“Books form world-views. They can make us believe we can be kings; some can even then teach how to actually become a king.”
Actor, writer and director
Fraser Ayres in conversation with Jonny Wright
Talking about acting, writing and running his own talent agency
Biography
Fraser is an actor/writer/director as well as CEO and founder of the TriForce Creative Network and dandi.org.uk; an organisation set up in 2003 with a core ethos of ‘inclusivity’ that promotes equal opportunities in the entertainment industry.
He is mixed race (Barbadian/Scottish), born and raised in Leicester, from a single parent, working-class family. This very much informs all his work on and off-screen.
Fraser is responsible for creating the only comedy panel show about Black history, ‘Sorry, I Didn’t Know, and his writing includes In the Long Run, Eastenders, and Lagging, alongside radio productions such as Maynard for BBC Radio 4 (receiving the 2021 Imison Award) and Space is the Place, a five- part dramatization of the lives of the jazz greats for Jazz FM.
