I’m a writer, script reader and producer. My short film, ENJOY, starring Himesh Patel, premiered at 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and won Best UK Short Film at the Raindance Film Festival and British Short Film Awards. As a writer I also run Fledgling Theatre Company and have been shortlisted for the Channel 4 Screenwriting Programme, the Edinburgh TV Festival NETFLIX ‘Stage to Screen’ Award and an Off West End Award.
I’ve been working in a freelance capacity as a writer and script reader and have written script reports for the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Award and the Popcorn Group New Writing Award.
With Fledgling Theatre, I have focused on developing new writing and was supported by Arts Council England. In this role I wrote, produced, performed. and directed plays for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Vault Festival, and UK wide regional tours.
I am meticulous, organised and creative at the same time and prior to setting up Fledgling Theatre, I worked in several administrative and production assistant roles. It was in these positions that I learnt a great deal of administrative and organisational skills crucial to my later work in production.
Prior to my work as a writer and producer I worked as an administrative assistant at the International New York Times in London where I gained administrative and editorial experience within the syndication department. I was responsible for diary management for the EMEA team, logging and co - ordinating requests to purchase media, and negotiating the rights to media within the EMEA region.
Projects
- ENJOYI wrote and executive produced, ENJOY, starring Himesh Patel, which premiered at 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and won Best UK Short Film at the Raindance Film Festival and British Short Film Awards. Progressive muscle relaxation, Lycra, spoken word. As Michael seeks novel ways to halt his spiralling depression, a moment of hope arrives via an unexpected source. ENJOY is a touching, offbeat exploration of the ways in which depression manifests itself in men across different generations. www.e
- Neck Or NothingI co-wrote, co-directed and produced 'Neck Or Nothing' which was supported by the Arts Council England, Pleasance, Greenwich and Theatr Clwyd’s TYFU/GROW Programme. It was nominated for an Off West End Award for Best Company Ensemble. Created in partnership with CALMzone, Fledgling Theatre presented post-show Q&A’s to help further the conversation around men’s mental health issues, including PTSD and depression.
- CelebrateI wrote and produced Celebrate which was shortlisted for the NETFLIX Stage to Screen Award 2020. It opened at the 2019 VAULT Festival, and prior to that it was also shortlisted for the Finborough Theatre's Radius Drama Award and had readings at both the Miniaturists at Arcola theatre and with Small Things Theatre at the Old Red Lion theatre.
- They Built It. No One Came."neither of us were very charismatic...that was a problem." I wrote, produced and performed in They Built It. No One Came which was inspired by a true story originally published in the New York Times under the same name by Penelope Green in 2015. It was shortlisted for the Charlie Hartill Award in early 2016. It subsequently went on to preview at the New Diorama Theatre in July in London before going on a sell out run at the Pleasance for the duration of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August
- Freelance Assistant Producer, The Russian Doctor by Andrew Dawson?Responsible for handling copy, and writing blogs for Andrew Dawson’s, performance based on Anton Chekhov’s Sakhalin Island . The project is fully funded by the Wellcome Trust and set to open at the Theatre Royal Winchester in March. More info at: www.therussiandoctor.com
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Work history
Skills
- Theatre
- TV
- Visual Arts
- Picture Editing
- Acting
- Editing
- Administration
- Production Management
- Excel
- Writing
- Script Analysis
- Script Development
- Script Reader
- Script Reports
- Script Writer
- Acting Performing
- Directing Actors
- Producing
- Creative Producing
- Theatre Directing
- Theatre Production
Education
MA ActingThe Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- London, United Kingdom
Distinction in Acting
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Cultural Studies and EnglishUniversity of Amstedam
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ersasmus in Cultural Studies and English
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