Monday 18 February 2013
Spare Room Blog
I wrote a blog for the Scottish Refugee Council about The Spare Room. You can read it here.
The Spare Room on BBC Radio 4
Ach so I've been busy and haven't had time to update this blog. Lots of exciting things to report but firstly and most excitingly is that my new play, The Spare Room, will be broadcast on Friday 22nd February on BBC Radio 4 at 2.15pm.
We have a great cast in Babou Ceesay (as Michael) and Candida Benson (as Stephanie) with my frequent partner in crime Lu Kemp directing. I wrote the play in three weeks in Scotland in January and we recorded the first weekend in February at Broadcasting House in London.
The reason for such haste is that it was a 'rapid response' commission where I was asked to write a play about a current affair or news item. It's been a lot of hard work and a lot of fun to get a piece written (and good!) in such a short space of time. Last year I wrote a 15 minute play in a week, this year a 45 minute play in three. (Yes I'm now fearing the call to write a two hour drama in a month!)
The piece of 'news' I chose as my inspiration for The Spare Room was the Stop Destitution Today campaign by the Scottish Refugee Council. I would obviously love it if you listened to the play but whether you do or not, please check out the petition here and think about signing.
With thanks to Suzi and Jamie at SRC for their time and notes.
We have a great cast in Babou Ceesay (as Michael) and Candida Benson (as Stephanie) with my frequent partner in crime Lu Kemp directing. I wrote the play in three weeks in Scotland in January and we recorded the first weekend in February at Broadcasting House in London.
The reason for such haste is that it was a 'rapid response' commission where I was asked to write a play about a current affair or news item. It's been a lot of hard work and a lot of fun to get a piece written (and good!) in such a short space of time. Last year I wrote a 15 minute play in a week, this year a 45 minute play in three. (Yes I'm now fearing the call to write a two hour drama in a month!)
The piece of 'news' I chose as my inspiration for The Spare Room was the Stop Destitution Today campaign by the Scottish Refugee Council. I would obviously love it if you listened to the play but whether you do or not, please check out the petition here and think about signing.
With thanks to Suzi and Jamie at SRC for their time and notes.
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