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David and Steve are involved in MKTOC's production of Vicar of Dibley. David is directing while Steve is playing Hugo Horton. Rehearsals begin this month for the show in early May.
Work is now underway on our next family pantomime title – our take on the Mother Goose story. For this script we are collaborating with writer and comedian Brian Two. Further details can be found on the Mother Goose page.
The panto season is well underway and we are delighted that once again we have over 150 groups worldwide performing our scripts. Break multiple limbs all of you! This year our material is being unleashed on the unsuspecting general public of the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and even Nigeria!
The Grotto Experience at Frosts Garden Centres has been a runaway success with rave reviews and capacity crowds.
Steve and David were very happy to meet Steptoe and Hancock writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson at the opening night of MKTOC's Steptoe and Son.
Also this month TLC Creative were instrumental in the successful creation and launch of the Christmas Experience at the four branches of Frosts Garden Centres. Book your family in for the quintessential Christmas experience!
Hallowe'en fun was also very much on the cards as we helped out The Parks Trust, Milton Keynes with their Hallowe'en entertainment event!
On the writing front we were pleased to see Snow White and the Magnificent Seven Dwarfs become available for publication!
Well, Blackadder has been and gone and was roaringly well received - you can see pictures here. Onwards and upwards with the next production - Steptoe and Son in November.
Also this month, David was delighted that a couple of sketches he wrote with Brian Two of LoveTo Comedy were accepted and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical comedy show Newsjack, hosted by Justin Edwards. He is now a paid BBC comedy writer!
Rehearsals move on apace for Blackadder and tickets are selling well!
David and Steve, along with Brian Two, are still regularly writing and contributing weekly topical sketches to "The Pod Delusion". You can hear a couple on the Demon Biscuit YouTube Channel.
David and Steve are now rehearsing for a local production of Blackadder the Third. David plays the scheming butler, Edmund Blackadder, while (true to character) Steve plays the mentally-challenged buffoon, Prince George.
As it's the height of summer, we are obviously also busy thinking about Christmas! We are writing material for the Frosts Garden Centres Christmas Grottos.
Two of David's sketches have been given 12" remixes and accepted for the launch of an new digital comedy service... http://www.uxcomedy.com. The trial has just ended, with the site launching proper in September. Some new comedy material being served alongside some major players on the comedy scene!
Also, David's material has been accepted and broadcast on the popular podcast "The Pod Delusion". You can find it and subscribe for free on iTunes...
This month with Damian visiting the UK from his Canadian home, we organised a writers’ retreat in a hotel for 2 nights to get our heads together and write the remaining scenes for our new pantomime, Snow White and the Magnificent Seven Dwarfs. We quickly found our creative muse and now only a few finishing touches are needed before the script is ready for release.
We have also published a new collection of some of our favourite short sketches in a revue set entitled An hour you won’t get back.
Steve and David have just attended the Comedy Writers Conference in Regent's Park, where much networking and experiencing of lectures took place! Energised, we are now churning out the same rubbish but at an increased volume!
David and Steve have just completd a sell out run of stage adaptations of 3 episodes of Fawlty Towers with MKTOC. In collaboration with David Pibworth, they have also just been given permission to write a stage sequel to ‘Allo ‘Allo (by one of the original authors, David Crofts) which will be a fantastic project to attempt over the coming months! We’ve also written several new short skits which will shortly be combined into a sketch compilation show and completed a full length play entitled Merely Players.
While Steve and David are busy rehearsing for a local production of Fawlty Towers, we have also been putting the finishing touches to a new full length drama (more details to come next month) and working on formats for a radio sketch show and a TV sitcom!
The pantomime season is well underway and while David and Steve have hung up their frocks this year and are not treading the boards, once again we have over 100 groups around the world performing our titles this Christmas. Break multiple legs everyone!
David and Steve have been on a two-week creative trip to Vancouver, Canada to visit Damian. We wrote an entire new pantomime, Sinbad the Sailor, numerous new sketches, created a new Panto Fun Pack, completed a number of corporate commissions and worked on a host of other projects. We even found time for a spot of sight seeing, although David didn't see a moose anywhere and has subsequently written to Canada Parish Council to complain.
Steve (as Basil Fawlty) and David (as Mr Hutchinson the spoon salesman) appeared in Fawlty Towers with MKTOC this month to sell out audiences.
We’ve added a new Horror film themed Hallowe'en murder mystery to our gruesome catalogue: Dial M for Monster.
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Pantomimes
We have now finished our Wild Western take on Snow White. Click to read more about Snow White and the Magnificent Seven Dwarfs!
If there is an underexposed pantomime you'd like to see a fresh take on then email us! David will hear your pleas...
We are also continuing to look at more off-beat pantomime concepts such as a pantomime / comedy based on the 'Big Bad Wolf' stories.
Corporate
For the third year running we are working with Frosts Garden Centres on scripts and stories for Santa and the Christmas Grotto.
Musicals
We are working on the script for a full length comedy (which will include a number of songs that form part of the plot) entitled A Tribute to Myself. For more information please email Damian.
Miscellaneous
We continue to look for more creative outlets. All in accord with our plans for World Domination! Do you have an idea we could work on? What do you feel your productions lack that we might provide a solution for? Email David with your inspirations!
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February 2012