Begging two questions. 1) How do they select the adverts to go over your Youtube videos? These are just plain random. And 2) Why has they heading for this blog post come out (on my screen at least) in Hindi?
Sunday, 31 May 2009
वेस्टर्न बी थे सोक्क्स
The Scottish Falsetto Socks do a Western:
Begging two questions. 1) How do they select the adverts to go over your Youtube videos? These are just plain random. And 2) Why has they heading for this blog post come out (on my screen at least) in Hindi?
Begging two questions. 1) How do they select the adverts to go over your Youtube videos? These are just plain random. And 2) Why has they heading for this blog post come out (on my screen at least) in Hindi?
Friday, 29 May 2009
Draw A Dalek with the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre
New from the Socks, a singalong tutorial in how to draw a Dalek.
I also linked up this RSS feed for this blog to my Facebook notes, having discovered that no-one reads this blog (it has literally 0 followers). Hopefully this will turn up on Facebook.
I also linked up this RSS feed for this blog to my Facebook notes, having discovered that no-one reads this blog (it has literally 0 followers). Hopefully this will turn up on Facebook.
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Flipchart page on eBay
Rather randomly I've listed a flipchart page on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290320417766
It's one of the pages that I draw at the start of my Comic Art Masterclasses. Hardly the greatest piece of art as I'm talking to the class as I draw it, but it breaks the ice and shows what I can do (trust me, that's impressive to an 8 year old).
Probably go for 50p, any takers?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290320417766
It's one of the pages that I draw at the start of my Comic Art Masterclasses. Hardly the greatest piece of art as I'm talking to the class as I draw it, but it breaks the ice and shows what I can do (trust me, that's impressive to an 8 year old).
Probably go for 50p, any takers?
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Socks alluded to on Outpost Gallifrey
Ooh! Ooh! The Socks are subtly alluded to on Outpost Gallifrey: http://gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEkuFFZklFpFxKYdmkQ
Mention is made cryptically of our appearance on the forthcoming War Games DVD. Thusly:
"If you look carefully on all three discs, you might find some interesting Easter Eggs hiding away, including a somewhat different take on 'The Trial of Doctor Who'. And so might I! And so might he!"
Feeling a little bit more part of history. And the future.
Mention is made cryptically of our appearance on the forthcoming War Games DVD. Thusly:
"If you look carefully on all three discs, you might find some interesting Easter Eggs hiding away, including a somewhat different take on 'The Trial of Doctor Who'. And so might I! And so might he!"
Feeling a little bit more part of history. And the future.
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Sitcom Trials 10th anniversary season
I have just learned that Declan Hill & Simon Wright are no longer going to be producing The Sitcom Trials (a move which I hasten to add is entirely their own, as I have been more than delighted with the success of their two seasons in the saddle).
This means the onus is upon me to produce the 10th anniversary season in October. The Pitch Fest will be returning, under an exciting new guise, as will the original format with the winners announced at the end of each show. As for other details of the season, in particular the method by which the scripts will be selected, these are under discussion.
Writers, actors and directors who want to be involved should stay tuned to this spot for further details. (Don't email me your photos and CVs just yet, the call will come.)
Looks like the future of The Future Of Sitcom is back in my hands.
Kev F Sutherland
Executive Producer
The Sitcom Trials - The Future Of Sitcom, In Your Hands
http://sitcomtrials.co.uk
This means the onus is upon me to produce the 10th anniversary season in October. The Pitch Fest will be returning, under an exciting new guise, as will the original format with the winners announced at the end of each show. As for other details of the season, in particular the method by which the scripts will be selected, these are under discussion.
Writers, actors and directors who want to be involved should stay tuned to this spot for further details. (Don't email me your photos and CVs just yet, the call will come.)
Looks like the future of The Future Of Sitcom is back in my hands.
Kev F Sutherland
Executive Producer
The Sitcom Trials - The Future Of Sitcom, In Your Hands
http://sitcomtrials.co.uk
Monday, 25 May 2009
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Comics Spin Off Into Comics - Press Release
COMICS SPIN OFF INTO COMICS
Edinburgh Fringe comedy show releases comic book
Comedy acts from the stand up circuit and Edinburgh have spun off into many artforms, from radio and TV to the web, DVDs, CDs, novels, poetry books and all forms of merchandising.
But The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre has made the first excursion into the world of comic books.
The Socks, currently in the middle of a national tour and preparing for their third run at Edinburgh, are the brainchild of Kev F Sutherland who, as well as being a familiar stand-up and the creator of the writing talent show The Sitcom Trials, writes and draws comic strips for The Beano and Marvel.
So, with comic synergy, Sutherland has adapted some of the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre’s most popular routines from their stage shows and videos into hilarious Beano-esque comic strips. Comedy sketches like their versions of Romeo and Juliet, Torchwood and Life On Mars, come alive in the Socks 64 page self published mini-manga.
