Tales From The Lockdown, Episode 3: Waterlust
Myself and @sykiacollective have put together this third short film to our Lockdown series, based around the water troubles experienced in the UK.
Tales from the Lockdown, Episode 2: Conkers
Please enjoy Tales from the Lockdown , Episode 2: Conkers. A short film written and performed by me, filming and post production by @sykiacollective
This film was made within strict adherence to the official rules of lock down in Britain,
Tales From The Lockdown, Episode 1: Secret.
Myself and @sykiacollective are excited to premiere the first episode of Tales from the Lockdown: Secret.
Tales from the Lockdown is a series of short films, about small but significant supernatural experiences occurring in a home experiencing lockdown.
This short film series was made in complete adherence to lockdown official rules.
Recording with the University of Westminster
In March, 2020, I took a trip to the University of Westminster to meet with Jeremy Mortimer, director and producer of radio with the BBC, and a group of students from the University, to record my pilot episode of my radio series Distance Over Time.
In January 2020, my full radio series, Car Crash Girl, to which this episode belongs, won the Snoo Wilson Writing Prize, awarded at The Garage Theatre in Norwich.
The recording is now in post-production.
Thank you to the students of Westminster University for being so welcoming, and for showing such love for my script.
The Snoo Wilson Writing Prize, 2020.
I am extremely excited to announce that my radio series, Car Crash Girl, has won this year’s Snoo Wilson Writing Prize.
The ceremony for short-listed candidates was held at The Garage Theatre, Norwich, in January.
The judges announcing the prize winners.
Thank you to the judges for recognizing Car Crash Girl as a piece worthy of the award! I look forward to seeing where this piece develops in the near future.
Interview with BBC Radio: East of England.
Last night I was interviewed by the BBC radio about my writing, plays and poems included, as well as my tips on how to get started, and how to get something published on page or on the stage! It was actually not as nerve-wracking as I thought it would be.
You can listen to the interview here:
Courage Festival 2018: Monologue.
In 2020, I had the opportunity to write for the Courage Arts Festival, as a playwright. Courageous Conversations is a series of monologues that use real-life personal statements from UEA PhD students to form a narrative. This is the first in a series of four, all of which were originally performed during the Courage Festival in September 2019. The sources for these monologues are all anonymous; in publicizing them we hope to draw further attention to the difficulties and troubles faced by postgraduate researchers as they navigate academic spaces. This monologue was adapted from interviews by myself. It can be found at the link below:
The 2019 Playwriting Project.
In 2019, I worked as a Guest Playwright and Creative Writing Tutor for two months with the FLY Playwriting Project. As part of the project, I went into Springwood High School to teach playwriting lessons to Year 8-10 kids, with the aim of producing a script together to be performed at the FLY Festival, staged at the UEA Drama Studio.
Our murder-mystery-come-comedy was a hit with the audience! It was great to see the children’s smiling faces when they were able to show off to their parents and friends that they had written an actual play that had been staged!
Thank you to the FLY Playwriting Festival and Laughing Mirror Theatre Company for your efforts towards bringing the arts to young people in East Anglia.
UEA Scriptwriting Anthology
My stageplay “Colloquium” has been published in the wonderful UEA Scriptwriting Anthology, as published by Egg Box Publishing.
“Colloquium” is a British satire, sending up the infamous Oxbridge Interview format:
“Snog, marry, avoid: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost?”
The anthology, including my work, is available for purchase at the link below:
https://www.eggboxpublishing.com/product-page/uea-ma-scriptwriting-anthology-2019
“Like The Sea I Think” Book Launch at Norwich’s The Book Hive.
I had the pleasure of attending Kunsthalle Cromer’s book launch for their latest poetry anthology, Like The Sea I Think, in which my poem, Acrylic Blue, has its place!
The book launch was a great event, with readings from contributors, such as Molly Naylor, University of East Anglia tutor and poet/playwright.
The book is available for purchase here:
https://www.ueapublishingproject.com/product-page/like-the-sea-i-think-1
Or pop into Norwich’s The Book Hive if you are in the Norwich area.
Thanks to The Book Hive for the free glass of red! @bookhive
