Over the past 20 years I've been fortunate to work on major film, television and theatre productions around the world, which include the West End, USA, Australia, Europe and Asia.

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I took advantage of the pandemic to move into an area that had always been in my future plans, writing.

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With years of experience creating characters, performing other writer's words and developing stories from new project creations, I've had the pleasure of working directly with creatives of the likes of Stephen Daldry, Sting, Lee Hall, Hannah Chissick, Bill Russell, Joanne Clifton, Justin Martin and more. 

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In mid 2020 I searched for a concept that would not only provide an example of my work but also one with a lot of potential uptake. Having worked mainly within the Musical Theatre industry I began writing a pilot episode for a mockumentary, narrative driven sitcom which would give a 'fly-on-the-wall' view of the process of putting together the latest, factious, show to go into London's West End. 

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With a series sketched out, I began work on 'The Fosse Forest Ballet' pilot script. Once completed, I arranged a director, a cast, a film crew, a location, some finances and between lockdowns we filmed the concept episode.

 

Some extraordinary creatives and artists worked on the concept episode: Racky Plews (West End Director), Adam Langston (Composer for films: Alien-Covenant, Cats, Les Mis). Bruno Collins (Animator for Peppa Pig) and a West End cast including: Kerry Ellis, Darren Day, Louise Dearman, Oliver Savile, Zoe Birkett, Philip Joel and more.

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After we finished editing the episode was housed on it's own dedicated website for the general public to enjoy. Since then, the project has enjoyed:

• Local & National press through BBC Radio interviews and write ups in publications such as The Metro, The Guardian, What's On Stage, Irish News and The Stage.

• Multiple reviews by independent reviewers, receiving no less than four stars. 

• Thousands of viewers, not only here in the UK but worldwide, all contributing to stream the episode.

• Tens of thousands social media interactions.

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All of the above was achieved with a zero marketing budget.

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Moving forward, the entire process has not only given me further inspiration for the project but I believe it's established a strong foundation to pitch the concept to broadcasters and streaming platforms searching for content.

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Other writing projects I'm working  on at the moment include: 

• 'Countdown' - Short Film - Filming 2021

  • A psychological thriller exploring traumatic events that link three strangers forever.

• 'Swank' - TV Pilot - Concept Filming 2021 to present to BBC

  • A new-age comedy which tells the story of a once famous supermodel trying to reignite his career whilst living with his family in Wolverhampton.​