Sitcom Trials autumn 2010 - producer wanted

Hi Sitcom Trials fans & contributors,

There's been a lot of interest in the return of the Sitcom Trials and there are no doubt 100s of writers and almost as many actors out there waiting to compete in an autumn season.

The problem is our esteemed producer from last year, the brilliant James Parker, is far too busy with other work to look at running a Trials season, and I am too. But there is still the possibility of running a season at the Leicester Square theatre, and there is the usual guarantee of a big enough audience for the show to make money (or at least break even). If only we could find a producer.

So is there anyone out there who feels they are willing and capable of producing The Sitcom Trials? The right candidate for this job would be someone who has, ideally, been involved with the Trials before (either under James or his predecessors Simon & Declan) and can convince me of their vision for and dedication to this project.

Email me kevf.sutherland@virgin.net with Sitcom Trials in the header if you are interested in learning more.

Meantime I hope you're all well and doing great things, and I look forward to seeing the many Sitcom Trials alumni at the Edinburgh Fringe in August.

Kev F Sutherland
http://comicfestival.co.uk

Sitcom Trials stars at Edinburgh Fringe 2010

Sitcom Trials at Edinburgh Fringe 2010

Among the hundreds of excellent shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, I'm going to make an extra effort to see these shows, featuring as they do the stars of the last season of The Sitcom Trials.

The Sitcom Trials, if you're not familiar with it, is the show I've been producing since 1999 where sitcoms compete head to head with the audience and a panel of TV & comedy biz judges choosing the best. The last season ran at the end of 2009 and featured our strongest line up of writers and performers, some of whom will be at the Fringe. They include

Steve McNeil & Sam Pamphilon in Addicted to Danger (7pm Pleasance Dome). Described in the Fringe programme as "Sitcom Trials winners" they are, indeed, that, and brilliantly so.

The Real MacGuffins (10pm Pleasance Courtyard) are a sketch troupe two of whose members were in two of the entries in the Trials grand final, and one of whom, the marvellous Dan March, has starred in the Trials since 2000.


The Unexpected Items (4.30pm Gilded Balloon) were in the Trials final as an ensemble and have since had a miillion hits on YouTube with the cult classic Gap Yah.

Stuart Goldsmith: The Reasonable Man (7.30pm Pleasance Dome) as one half of Kiosk of Champions was in the Trials final and now debuts his solo stand up show.

Wendy Wason (7pm Gilded Balloon) is an excellent stand up who co-starred in a Sitcom Trials entry that made it to the semi finals, along with Jen Brister

Rogue's Handbook (5pm Counting House, free) not only have members who appeared in the Trials but their Paul Gannon was invaluable in helping run the last season

And of course there's The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre (9.5pm Gilded Balloon) who hosted the Grand Final and are produced by me, the inventor of the Trials.

I'm sure there are many other Trials actors, directors and writers on at the Fringe. If you're out there, let me know and I'll, er, big you up, as I believe the kids say.

Sitcom Trials final:


Sitcom Trials 1st semi final
Sitcom Trials 2nd semi final

Vuvuzela - new World Cup song from the Socks

Brand new from the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, a look at the most annoying thing about this year's World Cup.



The Socks play Edinburgh Fringe 2010: 9.15pm 4-29 August, Gilded Balloon

In praise of downstairs

A quick note here. Regular readers of my blog notes might have seen occasional mention of the noise we sometimes suffer from the flat below us. A minor consideration on a global scale, and only a concern to us, nothing that could ever interest the rest of the world. Well I just wanted to make quick mention of the fact that, for nearly a week now, we have heard absolutely no noise.

It has been, as both H & I have remarked independently, like "normal".

Let's enjoy this while it last shall we? It is, as I say, almost normal.

Tues June 15 2010

Edinburgh flyer 2010

For the 4th year in a row we need a flyer to thrust in peoples faces at Edinburgh throughout August. It looks like this:

Socks Fringe poster 2010

Another year, another Fringe poster. Here's the latest, hot out of the Photoshop. Click to taste...

A Scottish World Cup Song

New from the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, an anthem for Scottish fans to sing (with love & best wishes to all our English fans)



And by the way, tickets for our Edinburgh Fringe 2010 show are now on sale!