Hi all you lovely people.
You may remember back in the summer we started up a comedy sketch night to help raise money for a charity a friend of mine runs called BIRD. Well I'm pleased to say we're back for a 3 night Christmas Special!
If you've submitted before let me tell it's similar to last time but there's a couple of things that will be a little different. First we're not going to be recording it as a 'radio-style' show but rather doing it as an actual performance with real acting and everything. That means you can add some action and movement into your sketches but it will still be bare bones so no props and FX.
And secondly, as the show will be in December please feel free to throw in the odd Christmas themed sketch to put us in a festive mood.
As before if you want more details then email me at:
steve@wingspancomedy.co.uk
and I'll send you a full brief and template for sketches. I'll also send my most common feedback from last time to give you some pointers on how to make your sketch as good as possible.
Timings are roughly:
21st Oct - Initial Submission Deadline
By 28th Oct - Rewrite requests sent out
18th Nov - Rewrite Submission Deadline
Mid-December - Live show! (Dates to be confirmed)
Any more information required drop us a line or reply to this thread.
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And if you haven't heard of Wingspan or BIRD before here's a little more about us and what we do:
A friend of mine runs a charity called BIRD that mentors young (16-25 yr olds) to help build relationships and improve wellbeing through creativity. If you're interested you can find out more about BIRD here: https://www.bird.org.uk/
Under the Wingspan name they are hoping to give up and coming creatives a chance to showcase their skills and Wingspan comedy is a chance for writers to get their work performed and actors a chance to get some credits on their CV. And so we're looking to put on a few live nights a year.
But we also want to make sure we're not taking advantage of people so we're looking to split the profits from these live nights roughly 1/3 for BIRD charity, 1/3 for the actors and 1/3 for the writers. So we do aim to pay everyone for sketches that get used and if the night becomes a roaring success the writers, as well as everyone else, will get paid more. Conversely, if we struggle the first few nights you might not be able to buy that new yacht you've always dreamed of.
Just to be clear we're linking up with a few youth organisations to get some young people involved in the writing and acting but it's not exclusively for them. The aim is to put on a good night and give a range of up and coming creatives an opportunity. So don't worry if you're not 16-25 you can still enter. (I've long since passed that bracket)
