About

Welcome to the website of Rick Allden, but why don't we dispense with that third person nonsense right away?  It's me.  Hiya.

OK. In 2005 I received a Masters’ Degree in creative writing from Swansea University.  Since then I’ve been trying to justify it to my parents. 

I'm passionate about writing, of course I am, but that's probably not going to separate me from other writers.

How about this then?

I'm five foot nine and take a size thirteen shoe.  Two of them in fact.  Imagine that.  My balance is sensational.

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From 2019 to 2021 I was on the BBC Welsh Voices talent programme and was commissioned to write monologues for both the BBC and Sherman Theatre.  During lockdown, I wrote a series of short pieces that have since been selected across multiple film festivals and, in 2019, I was shortlisted for the prestigious BBC and National Theatre Wales Writer in Residence prize.  Nope, I didn't win.  Must've been something to do with the feet.

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I've written commercially and creatively - from a series of educational radio plays for Berlin University, to adapting screenplays for the stage.  I love meeting and speaking to new people and would be delighted to have an obviously-no-obligation chat about your project.  Please either use the form below or email me directly at rick.allden@gmail.com.