Widely performed by amateur and professional groups, his plays have parodied such pop-culture genres as soap operas and detective stories.
[1] Educated at Dudley Grammar School and Birmingham University, where he studied English and music, Tristram was a commercial copywriter before turning to comedy.
The enterprise has expanded into the Flying Ducks Group, which stages conferences and other events, provides audio-visual and Internet production services, and represents actors.
[1] Tristram's plays take a farcical view of sex,[2] alcohol, drugs, crime,[3] politics,[4] and theatre itself.
His 2015 film Doreen includes cameo appearances from Robert Plant, Nick Owen, and Steve Bull.