theatre and

Stephen Joseph Theatre The Stephen Joseph Theatre is a theatre in the round in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England that was founded by Stephen Joseph and was the first theatre in the round in Britain. In 1955, Joseph established a tiny theatre in the round on the ...

, Scarborough) * ''River's Up'' (adapted for

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) * ''The Worcester Pilgrim'' (

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) * ''Mr and Mrs Schultz'' (

, Newbury,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

) * ''Fields of Gold'' (

, Scarborough,

) * ''The Worcester Pilgrim'' (artworks at

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, 2006)

Films

*''Greasy'' *''Faster, Harder, Longer, Whistle!'' *''Rhubarb and Roses''

Bibliography

*Jones, A. (1997). ''Noise'', London: Nick Hern Books.

References

External links

Personal website
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