Finalists chosen for The Sitcom Trials 10th Anniversary Season
Hundreds of budding sitcom writers have entered scripts into the new season of The Sitcom Trials, hoping for the chance to compete head to head on the London stage to win the title of Best New Sitcom.
The script readers, led by producer James Parker, have selected the 20 scripts that will appear in the shows, beginning October 19th at London's prestigious Leicester Square Theatre. (full list below)
The shows will be judged both by the audience and by a panel of TV industry experts. Last season's winner Dean Hardman went on as a result to be commissioned by the BBC and this new batch of writers are hoping to prove equally successful.
The Sitcom Trials is celebrating its 10th Anniversary, having begun on stage in Bristol in 1999 with a show that featured a very young comedy legend-to-be, Russell Howard. The show has run in the West End since 1999, enjoyed an 8 week series on ITV, three years at the Edinburgh Fringe and a version staged in Hollywood, with a 2010 Hollywood Sitcom Trials in the pipeline. The Sitcom Trials was created by Kev F Sutherland, who returns to host the new season.
The Sitcom Trials runs at the Leicester Square Theatre every Monday from October 19th 2009, with the Grand Final on December 1st.
LISTING DETAILS, COMEDY (please print)
TITLE: The Sitcom Trials
VENUE: Leicester Square Theatre, 6 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BX
DATES: Oct 19, 26, Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, Dec 1
TIMES: 6pm & 8.30pm (2 shows per night)
PRICES: £5 (6pm) £10 (8.30pm)
BOOKING: http://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/events.asp?eventid=220&categoryid=3
BOX OFFICE: 0844 847 2475
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PRESS CONTACT: Kev F Sutherland 07931 810858
Series Producer James Parker
WEBSITE: sitcomtrials.co.uk
FULL LIST OF FINALIST SCRIPTS:
* "Alan Pob - Writing Wrongs" by Saul Wordsworth
* "Assemblage of Evil" by Joe Deacon
* "Baby, it's cold outside" by Peter Higgins
* "Bumboy" by Andy Crick
* "Don't Murder the Messenger" by Allan Payne
* "End to End" by Matt Holt, Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon
* "Future Proof" by Elise Bramich
* "Life as a foreign language" by John Barron and Olly Allsopp
* "Long Term Sick" by Mark Brotherhood
* "Lovely Rocks" by John Seymour
* "My Sister" by Robin Bailes
* "PR a History" by Graeme and Nicky Knowles
* "Prodigies" by Alex Kirk and Simon Messingham
* "The Bar Boys" by Ben Glassman
* "The Johns" by Hugh Travers
* "The Not Gots" by Malcolm Duffy
* "Therapy" by Tom Carter
* "The Second Best Job in the World" by Chris Gilgallon
* "The Spy who Wrapped up Warm" by Jim Speirs & Simon Bristoll
* "Weathermen" by Ken Cheng
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