Sunday 12 May 2013

Line ups for 2nd 3 heats of Sitcom Trials SYTYWF

Announcing the line-ups for the second three sets of heats of The Sitcom Trials So You Think You Write Funny competition.

Not Going Out

Manchester Heat 2  Fri June 7
-    Waiting, Martin Holmes
-    Oh Be Joyful, James McMellon
-    Networking, S Davenport
-    The Thrift Collection, Graeme Knowles
-    Is It Just Us? Olly Allsop & John Barron
Sitcom Trials at The Lass O'Gowrie, 36 Charles St, Manchester M1 7DB. 8pm 

Bristol Heat Two: Thursday June 13th.
-    Situation Normal, Naomi Carter (WP)
-    Alien Hunter, Richard Hattersley
-    The Last man, Dan McKee
-    Trainspotting, Graeme Knowles
-    I See A Penguin, Richard Dowling
Sitcom Trials at The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol. 8pm. Tickets £3

London Heat 2 Fri June 14
- Medicine to Follow, Keyworth & Clompus (WP)
-    Cuz Zombie, Belgrave & Coppin (animation)
-    Shirley’s Temple, Chen & Leigh (WP)
-    You Banker, Richard Dowling
-    Cast, Peter Etherington
Sitcom Trials at The Camden Head, 100 Camden High St, London NW1 0LU. 7.30pm. Tickets £5 

 

The Sitcom Trials returns in force in 2013, with the ultimate competition to find the best new situation comedy talent in Britain. And this year we have joined forces with The Gilded Balloon, producers of the UK’s longest running comedy new talent competition –
So You Think You’re Funny.

Saturday 11 May 2013

Sitcom Trials SYTYWF London Heat 1 results

The second heat of The Sitcom Trials - So You Think You Write Funny competition took place at The Camden Head, London, on May 10 2013. Five sitcoms, chosen from open entries invited from the public, were showcased in front of a paying audience who voted to choose their favourite, all under the watchful eye of guest MC Bec Hill. The cast then performed the ending of the audience winner while a panel of judges retired to choose which sitcom should go through to the semi-finals. (One sitcom will definitely go through, with the chance that a second might too. From the 30 sitcoms showcased in the 6 heats, 10 will be chosen). The sitcoms in contention were:

Alice & The Genie by Neil Tollfree
Three In Tow by Eoin Carney
Separate Parents by Dan Sweryt & Jim Spiers
Never Better written by and starring Rosie Holt
Most Likely To by Jamie Anderson & Sam Brayshaw


The audience's favourite was Never Better by Rosie Holt, which had its ending performed. And the winning sitcom that is definitely going through to the semi finals, as chosen by tonight's judges Paul Foxcroft from Monkey Toast, comedian and writer Amy Howerska, and Funny Women's Danica Priest, was Three In Tow by Eoin Carney. A runner up (kept under wraps for the moment) may join it in the semis, stay tuned until all the heats are finished.

The next heat takes place at The Wardrobe Theatre Bristol on May 31st. And tickets for the Grand Final at the Edinburgh Fringe on August 21st are already on sale, do please feel free to start booking.

 

The Sitcom Trials returns in force in 2013, with the ultimate competition to find the best new situation comedy talent in Britain. And this year we have joined forces with The Gilded Balloon, producers of the UK’s longest running comedy new talent competition –  So You Think You’re Funny.

Saturday 4 May 2013

Sitcom Trials SYTYWF Manchester Heat 1 results & video


The first heat of The Sitcom Trials - So You Think You Write Funny competition was held in Manchester on May 3rd 2013. Five sitcoms, chosen from open entries invited from the public, were showcased in front of a paying audience who voted to choose their favourite. The cast then performed the ending of the audience winner while a panel of judges retired to choose which sitcom should go through to the semi-finals. (One sitcom will definitely go through, with the chance that a second might too. From the 30 sitcoms showcased in the 6 heats, 10 will be chosen). The sitcoms in contention were:

From Home by Darryl James
As Plain As Day by Richard Dowling
Cash & Currie by Bobby Finn
Out Of My Head by Colin McQuaid
Theatre by Andrew Tate

And the winner is...? A long story.


Sean Mason directs the cast of the Manchester Sitcom Trials, Edward Easton, Marcus McMillan, Morag Peacock, Carly Tarett and Chris Tavner at The Lass O'Gowrie

The audience vote ended in a three-way-tie, with From Home, As Plain As Day and Theatre all proving equally popular. On an informal audience shout, Theatre was the sitcom whose ending got performed. During which time our three judges - Bethany Black (stand-up comedian whose solo sitcom has enjoyed the past year in development with the BBC), Lisa Connor (stage producer including Jack Rosenthal's The Best), and Brianne Edge (head of Comedysportz North and director of adaptations of The Likely Lads and The God Life) - adjudicated and decided that the sitcom that will definitely be going through to the semi finals is..

Cash & Currie by Bobby Finn.

A very successful night of entertaining comedies, all of which found their audience and acquitted themselves well. Congratulations to the winner (and fingers crossed to the rest, one of which could still find itself in the semi finals). The next heat of The Sitcom Trials So You Think You Write Funny is at The Camden Head in London on Friday May 10th.

 

The Sitcom Trials returns in force in 2013, with the ultimate competition to find the best new situation comedy talent in Britain. And this year we have joined forces with The Gilded Balloon, producers of the UK’s longest running comedy new talent competition –
So You Think You’re Funny.

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