London Comedy Writers Newsletter Issue 114
Many thanks to all those who came out to support Sketchageddon Live, it was great to have a packed house for the first London Comedy Wriiters produced show and hopefully it won't be the last - so get writing because we will need new material.
Remember you can catch up with all the latest news at the London Comedy Writers Website and e-mail us with your questions, comments and announcements plugging your event.
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NEXT MEETING: Tuesday 7th February
Living at Home by Luke Truppin
Rosa and Lindy by Jamie Warren
Phil Spector, Film Director and Ten Second Sketch by Neil Simpson
You can find out more about the meetings here.
WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS TO MY FUNNY VALENTINE- WITH STEPHEN K. AMOS
Join us for an extra special Valentines Day at the stunning . With Stephen K Amos headlines at theTheatre Royal Haymarket alongside the wonderful Joe Lycett, Chris Martin and Suzi Ruffell, this will prove to be the capitals must see valentines event. A romantic and friendly evening of comedy is guaranteed. So let the champagne and laughter flow... GSOH required!
How to Win
We just want you to share your Dating Disaster Story - it can be a 10 page dissertation or simply summed in a line.
Submit your entries by e-mail to londoncomedywriters@gmail.com with FUNNY VALENTINE as the subject.
More details here.
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SUPPORT THE LONDON COMEDY WRITERS
We ask so little at the London Comedy Writers, but I'm sure you want to help keep the site up and updated by using this Amazon link and the ones on the London Comedy Writers site to do all your online shopping you will be supporting us at no cost to your good self.
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DO YOU WANT YOU SCRIPT READ?
Back to our usual style, so start sending your scripts and sketches through. Many people tell me they have a script, but then don't follow up by sending it.
You can send scripts to londoncomedywriters@gmail.com
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NEWS
FOOLISH: Classic TV sitcom Only Fools and Horses is to be remade for a US audience. The ABC network is to make a pilot US version of the British show, which starred David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst and ran from 1981 to 2003. The script will be penned by Scrubs writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley. ABC said it would follow the same formula of two brothers who "concoct outrageous, morally questionable get-rich-quick schemes in their quest to become millionaires". If the pilot is picked up for a full series, it will be broadcast in the US later this year.
YALLI: Shed Media Group has launched a new entertainment and comedy production company, Yalli. Based at Shed's London offices, Yalli will produce entertainment, factual entertainment and comedy shows, working closely with Shed parent company Warner Bros. Yalli has already been commissioned to produce two new comedy pilots for the BBC. Impractical Jokers is a UK version of a format produced in the US and The Ginge, the Geordie and The Geek is a new sketch show.
GREENLIGHT:The CW has picked up three new hour long dramas from J.J. Abrams, Mark Harmon and Vampire Diaries producers Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain. Here are the descriptions of the new shows… J.J. Abrams' Shelter: "[It is] set at an historic New England summer resort where the new and returning staff attend to the practical, emotional and often comical needs of the guests while navigating friendships, rivalries and romances of their own." Mark Harmon's Joey Dakota: "The romantic-time travel musical revolves around a documentary filmmaker who travels back in time to the 1990s where she meets and falls in love with the rock star subject of her film. When she unexpectedly returns to present day, she must find her way back to the past to reunite with her love and prevent his untimely death." Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain's The Selection: "An epic romance set 300 years in the future. The project centers on a poor young woman who is chosen by lottery to participate in a competition to become the next queen of a war-torn nation at a crossroads."
MOCKING: NBC has changed the title of its forthcoming reboot of The Munsters. The project, from Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller, will now be known as Mockingbird Lane, according to TVLine. The new title comes from the Munster family address at 1313 Mockingbird Lane.
WEST END STORY: Danny DeVito will make his West End debut later this year, it has been announced. The Hollywood actor will star in a new production of The Sunshine Boys alongside Richard Griffiths. The play by Neil Simon follows two veterans who return for one last performance together. It was first staged on Broadway in 1972 before being made into a film starring Walter Matthau and George Burns, with Burns receiving an Oscar for his performance.
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COMPETITIONS / SUBMISSIONS / OPPORTUNITIES
NEAR DEADLINE
Call for Submissions
Love Bites are currently looking for theatrical pieces to include in Love Bites' Anti-Valentine's Night.
Deadline: 8th February 2012
Competition
Theatre Centre is offering the Adrienne Benham Award, a £2000 seed commission, to spotlight a promising playwright who is interested in writing exceptional live theatre for young people, but has little experience in this field.
Deadline: 17th February 2012
Call for Submissions
Following the success of September's production A Table for Six at LiT Space in Southwark, TenFour Theatre is looking to develop the format in Spring 2012, expanding its audience and building it into a regular, reputable new writing event.
Deadline: 20th February 2012
LOTS OF NOTICE
Competition
Bristol Folk House are running their succesful Saturday Shorts competition for a third year. They are looking for fifteen-minute scripts - theatre, radio or screenplays for a script-in-hand performance event in summer 2012.
Deadline: 1st March 2012
Opportunity
Insignificant Theatre would like you to take your inspiration from The City for their next Speakeasy event..
Deadline: 1st March 2012
Competition
The Windsor Fringe is now accepting unpublished one-act plays from amateur playwrights for its ninth Award.
Deadline: 5th March 2012
Competition
Title Pendng is The Northern Stage Award for New Theatre given to the most innovative, thoughtful and intriguing proposal for a new piece of theatre which could genuinely benefit from this development opportunity.
Deadline: 9th March 2012
Competition
Short Story Radio are pleased to announce the World Audio Short Story Writer 2012 is now open for entries.
Deadline: 31st March 2012
For more great competitions check out the London Comedy Writers website.
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PRODUCT OF THE WEEK
He's made millions of dollars selling screenplays to Hollywood and now screenwriter Blake Snyder tells all. "Save the Cat" is just one of Snyder's many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketablle and your script more satisfying - and saleable, including:
* The four elements of every winning logline
* The seven immutable laws of screenplay physics
* The ten genres and why they're important to your movie
* Why your Hero must serve your idea
* How to get back on track with ironclad and proven rules for script repair
This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by an industry veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat.
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WRITING TIP OF THE WEEK
Check out a bunch of scripts from the Oscar nominated films - remember, writers read.
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TRAILERS OF THE WEEK
From Academy Award nominated director Roko Belic comes his latest film, HAPPY. HAPPY takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, HAPPY explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.
In GIRL IN PROGRESS Grace (Eva Mendes) is a single mom. She is too busy juggling work, bills, and the very married Dr. Hartford (Matthew Modine), to give her daughter, Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) the attention she desperately needs.
Director Tony Kaye's (AMERICAN HISTORY X) long-awaited film DETACHMENT stars Academy Award(R) winner Adrien Brody as Henry Barthes, a substitute teacher who conveniently avoids any emotional connections by never staying anywhere long enough to form a bond with either his students or colleagues.
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ACTORS WANTED
Long time London Comedy Writers member Robin Bailes now heads up casting for all sketches and sitcoms. He posts on Casting Call Pro, but feel free to e-mail him your CV.
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