Hi Chums
A good-sized 5pm show yesterday with some nice industry people in, followed by a sell-out 7pm show.
First to report is that Graeme Knowles, who wrote Trainspotting which won week 2, is now in discussion with a TV scout. So that's three writers in three weeks, not a bad average and we're only in the first round. Just think what we can do in the quarter-finals.
Anyway, up for the cup last night were Dave, written by Anthony Dewson and directed by Frances Bifield, Toys, written by Imran Malik and directed by Brian Atkinson, Lost And Found, written by Johnny Fielding and directed by Dylan Emery and Lite Flyin by Andrew Flaherty, directed by Callum Coates.
Judges were Anna Madley from Avalon TV, Dominic Geraghty from Hubbards Casting, Dan Berlinka from Dandy Prods and someone called Mark, who apparently edits something called the British Sitcom Guide. We felt sorry for him, and gave him a clipboard and a pen, bless his fresh-faced heart.
The judges voted Toys way out in front, with Dave in second, so we'll see them in the quarter-finals in April. Well done to them. The audience vote was intriguing, with Dave winning with 18 votes, Lost And Found putting in the performance of the night and special mention must go to Phil Whelans and Henry Lewis for their crowd-pleasing displays and gaining 15 votes, Toys with 13 and Lite Flyin' a Eurovision spectacular 2.
Thanks also to Andy Fox for compering and Julia for stepping in and being a brilliant, life-saving techie. If stage managers ran the country, we wouldn't be in the mess we're in.
Thanks to all who came, next week should be equally as good. There's always tickets available for the 5pm show, so if you can make it, we'd love to see you there. As ever, come and introduce yourselves.
Cheers
Dec and Simon