Career
He was writer-in-residence at Newcastle"s Live Theatre Company. Whilst there, Live staged his plays, Bones and Noir. Both of these plays have displayed Straughan"s talent for writing dark, twisted and witty stories.
He spent four years touring and recording with the band through the late 80s and into the early 1990s before leaving to take up full-time education at Newcastle University.
Peter wrote the song "Killer", which appeared on the Civil Defense album North of London, a collection of music by North East bands released through Newcastle Arts. Straughan co-wrote the 2006 feature film, Mrs Ratcliffe"s Revolution and adapted Toby Young"s memoir How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.
O"Connor died of cancer, aged 49, in 2010, before the film was released. They were awarded a British Academy of Film and Television Arts for Best Adapted Screenplay.
