Packed house for this London Comedy Writers meeting and for good reason. A new dawn is indeed dawning, but I will get on to that in a bit.
The main feature saw Jeremy Davies return with a new version of his script “The Commuters”. When originally read in the group 2 years ago the idea got the thumbs up for a great idea, but there was criticism that it didn’t use the setting to its full potential. The audience was desperate to see their experiences immortalised in script form, but felt these opportunities had been missed. So what good has 2 years done? Well the version read out tonight was a cut down version for the Sitcom Trials and although Jeremy had planned to extend and tighten the deadline came around much quicker than he expected and was forced to hand over the script as was. The result was a script that was not too dissimilar from the last. Again the majority saw the promise and the possibilities in the idea and credited some of the comic characters such as the happy train driver and gossiping ticket inspectors. Jeremy himself admits it may be time to bring on a co-writer to help formulate the idea further and give himself more time. Send me a message if you are interested. Or you can swing by Jeremy’s blog “The Happy Commuter”.
Controversy followed after the break with a sketch entitled “I thinking of writing a script”, anonymously submitted. Well I say anonymous, but that is my fault because after the sketch was submitted the author wasn’t sure if it should go in. I maintained it should and so I forced it in under the protection of anonymity. Although slightly mental towards the end the script tapped into ideas that many members of the group have considered writing themselves. Like schools or workplaces the London Comedy Writers is full of characters, some crazy, some withdrawn, some opinionated and some just wrong. Anonymous may have opened the doors to something. Already lined up for next week’s Sketchageddon is another anonymously submitted script “I was also thinking of writing a script.”
We also had the announcement of a partnership with ComComedy and London Comedy Writers. You can read more about that here and I will discuss it more next week.
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