Plays & Scripts

In 2002 I successfully completed a BA (hons) in Scriptwriting at Bournemouth University and shortly afterwards I began work as a professional scriptwriter.

Plays	The Shop of Forgotten Stories. With his play I have combined my love of traditional storytelling and theatre. The story is about a storytelling shop-keeper called Mamood nearing retirement and his granddaughter Connie who longs to become a storyteller one day. Connie tries to help Mamood save his shop and retire with dignity by telling stories. The style of the play blends the main plot with traditional storytelling that come alive on stage, with actors acting out the story as somebody tells it. Story Outline Sample Pages of Script Way of the Pear. One act comedy play play about being in the internet dating game in your thirties, when you should know better and be better. Performed in Autumn 2008 as part of the Windsor Drama Fringe and also at the Concert Artists Association (CAA), London, Hen and Chickens Theatre (London), the Myers Studio Theatre (Epsom) and the Barn House Theatre (West Moseley). Script How to Make Friends in London. One act comedy play satire about making friends in London. For The Lavender Hill Theatre Company. Produced by the BDP Theatre, Brisbane, Australia as part of Scratch IT! Night, August, 2006. Script The Government Writers. One act satire play about the men and women of a secret government department who write, among many other subversive things, Bin Laden's speeches. Performed at the Contact Theatre, Manchester in July 2006. Script The 9 Lives of an Unloved Woman. A drama produced in autumn 2005 in Berlin (Café Rosa Theatre, 23rd, 24th September), in London at the Soho Theatre (26th and 27th September) and the Windsor Drama festival (28th and 29th September). Extracts have also been performed at Writer's Guild, Variety Night and Café Rosa Theatre, Berlin. This is the second play that I have directed. Feedback and reviews have been excellent. Catherine is trapped in a coma. She cannot remember how she got there. Over the course of the play, Catherine reconstructs her life using 9 key "lives" or memories. It becomes clear that the lack of love in her life has warped her into a sometimes hilarious, sometimes shocking person, unable to define normal social boundaries. At the end of the play, with her life reconstructed and the truth about how she got in the coma apparent, Catherine has to decide whether she wants to come out of the coma or die. Actress photo - Simone Ashton Script Che Guevara's Motorbike. Comedy-drama. Colour House Theatre and Rosemary Branch theatre, London 2004. This was my theatre directing debut. I have written about this in several articles. You'll find details in the Journalism page. Alberto is a journalist in search of a decent story and the identity of his father. He shares this journey with Sarah, a health-conscious dancer called, Summer, a washed out hippy addicted to self-help groups and Gary, his scheming landlord trying to evict him. Production Photo 1 Production Photo 2 Review 1 Review 2 The script
Television	Commissioned Writer, 'Hollyoaks', Mersey TV/Channel 4. Three episodes of the programme, 2003-2004.
Films	The Four Seasons, Musical movie short-listed for The UK Film Council's 25 Word or Less scheme.
Short Films	Rebecca's Last Day. Romantic drama short film. Written, 2004. Shown at End of the Pier Festival and the TromaFling festival, submitted to many others forthcoming including Kino and InterFilm. This was the first short film I directed. Rebecca does not want to go on living. A documentary film crew follow her on her last day as she fulfils all her fantasies, with dramatic results. She discovers that a work colleague is in love with her. Relieved of her worries and emotional baggage, Rebecca finally finds a way to be happy. But, at the end of the day, her good spirits crash and she has to decide whether she is going to follow-through with suicide. Lead Actress - Simone Ashton Production Photo 1 Script
Radio	Brave Georgina. Short drama won the 2002 BBC Radio Student award for drama. Georgina is a young Guatemalan woman searching for the baby she was forced to sell. She finds her child and tells the story of how she was forced to give her up. script