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Roy Smiles
Born
1966 (age 57–58)
London, England
Occupation(s)
Dramatist, playwright, songwriter
Years active
1987–present
Website
https://roysmiles.bandcamp.com
Roy Smiles (born 1966) is a singer-songwriter & playwright from Ealing, London. He is also an occasional actor.
Smiles has written 27 theatre plays, the best known of which is Kurt and Sid, a 2009 London West End production about the fictional meeting of Sid Vicious and Kurt Cobain, starring Danny Dyer & Shaun Evans.[1]
He has released ten albums of songs:[2]Drunks & Dreamers,[3]Time's Moving On,[4]Seize The Day,[5]Autumn Song,[6]Bremen,[7]The Trains & The Rain,[8]Northern Angels,[9]Lost Souls,[10][11]November's Child,[12][13] and Tales Of The Oceans.[14][15]
He has also released ten compilations of his songs: London Hymns,[16]Winter's Child,[17]Clancy's Song,[18]If Summer Comes,[19]Ballads Of The Thames,[20]Child Of Two Rivers,[21]Go Gently (Best Of),[22]A Land Called Home (Best Of II),[23]Forty Big Hits[24] and 40 More Big Hits.[25]
^Spencer, Charles (16 September 2009). "Kurt and Sid at the Trafalgar Studios, review". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^"Music | Roy Smiles". Roysmiles.bandcamp.com. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^"Free Music Sharing and Discovery". Audiomack.com.
^"Time's Moving On". Deezer.com. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"Seize the Day". Open.spotify.com. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"Autumn Song". Open.spotify.com. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"Bremen". Open.spotify.com. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"The Trains & the Rain by Roy Smiles". 22 July 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023 – via Apple Music.
^"Northern Angels". Deezer.com. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"Free Music Sharing and Discovery". Audiomack.com.
^"Roy Smiles | Jamendo Music | Free music downloads". Jamendo Music.
^"November's Child, by Roy Smiles". Roy Smiles. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"November's Child". Open.spotify.com. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"Tales Of The Oceans, by Roy Smiles". Roy Smiles. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"Tales of the Oceans". Open.spotify.com. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"London Hymns". Open.spotify.com. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"Winter's Child". Open.spotify.com. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^[1] [dead link]
^[2] [dead link]
^"Ballads of the Thames". Open.spotify.com. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"Child of Two Rivers". Open.spotify.com. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"Go Gently (Best Of)". Open.spotify.com. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"A Land Called Home (Best of II)". Open.spotify.com. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"40 Big Hits". Open.spotify.com. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^"40 More Big Hits". Open.spotify.com. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
RoySmiles (born 1966) is a singer-songwriter & playwright from Ealing, London. He is also an occasional actor. Smiles has written 27 theatre plays, the...
Kurt and Sid is a play by RoySmiles which had its world premiere at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End. The play opened on 9 September 2009 and...
S1, E1; "Gently Go Man" 2007. In 2009 he portrayed Kurt Cobain in the RoySmiles play Kurt and Sid at the Trafalgar Studios opposite Danny Dyer as Sex...
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The Homecoming (2008 revival), by Harold Pinter Kurt and Sid (2009), by RoySmiles Given name shown on Dyer's passport in the opening credits of The Real...
season, spoofs Vicious and Spungen's relationship. In September 2009, the RoySmiles play Kurt and Sid debuted at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End...
on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer on April 13, 2024. In September 2009, the RoySmiles play Kurt and Sid debuted at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End...
Radio 4 broadcast Memories of a Cad, an affectionate comedy drama by RoySmiles about the relationship between Terry-Thomas and Briers, played by Martin...
Daws portrayed Lowe in the BBC Radio 4 drama Dear Arthur, Love John by RoySmiles, first broadcast in 2012. The play charts the relationship between Lowe...
the show is covered in the 2004 film Not Only But Always. Good Evening, RoySmiles' play about the Beyond The Fringe team was broadcast on Radio 4 in 2008...
film. Ying Tong: A Walk with the Goons Ying Tong is a play written by RoySmiles which is set partly in a radio studio, partly in a mental asylum and partly...
Missing Hancocks, with Kevin McNally taking the title role. Playwright RoySmiles' play about Tony Hancock, The Lad Himself, was staged at the Edinburgh...
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Aris reprised the role in the BBC Radio 4 play Good Evening (2008) by RoySmiles. Along with the other members of Beyond the Fringe, he is portrayed in...
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Kate Meyer, Ronan Vibert, Ruth Platt, Andrew Tiernan, Michał Żebrowski, RoySmiles, Richard Ridings, Daniel Caltagirone, Valentine Pelka, Zbigniew Zamachowski...
Bernard Slade (1930–2019, Canada) Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849, Poland) RoySmiles (living, England) Anna Deavere Smith (born 1950, United States) Evan Smith...
only) "Strings" (John Beckett) Mark Kemp (Mark Burdis) Accountant Roy Leyton (RoySmiles; series 1 and episode 5 of series 2) Bill Zeebub (William Scully...
Production Award) for the English Shakespeare Company. (1996) Schmucks by RoySmiles at Battersea Arts Centre, Directed by the BAC's former Artistic Director...
Theatre at the Nightingale pub in Brighton with Simon Lovat, Billy Lomas, RoySmiles, Grania Smith, Sarah Clarke, Jannette Eddisford, Mitch Johnston and Binky...
Aditya Roy Kapur (born 16 November 1985) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. After working as a VJ, he made his acting debut with the musical...
peaked at number 57 in Australia in 1973. It was used as the title of the RoySmiles play about Spike Milligan and The Goon Show: Ying Tong - A Walk With The...
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