IAN ARTHUR

Ian Arthur is a great actor who trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He has performed in a number of IRDP radio productions, such as Restless Farewell by William George Q and The Knucker Hole by Karen Sainsbury, both winning plays in the Woolwich Young Radio Playwrights' Competition. He was also outstanding as Billy in the three week run of Restless Farewell on stage at the Battersea Arts Centre in September 1996 which received excellent press reviews:

"William George Q's Restless Farewell presents the reunion of four university pals at the wake of their friend Graham. While leathering their way through his bereaved wife's drinks cabinet, they go through the reminiscent motions. But this is a lot more than just a series of "Wasn't it funny when...?" yarns, because Graham's computer, the repository of his thoughts and feelings, is a virtual character in its own right. And while the gloriously enigmatic Callum (Justin Skelton) 'hacks' his way into the truth, the group's notions of past and present are infected by the ghost of Graham's hard drive. The set is dominated by a huge projection of the VDU screen, and much sport has obviously been had in designing the slides that go with it. But the real sparkle takes place on the sofa between Ally (Rupert Degas), Dougie (Craig Elliott) and Billy (Ian Arthur) as they banter their way through the night." (Julia Walsh, What's On)

"The laddishness of the characters is beautifully handled - the boys are very different and each of them had a singular relationship with the dead friend (Graham) and this is wonderfully conveyed. Truly, you are on a journey with these characters." (Helen Taylor, Wandsworth Borough News)

Ian's work in theatre also includes a large number of performances at Perth Theatre: Season's Greetings, Peter Pan, Tea In A China Cup, Cinderella, Peril at End House, Joseph's Technicolour Dream Coat and A Wee Touch Of Class. In London, in addition to the BAC performances mentioned above, he has also played the part of John Merrick in The Elephant Man at The Brockley Jack Theatre.

His television credits include Born Kicking (Screen One), The Interrogation of John (Screen Two), Blind Justice (Screen One), The Diary of Rita Patel (Screen Two) and the lead in Fancy Seeing You, all for BBC TV.

As well as his radio performances for IRDP, Ian has also worked for BBC Radio: he played the part of Neil Kinnock in Prize Giving, Will O'Hara in Fifteen Love and the regular part of Kenny Hamilton in Citizens.

The picture above shows the cast of Restless Farewell by William George Q

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