Sparky's

By: Tom Kirk & Stephen Davidson

Sitcom Mission 2012 finalist

Sparky Viscous' Historical Bloody Fun Park offers discerning patrons the chance to experience history's best bits at a price they can afford. For theme park employee Darren Searle, however, it offers little more than the prospect of a lifetime's hard graft, selling over-priced foodstuffs with tenuous historical associations, while dressed in ridiculous and similarly inauthentic garb. To make matters worse, Derek, his father, boss and rival, is hell-bent on preventing Darren from attaining the sort of life to which he would rather be accustomed.

With only his credulous mate, Jamie, and self-appointed creative play therapist, Lydia, on hand to offer moral support, Darren resolves to take matters into his own hands. It isn't long, however, before he discovers that matters have been taken out of his hands again, and quite literally thrown to the lions.

Credits

Tom Kirk & Stephen Davidson

Tom Kirk and Stephen Davidson have never done anything like this before. They entered The Sitcom Mission largely in a bid to escape the unglamorous tedium of their working lives. They are thrilled about this opportunity to have their work performed live by professional actors and hope that it marks a tentative step towards doing more of this sort of thing in the future. As Northerners, they are also very excited about seeing London properly for the first time, as they have only previously seen it on the telly.

Note

Performed in Heat 4, Semi Final 1