The Only Reliable Witness - initial development week
Treatment - first episode Learning to Breathe is a provoking portrayal of gender politics in the 1980's when the UK, caught up with high drama of riots, bombings and privatisation, was looking the other way. This ambitious, character-driven drama offers fresh insights into the personal politics of the 1980s and the issues which affected women on a very private level. Winter, 1981. Against the backdrop of Thatcher’s ironclad Britain, an unlikely group of women are brought together in a story of loyalty, friendship and survival. Meryl - feisty, independent and living on a shoestring - meets Anita, passive, devoted...
Scripts
Scripts
Flash Fiction: inspired by Donald Barthelme's 'The School', a woman one day finds herself with a Gorilla as a constant companion. And she can't seem to shake him.
Fiction
Fiction
Follow the link to my article on selfie culture and, in particular, the #nomakeupselfie phase in PUSH for The Writing Squad.
http://www.writingsquad.com/push/issues/issue-4/yourself-at-arms-length/
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
Radio
For Context: Treatment Holding the Baby is a provoking portrayal of gender politics in the 1980's when the UK, caught up with high drama of riots, bombings and privatisation, was looking the other way. This ambitious, character-driven drama offers fresh insights into the personal politics of the 1980s and the issues which affected women on a very private level. Winter, 1981. Against the backdrop of Thatcher’s ironclad Britain, an unlikely group of women are brought together in a story of loyalty, friendship and survival. Meryl - feisty, independent and living on a shoestring - meets Anita, passive, devoted housewife...
Big Picture - Writer - Materials
Scripts for Big Picture brief.
Big Picture - Writer - Materials
PDF doc. of my screenplay 'Sleepwalking' - for the next round of the Short Film Fund.
Short Film Fund
PDF doc. of my screenplay 'Sleepwalking' - for the next round of the Short Film Fund.
Short Film Fund
A review of the recent production of David Hare's 'The Judas Kiss' at the Duke of York Theatre, starring Rupert Everett.
The Gorilla, The Tortoise And Me
Selected articles from my blog 'The Gorilla, The Tortoise, And Me' (http://thegorillathetortoiseandme.wordpress.com). A blog about scriptwriting, theatre, film, TV, and traversing the arts industry as a young writer.
The Gorilla, The Tortoise And Me
Barren Land
CV, Writer Profile, and Bio.
A play which was written and directed in collaboration by Lucy Fostor and myself. Staged in the Warwick Arts Centre studio, as part of Warwick Students Arts Festival 2011.
If Only To Dream
When a child's world is shaken, what better escape is there than a fairytale?
If Only To Dream
Jenny's Story
Two page thriller short for the BFI Macguffin Screenwriting competition.
The BFI MacGuffin Short Scriptwriting Competition.
The BFI MacGuffin Short Scriptwriting Competition.
The BFI MacGuffin Short Scriptwriting Competition.