Quote: Paul Carroll @ February 1, 2008, 11:08 PMThanks John mate. When did you receive that running order? What days are the best to submit material?
I got mine last night too. So many people seemed desperate to know that I thought I might as well just stick it here. Hope I don't get in trouble. I know it took months after I started writing for Newsrevue, before I got put on the mailing list.
I'd say the best times to submit to Newsrevue are Monday or Tuesday. But if there's a breaking story, you can also get that in if you're quick enough. Phill Barron's blog, referred to in the thread pinned at the top of this forum, is very helpful about submitting to Newsrevue and Treason. He is strong on the need to get in quick, because if they've started rehearsing someone's else's sketch on the same idea they're very unlikely to take yours, however brilliant. I submitted a sketch on Beadle spoofing St Peter on Thursday, the day after he died, and see that an identical idea was in the running order. They obviously had little time then, as the run started that evening. That was clearly the reason mine was rejected. Couldn't be because the bastard's was better.
Treason Show is only monthly, but they take longer to rehearse, so you need to see when the main Brighton show is taking place, on their website, and ideally submit about two weeks before, when they're got time to rehearse. The nearer to the show, next week this month, the shorter or more brilliant the sketch needs to be. Indeed, their current acknowledgement is specifically requesting only short sketches because they're so pressured.
By the way Tuumble, congratulations, he says through gritted teeth. That's one more sketch than I got in. Now you need to send in more whilst the current lot (they change every six weeks), who obviously like your work, are still there. And for everybody else, only three weeks before another lot come in who are bound to appreciate the geniuses we really are.
