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Tim Firth (born 1964) is an English dramatist, screenwriter and songwriter. ==Life and career== Firth was born in Wirral, Merseyside, in the North West of England. He spent most of his time at his Warrington comprehensive school writing songs and it was only a couple of months before going to Cambridge to read English that he attended an Arvon Foundation course in West Yorkshire. This was run by Willy Russell and whilst on it, Firth had to write dialogue. He wrote about the only thing he knew - two sixteen-year-olds trying to write a song. Another course participant optioned it for his production company and Firth decided to become a writer. While at Cambridge he joined the Footlights where his contemporaries included David Baddiel and Nick Hancock. On leaving Cambridge, he was invited to meet Alan Ayckbourn in Scarborough and commissioned to write a play for the studio theatre for the Stephen Joseph Theatre. His one-act play Man Of Letters was a success and led to the commissioning of a full-length play from Ayckbourn, Neville's Island, which later transferred to the West End and has been seen in translation all round the world and has been in almost continuous production since its premier. In 2004 Firth released a solo album, Harmless Flirting, completing a tour of words and music with fellow playwright Willy Russell that won positive reviews at the Edinburgh Festival. During two successive Christmas runs, the stage version of ''The Flint Street Nativity'' at the Liverpool Playhouse became the most successful production in the theatre's history, breaking box office records. ''Calendar Girls'', adapted by Firth from his own film, found favour with audiences across the UK during its 2008/09 tour, and in the process broke the all time British box office record for a play and also continued to sell out during its West End residency. In 2010, the hit comedy embarked on a UK country wide tour, one of the largest ever for a play. Calendar Girls is also a success across the globe, playing in playingGermany, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Greece, Argentina, France,Czech Republic, Belgium, Holland, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Australia, NewZealand, Canada, Russia, Bulgaria and Slovakia. . (December 2012). In 2011 it beat the all time British box office record for a play, and has raised over half a million pounds for Blood Cancer Charities, funding research project in Yorkshire hospitals. Amateur Rights were snapped up by over 500 Amateur Dramatic groups across the UK and the rest of the world. In March 2010, Firth was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Literature by the University of Chester. 2013, marked the premier of Tim Firth's first musical, 'This Is My Family' with both the book and the music written by Tim Firth. Produced by Sheffield Theatres and premiered at Sheffield Studio Theatre on 19 June 2013. This Is My Family won the Uk Theatre Awards, Best New Musical and Sian Philipes won Best Supporting Actress. In 2015, Tim Firth and Ivor Novello award winning Gary Barlow co-write The Girls Musical, based on the story of the Calendar Girls. Directed by Roger Haines And Tim Firth, the new musical opens in Yorkshire, home of those remarkable ladies, at Leeds Grand Theatre in November. The show runs until 12th December before moving to The Lowry in Manchester (opens 8th january). Tim is also choir master for Alvanley Primary School in Cheshire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tim Firth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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