I don’t scare easily. I can watch most horror films without turning a hair – apart from the completely mad To The Devil a Daughter…
The thriller I’ve been working on is the first London-set script I’ve written in a long time. I wanted to write something as pared-down, tight…
I’ve been working on a thriller recently, and the need for pace, suspense, surprise and, well, thrills made me consider the use of transitions in…
I can’t bear widows. They are the bane of my life. Not the black-clad in-mourning type, but the single-word-on-a-line type. They have the power to…
I’ve just started rewriting a thriller – and I’m feeling the pressure of the first 10 pages more than ever. Perhaps it’s because this script…
Pegasus Opera Company recently staged a part-performance of the opera I wrote – Let The Music In – in Brixton for an invited audience. The…
How many writers can be working on the same story at the same time? About 7,643 it turns out. Imagine a story that brings together…
I was very proud to be part of Pegasus Opera’s Unpacked and Reloaded event last year (where has the time gone?!) Pegasus is the UK’s leading…
I can’t help myself. I’ve started watching it again. I’m currently on my twenty-somethingth viewing of Lynda La Plante’s Widows – a six-part TV drama I’ve been…
Last night I saw Saturday Soup – a collection of short plays by Off The Wall Players – a small emerging theatre company based in…