ANDREW J. BOYLE was born in Glasgow into an Irish-Scots family. He has lived in Norway since 1980.
His theatrical works have been staged in the UK by the BBC, in Norway by Bergen International Festival, Østfold Teater, Vestfold Festival, Ultima Festival, Sarpsborg Arts Week, Fredrikstad Municipality, St. Olaf Festival, and Fredrikstad Arts Festival, and in Sweden by Hedekas Municipality.
Boyle has been a member of the Norwegian Playwrights’ Guild since 2001.
Away from the stage, his writing has been published in Norway and the UK, including Delius and Norway (The Boydell Press, 2017) and a guide to the Bronze Age in Norway’s south, commissioned by Østfold County.
Boyle is a popular guest speaker, recent engagements including the National Museum (Oslo), Litteraturhuset (Fredrikstad) and a four-part radio series for NRK (Norway’s national broadcaster).
He is bi-lingual. For 20 years he was arts editor and leader writer of the Norwegian local daily Demokraten. For many years he was also a conductor of choirs and orchestras.