Writing CV

Qualifications                   MA in Screenwriting. University of the Arts.

 

Theatre Scripts –

Vienna’s English Theatre       

Touring schools and theatres throughout Austria

Unacceptable – exploring adolescent domestic abuse towards adults. 4 actors – 60 minutes.

Hamlet – an adaptation. 4 actors – 60 minutes

The Makeover – themes of self-discovery. 4 actors – 60 minutes

Pretty Shrewd – an adaptation of Taming of the Shrew. 4 actors – 60 minutes.

A Picture – an adaptation of A Picture of Dorian Gray. 4 actors – 60 minutes.

Virtual Heroes – themes of bullying. 4 actors 50 minutes.

Pitch Black – an adaptation of Othello. 4 actors 60 minutes

Macbeth – an adaptation. 4 actors 60 minutes.

Romy & Julian – themes of love, self-discovery and peer pressure. 4 actors. 60 minutes.

Dance Class – themes of communication, bullying, getting round the system. 4 actors. 60 minutes

Revolting Britons – the story of Boudicca – a comedy. 4 actors - 50 minutes

The Canterville Ghost- an adaptation. 4 actors 60 minutes

 

The Dockyard Plays

Performed at Chatham Historic Dockyard

A Roper's Tale - the lives and work of C19th rope-makers. 4 actors. 50 minutes

Sails for the Victory - Sail-making and The Victory. 4 actors. 50 minutes

Engines of War - Drake and the Spanish Armada. 4 actors. 50 minutes

The Great Mutiny - the Nore Mutiny of 1797. 4actors. 50 minutes

Jack Nastyface - an adaptation of William Robinson's C19th autobiography. Performed also at Greenwich Maritime Museum and Portsmouth Naval Museum by All Hands Theatre of Puppets.  2actors. 40 minutes.


Performed at the National Maritime Museum     

The Cat and the Captain - Matthew Flinders' charting of Australia with his cat, Trim. Two actors. 35 minutes.

 

Community Theatre Scripts

Performed by Forest Forge Theatre Company

Wild Weekend – a comedy. Four young people learn the hard way whilst camping in the New Forest. 4 actors 90 minutes. Toured community centres.

Tea for Two - love and romance during the silver jubilee of George IV. Scripted from improvisations with the company. Toured day and residential centres for the elderly. 3 actors. 60 minutes.             

Radio Days - life at home during World War Two, through the pastiche of wireless programmes. Toured day and residential centres for the elderly. 5 actors. 60 minutes.

A Family Album - A family reforming after World War Two. Scripted from improvisations with the company.

Toured residential and day centres for the elderly. 5 actors. 60 minutes   

 

Science Plays

Performed by Molecule Theatre of Science on a UK middle scale tour

The Bottle Garden - on the environment. Compatible with the national curriculum key stage 2. 5 actors.

90 minutes

Produced by The British Council in Malaysia and performed at the KBN Theatre Kuala Lumpur

Bodyguards - health and the body. Compatible with the key stage 2 .For 8 to 14 years. 5 actors. 90 minutes.

 

Children’s Plays

Performed by Blunderbus Children’s Theatre Company

The Wonky Donkey –  An adaptation of the picture book. For key stage 1. 2 actors. 50 minutes

Performed by Contact Theatre Company           

It's My Sky, Too -   For 4 to 7 years. On the theme of playing together. A companion piece to Justus Neuburger’s It’s My Sky! 3 actors. 25 minutes   

           

Miscellaneous

Performed by Maybe Theatre Company - Gdansk           

A Christmas Carol - adaptation of Dickens's story. 9 actors. 90 minutes.

Performed at Contact Theatre and Elephant Theatre       .

Hooligan - a short play about the trials of adolescence. 2 actors. 30minutes                   

 

The Third Man – adaptation of Graeme Greene’s novel. 5 actors. 90 minutes

The Bench -    exploring the attitude to suicide amongst young people. 4 actors. 60 minutes

Double Trouble – adaptation of Comedy of Errors. 4 actors. 50 minutes.

Café Inferno – adaptation of Marlowe’s Dr Faustus. 3 actors. 60 minutes.

Frankenstein – adaptation of Mary Shelly’s novel. 2 actors. 60 minutes

2 Clowns – an elderly clown passes on his routines to a young actor. 2 actors 60 minutes

                     

Television Scripts

Playdays - Tent Stop  35 x 20 minute scripts for 3 - 7 years. Felgate Productions for CBBC

Playdays - Roundabout Stop 5 x 20 minute scripts for 3 to 7 years. Felgate Productions for CBBC

Beachcomber Bay      65 x 23 minute scripts for 3-5 years. Channel 5

Squeak!                       8 x 20 minute scripts for 3-5 years. Scottish Television

Our House                  6 x 20 minute scripts for pre-school children. Scottish Television for GMTV

Furry Tales                 8 x  8 minute stories for 3-5 years. Scottish Television

 

Film Scripts

Faith                           feature length spy thriller set in Tudor England.

 

Short Films made by ALRA

History                        A woman suffering from depression links with the past to solve her present problems

Palliative Care            A journalist discovers a ghostly palliative care unit at his local hospital

Fresher’s Night           Love, lust and life at the start of university life

Bare Facts                  On the morning of his wedding the groom wakes up naked in a car in town, without keys.

Brenda’s Place           Flat sharing has a rapid turnover at Brenda’s, until the girls discover why.

6 Covers                    The trajectory of a relationship over lunch.

The Famous Fives     A woman’s five a side aims for the top, with the help of a professional footballer.

Pure Attraction           Vampires want the blood of a virgin. Will a speed-dating event reveal all?

The Guide                  A museum guide tries to solve an ancient murder mystery.

 

Educational Video

Discover and Play      3 x 30 minute. Educational scripts for 5 to 8 years. Two-Can Publishing

 

Business Training Scripts

Performanceworks      River Sounds – Effective Management. Varian Medical  Systems.

                                     A Mountain to Climb – Team building. A&B.

                                     Wringing the Changes – Change Management. A&B.

                                     The Proof of the Pudding – team relationships and dynamics. OPRA.

Trade Secrets              Managers Behaving Badly – effective management. Royal Mail.

AKT Productions        Saving Amsterdam – effective management. TMI.

 

Exhibition Scripts

Wooden Walls           a dialogue soundtrack for a permanent exhibition on wooden shipbuilding. Chatham Historic Dockyard

 

Novels 

Naked Frailties             A comedy whodunit. A small touring company of actors run away for a camping holiday in France. Things take a dark turn when they find the head of their artistic director in the costume skip. One of them must have done it.

A Canvas Sky               Dark Comedy. A middle manager misses out on promotion when seriously caught out by an actress in a business training role-playing session. Seeking revenge the manager turns the role-playing into real life scenarios aimed at destroying the actress.

Russell Crunch         A children’s adventure. Russell Crunch’s favourite food is cornflakes. But when the dreaded cornflake crake decimates the corn fields of the USA, mayhem ensues. Can Russell save the cornflake with his one special power?

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