RADIO COMEDIES - Now Live on 成人论坛 Radio Scotland
Six Radio Comedy projects were developed across the Nations and Regions with three coming from Scotland. All three were developed through a 成人论坛 Writersroom Scotland targeted opportunity and produced in collaboration with 成人论坛 Radio Scotland. The Scottish radio comedies were broadcast on 'The Afternoon Show' with Janice Forsyth on Monday 2nd, 9th and 16th April 2018.
Writer, Colin McLaren –Weekend Survivalist
Cast – Moray Hunter
Brian lives for the weekend when he podcasts from the back of beyond as Frontier Wolf Survivalist – a wannabe Bear Gryll’s. Can he survive the weekend without his home comforts?
Writer, Maryam Hamidi – Drivetime
Cast – Nalini Chetty, Ashley Smith, Robert Jack, Mandy Bhari and Gavin Mitchell
Drivetime follows hot shot lawyer Shazia Baeg on her daily commute to work as she navigates a shambolic M8, family life, smug colleagues and her own unapologetic apoplexy.
Writer, Keiron Nicholson – Reply to All
Cast – Barbara Rafferty, Jordan Young, Sally Reid and Gavin Mitchell
Testy siblings try to arrange their dad’s surprise 60th party without giving the game away or killing each other. Then mum gets involved.
NICOLE TAYLOR EVENT
What a great evening we had with Scottish Writer Nicole Taylor when she joined us in Glasgow for a In conversation Event followed by Networking Drinks on Wednesday 28th March.
Nicole spoke about writing her award winning 成人论坛 drama Three Girls which looked at the Rochdale grooming scandal and the multi-BAFTA nominated single drama The C Word amongst other titles including her upcoming feature film Country Music which is currently in post production.
The Q&A was followed by Networking drinks with our writers in attendance and Scottish based Indies.
We will post an interview with Nicole on our website soon.
Three Girls : Trailer
The latest series of The Break is now available to watch on 成人论坛 Three iPlayer
We launched The Break III as an open opportunity last March, 2017 and after many months in development, production and post production, the five films are now finished and available to view on 成人论坛 Three iPlayer and 成人论坛 YouTube. All of the films were shot in Scotland, written by Scottish/Scottish based writers, Directed by new, up and coming Scottish Directors and featuring amazing onscreen Scottish talent.
The Break - Series III
Writer, Anita Vettesse - You Really Got Me
Martin is a twenty something guy who is in the business of loneliness. In fact, he makes money by being with women.
Writer, Grace Knight - Gloss
Gemma’s a dedicated teacher whose life begins to unravel when one of her pupils goes missing.
Writer, Omar Raza - Soul Journey
Kammy is facing a decision. He loves his father but is struggling to live up to his expectations. Can he have it all?
Writer, Sophie Wu - Franny Wong
Socially-inept Franny has love in her sights, a bottle of sherry in her bag and a masterplan in progress. Can she score at the 'best party ever'?
Writer, Stewart Thomson - A Vocal Minority
Your dad brings you up a loyal Rangers fan, but love opens up new possibilities. It’s just before kick-off. Can Dad embrace Billy’s new life?
Other News
River City
* Shadow Writers Scheme 2017 is underway and the writers are on their 3rd draft and working closely with their mentors.
* Shadow Directors Scheme 2018 - this is now open for submissions, closing date is Monday, 9th April 2018
Scottish Writers' Festival
We will run the Writers Festivals on a bi annual basis to allow us to focus on a range of smaller events with guest speakers across the year so that more people can attend.
Networking Events
We will run networking events throughout the year for different genres around Scotland.
Best wishes
成人论坛 Writersroom Scotland