Sitcom Mission 2024 finalists
Tuesday 11th June 2024
Following on from the public showcase, we're pleased to announce that the 4 scripts going through to our Industry Final are:
All My Best Friends Are Metalheads (Amy Gray)
At the turn of the millennium, teen metalhead Jessica is an ambitious and vainglorious edgelord dreaming of a rock 'n' roll life away from humdrum Norwich. But first she needs to get a tattoo.
Mourning People (Sean Fee)
A group of women with varying degrees of professionalism struggle to keep a funeral home afloat as they navigate their lives and loves and the intricate boxing of dead people.
Strapped (Hannah Boyd-Piercy)
Four friends try to save their lesbian bar/ community hangout space from closing, after losing the money they were raising for a deposit to buy it from the council.
The Irish Goodbye (Adam Hannigan)
When two bitterly delusional gay best friends decide they want to escape their tiny northern Irish town for a fresh start in Canada, how do they earn the money? By seducing grieving men at wakes... That's how.
It was an extremely tough call - one that took quite a bit of back and forth between the producers, our fantastic readers and of course taking into account the audience votes that were received during our public showcase.
As always, it was invaluable getting these scripts in front of an audience and hearing them performed live by our actors. The scripts and writing really comes alive with the right characterisation and pacing. As a writer, it's always incredibly helpful to hear what jokes land and which might need a bit of re-working. You also get an opportunity to hear what an actor might do once they get their hands on one of your characters and this gives a great insight into how your writing is coming across. It might even give you some extra ideas for where to take it.
Huge congratulations to the two other writers that made it through to the longlist, but didn't progress to the Industry Final:
Lord It Over (Jack Stanley)
Hitperson (Joshua Lingard-Smith)
We'll let you know the overall winner after our Industry Final on Weds 26th June. Good luck to the final 4!
Lawrence, Simon & The Sitcom Mission Team