IAN GREETS THE FANS
Ian Macpherson
was born in Birmingham but left for Dublin at the age of
two, taking both parents with him. When he had the accent
sorted out, and a modest degree from University College,
Dublin, he moved to London where he became involved with
children’s, street and fringe theatre. He wrote and acted
in such shows as One For The
Road, Mutiny on the Bountiny (sic)
and
The Good,
The Bad and The Banana, an experience
which taught him a very valuable lesson: Never act with
animals, children or fruit.
He then joined the first Irish touring company in Britain.
From there it was a logical progression to stand-up comedy
which, at the time – the early 80s – was innovative,
exciting and badly paid. He won the first Time Out Comedy
Award in 1988.
Several one-man shows followed at the Edinburgh festival,
including The
Chair at the Assembly
Rooms (2001) and The Joy Of
Death (2002) at the
Pleasance. By which time he was also writing comedy scripts
and radio plays. In 1999 he published Deep
Probings: The Autobiography of a Genius,
which
was
broadcast on Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime in 2004. He followed
this with a children's book, ‘Late
Again!’
He has recently completed Posterity
Now and two further
children's books - Hortense
and her Sensible Friend and
Crumbs.
His
play, Anguish
With Posie, premiered at
the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in January 2010.
He lives in Glasgow’s West End with writer Magi Gibson, his
many awards, and a suitcase full of memories.
Deep Probings and 'Late Again!' are available at
amazon.co.uk