AN award-winning playwright from Salisbury is to become a patron of Studio Theatre.

Barney Norris, who was awarded the prestigious Critics' Circle award for his play, Visitors, earlier this year, is a former member of the theatre in Ashley Road.

Having grown up in Salisbury, he attended Bishop Wordsworth's School before going to Oxford University.

His latest play, Every You Every Me, is about teenagers' mental health issues and was commissioned by Wiltshire Council. It is currently part of Theatre Fest West at the Salisbury Playhouse.

Norris joins Studio Theatre's president, Rosemary Squires, in helping to maintain and promote the profile of the theatre.