According to comics-buff Sutherland this follows a great British tradition. “Charlie Chaplin’s comic strip was on the cover of Film Fun weekly in the 1920s” says Sutherland, one time producer of the UK’s annual Comic Festival, “and before that Victorian music hall legend Dan Leno had his own weekly ‘illustrated funny paper’. Arthur Askey, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom and Frankie Howerd were cover stars of Radio Film, Film Fun and TV Comic, Benny Hill and Ken Goodwin off The Comedians had weekly strips in Look-In in the 1970s, and The Goodies used to appear in Cor! Comic. But in more recent years, apart from a Comic Relief spoof in The Beano, and a one-off adaptation of Simon Pegg’s Sean Of The Dead, no modern comedians have starred in their own comic strip. The Socks are proud to be reviving a fine old British comics tradition.”
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre’s Sock Comic is available at their touring shows (dates below) and at The Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe from August 5 – 30 2009, or at myspace.com/scottishfalsetto
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot – Billiard Room - Edinburgh Fringe 2009
Dates: 5 - 30 August 2009
Tickets: Mon – Thurs £9.00 (£8.00), Fri – Sun £10.00 (£9.00)
Times: 22.15 (23.15)
Box Office: 0131 668 1633 / online www.gildedballoon.co.uk
Tour dates:
Chelmsford Civic Theatre 20 May, 8pm £10
Blackwood Miners Institute 21 May, 7.30pm £7.50
South Shields Customs House 23 May 7.30pm £7
Folkestone Quarterhouse 24 May 2pm £4
St Albans Maltings 12 June 8pm £10
Crawley Hawth Theatre 20 June 8.15pm £10
Milton Keynes Madcap, 11 July 7pm £9
PRESS CONTACT:
Kev F Sutherland
T: 07931 810858
E: kevf.sutherland@virgin.net
GILDED BALLOON PRESS OFFICE:Fraser Smith
T: 0131 668 9483
E: press@gildedballoon.co.uk
Edinburgh Fringe comedy show releases comic book
Comedy acts from the stand up circuit and Edinburgh have spun off into many artforms, from radio and TV to the web, DVDs, CDs, novels, poetry books and all forms of merchandising.
But The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre has made the first excursion into the world of comic books.
The Socks, currently in the middle of a national tour and preparing for their third run at Edinburgh, are the brainchild of Kev F Sutherland who, as well as being a familiar stand-up and the creator of the writing talent show The Sitcom Trials, writes and draws comic strips for The Beano and Marvel.
So, with comic synergy, Sutherland has adapted some of the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre’s most popular routines from their stage shows and videos into hilarious Beano-esque comic strips. Comedy sketches like their versions of Romeo and Juliet, Torchwood and Life On Mars, come alive in the Socks 64 page self published mini-manga.
According to comics-buff Sutherland this follows a great British tradition. “Charlie Chaplin’s comic strip was on the cover of Film Fun weekly in the 1920s” says Sutherland, one time producer of the UK’s annual Comic Festival, “and before that Victorian music hall legend Dan Leno had his own weekly ‘illustrated funny paper’. Arthur Askey, Tommy Cooper, Norman Wisdom and Frankie Howerd were cover stars of Radio Film, Film Fun and TV Comic, Benny Hill and Ken Goodwin off The Comedians had weekly strips in Look-In in the 1970s, and The Goodies used to appear in Cor! Comic. But in more recent years, apart from a Comic Relief spoof in The Beano, and a one-off adaptation of Simon Pegg’s Sean Of The Dead, no modern comedians have starred in their own comic strip. The Socks are proud to be reviving a fine old British comics tradition.”
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre’s Sock Comic is available at their touring shows (dates below) and at The Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe from August 5 – 30 2009, or at myspace.com/scottishfalsetto
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot – Billiard Room - Edinburgh Fringe 2009
Dates: 5 - 30 August 2009
Tickets: Mon – Thurs £9.00 (£8.00), Fri – Sun £10.00 (£9.00)
Times: 22.15 (23.15)
Box Office: 0131 668 1633 / online www.gildedballoon.co.uk
Tour dates:
Chelmsford Civic Theatre 20 May, 8pm £10
Blackwood Miners Institute 21 May, 7.30pm £7.50
South Shields Customs House 23 May 7.30pm £7
Folkestone Quarterhouse 24 May 2pm £4
St Albans Maltings 12 June 8pm £10
Crawley Hawth Theatre 20 June 8.15pm £10
Milton Keynes Madcap, 11 July 7pm £9
PRESS CONTACT:
Kev F Sutherland
T: 07931 810858
E: kevf.sutherland@virgin.net
GILDED BALLOON PRESS OFFICE:Fraser Smith
T: 0131 668 9483
E: press@gildedballoon.co.uk
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