Writing
I'm an Award-Winning writer, with extensive experience across multiple media. Having recently delivered a masterclass on Interactive Storytelling for BBC Academy at Hay Festival, I'm now working on a number of projects for TV, film, gaming and audio, including my new high-stakes interactive TV pilot, EIGHT.
Details of my most recent projects are listed below, but please get in touch for further details.
Screen
2023
SCREWDRIVER
This door-based comedy, adapted from a scene in my Guardian-reviewed play CUL-DE-SAC, has just been released and is about to make its way onto the film festival circuit.
2023
TINY MAD ANIMALS
Based on my play, which was previously staged at a squat in the shadow of London's Olympic Park, this heartwarming short is currently being shown at festivals globally. Winner of Best LGBT Short at New Jersey Film Awards.
2021
Based on my play, previously staged at London's Bread & Roses, this recorded-during-lockdown online performance won an OffWestend Award in 2021.
See 5* review here.
2019
From my original screenplay, based on the relationship between a recently bereaved widower and his estranged young son, this was an official selection for a number of film festivals, as well as my first screen commission.
Stage
2022
WHAT IF ALL THIS IS REAL?
A commission to write and direct an original play by Cygnet Theatre, Exeter, to be devised with their final year students. Played at Cygnet Theatre before transferring to London's Jermyn Street and Drayton Arms Theatres.
STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED
Commissioned by Plymouth's Barbican Theatre, I devised, wrote and directed an original play, working with a cast of 12 - 25 year olds to create a time travel, comedy musical.
2021
GULL
Performed as a work-in-progress as part of a new writing evening at Exeter's Phoenix Arts Centre. Currently being read by a number of theatres.
2019
BREATHE
Starting out as a short as part of "Plays in a Bag" at London's Almeida Theatre, this play was re-written and given a new lease of life at the Bread & Roses Theatre.
2022
Audio/Interactive
2023
UNTIL THE SKY RUNS OUT OF RAIN
Commissioned by audio production company The Grey Hill, this story of married pensioners lost at sea will be released later in 2023. I'm also currently writing a film treatment for it.
2021 - 2023
Conceived during the long winter Covid lockdown of discontent, to help friends sleep (more info about the story's origins here), these calming, nostalgia-infused short stories have been downloaded more than 50,000 times and are also being used as wellbeing resources by NHS Wales and Exeter University. I'm currently writing and recording more, to be released monthly from September 2023.
2023
The first Alexa-navigated, interactive, serialised drama in the UK (commissioned by The Grey Hill) will be released in June 2023, with further episodes to follow, pending funding!
2021
ROCKS
Commissioned by Devon's Down Stage Write for an audio anthology, ROCKS was written as the first episode of a continuing series about one man's efforts to escape from the most remote lighthouse in the world.
Gaming/Interactive
2023
MERGE
This interactive dating game (commissioned by Panivox for their RichCast game playing and building app) came about as part of my own brief experiences in online dating. It can be a daunting place, especially for those using it for the first time. MERGE has been scripted for actors who were then motion captured. They each play a character in this inclusive, fictional, face-to-face dating app. It uses humour, as well as relatable dialogue and behaviours, to help people feel more comfortable in an online dating environment. It's released very soon, so you can try it for yourself!
2023
CENTURY
I'm currently working with gaming company Expression Games to devised worlds, characters and story for this new narrative platform VR game. It's not due for release until late 2024, but in the meantime we're exploring potential film or TV series crossovers, with a view to pitching to streaming services.