However at the centre of his progressive artistic leadership were his own ambitious productions of three American classics: After the Fall by Arthur Miller, with Tim Woodward and Claire Hackett giving memorable performances in the leading roles, The Iceman Cometh with Peter Marinker as a fine Hickey and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with strong performances from Sara Stewart as Maggie and Patrick O'Kane as Brick. Druid Theatre Galway In 1991, he directed a well received production of Cheapside by David Allen at the Druid Theatre, Galway, about the rivalry between Shakespeare and his contemporary Robert Greene. Redgrave Theatre, Farnham In the mid-1990s he was artistic director of the Redgrave Theatre in Farnham, for a season. He directed J. M Synge's The Playboy of the Western World, Molière's George Dandin and produced George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession and Neil Duffield's adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. BBC Radio Drama In 1996 he became senior producer for Radio Drama at BBC Northern Ireland. He worked in Belfast for three years in broadcasting and then turned freelance, basing himself in London. His productions include work for BBC Radio 4 and 3 by experienced writers like John Arden, Brian Friel, Sebastian Barry, Mark Lawson, Gary Mitchell, Carlo Gébler, Robin Glendinning, Christopher Fitz-Simon, Christina Reid, Jonathan Myerson and Larry Gelbart, writer of TV's M*A*S*H. He also produced and directed William Trevor's The Property of Colette Nervi, which was nominated for the Prix Italia Play Section, 1999, and Martin Lynch's modern Belfast version of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. The latter won a ZeBBie Award for Best Radio Script 2007 from the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild. A Whistle in the Dark by Tom Murphy, which he produced and directed for BBC Radio 3, also won a ZeBBie Award from the same guild for Best Radio Script 2011. Colum McCann, Kaite O'Reilly and Rob John are among other talented writers he has helped to develop in radio drama. Roland Jaquarello has also expanded his work in broadcasting by producing music documentaries on Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Mel Tormé and Marlon Brando for BBC Radio 2. Recent Irish Theatre Despite working in radio he continues to direct for the theatre. His recent productions include two Irish plays performed in Belfast and a tour:The Butterfly of Killybegs by Brian Foster, a comic play, set in the 1960s, about a young woman trying