Vicky Ireland (ed)

Vicky Ireland MBE FRSA is a freelance Children’s Theatre Director and Writer. She has worked as an actress and as a presenter on BBC TV's Words and Pictures. She was Artistic Director of Polka Theatre (1988-2002) and has since adapted and directed six books by Jacqueline Wilson. Television includes two adaptations of Allan Ahlberg's Happy Families for BBC TV receiving a Writers' Guild nomination. Vicky is co-artistic director of A Thousand Cranes Theatre and Vice-Chair of Action for Children's Arts.