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. ——— ¥ ——— On Sunday 28th October at 11.30 am I will be taking part in a debate 'Political Theatre: Political animal?' at the annual Battle Of Ideas. ——— ¥ ——— From August through to mid-November I am in Leeds directing 2 pilot blocks for Yorkshire TV of the new ITV daytime drama, The Royal Today. ——— ¥ ——— At the beginning of September 2007 I finally did it and enrolled on an MA course in Philosophy at the Open University. It starts in February 2008 and will take 3 years! There's nothing in it for me except the joy of studying. I never thought those words would ever pass my lips but it just shows you - I'm really excited by this as much as anything else at the moment. ——— ¥ ——— On 26th Sep 2007 Public Domain received the disappointing news that our application for the £200,000 to mount the multi-faith theatre project The Children Of Abraham, was not successful. As no other funding is currently available I am sad to announce that the project has been cancelled for the foreseeable future. The letter from the Big Lottery Fund praised the quality of our application and the many qualities of the project. However they pointed out that there were only funds available to finance less than 23% of the applications they received. For me personally developing this project was a fantastic experience and one I would not have missed. I learned a lot about the three Abrahamic faith communities in the W.Midlands and met many people of good will dedicated to reconciliation and peace. It was an honour to meet them all. More details can be found on the Public Domain website: ——— ¥ ——— In July 2007 I directed my first block of 'Doctors' for the BBC. The old BBC Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham were very dear to me so I was delighted to finally get to direct a BBC Birmingham drama show. I enjoyed the experience very much and have been asked back so overall one couldn't ask for more. ——— ¥ ——— At the end of June 2007 I was teaching for ten days on a film-makers summer school in Lithuania. What a great trip! Spent a couple of days sightseeing in Vilnius then up to the Baltic coast for the actual course. I met some lovely suicidal Finns and had a really fulfilling time. The gig came about because of my teaching at Thames Valley University. Lithuania Summer School Website ——— ¥ ——— After my gobby first appearance on Claire Fox TV, the Institute Of Ideas invited me to be a Judge for the West Midlands heat of the Debating Matters school debating competetion. The regional heat took place at Leicester University on 27th April 2007. ——— ¥ ——— I had a great time on the 19th Feb 2007 appearing as a pundit on Claire Fox News discussing the Jade Goody/Big Brother phenomena. The show is an internet broadcast on 18 Doughty Street .Com a political website with the tag line "politics for adults". It's actually run by a bunch of right wing neo-cons led by Iain Dale but they have a couple of token lefty shows like Claire Fox News and Talking With Tatchel an environmental show hosted by Peter Tatchel. It's worth taking a look at: Claire Fox is the Director of The Institute Ideas, an organisation I have a lot of time for. Take a look at the website using the link below. Each year they organise the Battle Of Ideas a fabulous weekend of debate, politics and philosophy that I highly recommend. ——— ¥ ——— From Feb - June 2007 I ventured into academia by becoming course tutor on the Writing For Television module of the MA in Screenwriting at Thames Valley University. Just a toe in the water at 3 hours a week but I have to say I really, really enjoyed it and will be looking to increase my activity in this area. ——— ¥ ——— Just before Xmas 2006 Dudley Sutton got me roped into acting in a Russian film for a couple of days. The film, Season Of Fogs, written and directed by award winning Russian director Anna Tchernakova, was shooting in Moscow and Leicestershire. With a Russian speaking camera team and a truly international cast & crew it was a unique experience. Nice one Dudley! ——— ¥ ——— After a trip to Italy on the Arista Story Development Workshop at the end of September 2006 I started working on my feature film screenplay, Nothing To Fear, a Hitchcokian political thriller about the civil liberty implications in the post 9/11 world. This trip was financed by a training grant from Screen West Midlands. ——— ¥ ——— On Wed 6th September 2006 at 20.00 I performed as 'Phil' at The Bush Theatre in a rehearsed reading of a new Alun Williams Play, Angel Meadow, as part of the Try These On For Size season I haven't been on a professional stage since 1987!!!! So I was cacking my pants big time. but it was great fun and the audience seemed to love it. Here's to lot more thesping to come. ——— ¥ ——— Over the summer of 2006 I developed a number of television projects with Greycat Productions & Chameleon TV in Leeds. ——— ¥ ——— In February 2006 I completed a third draft of my screenplay, Human Resources, a satire of corporate management, which is now being represented in London and the USA by my agent Louise Tam at Macfarlane Chard Associates. I worked on the development with script editor Stevie Lee (previous Head of Development, Contagious Films) and the development was funded by Screen West Midlands through their Lottery Scripts Grants Scheme. ——— ¥ ——— In February - March 2006 I wrote another episode of 'Doctors' for BBC Birmingham. ——— ¥ ——— Autumn 2005 - Autumn 2006, I was developing a number of comedy and drama projects including comedies The Watsons and Khazie, and dramas, Seven 'Til Eleven and Moonstomping. ——— ¥ ——— Aug - October 2005, I directed three episodes of Hollyoaks for Mersey TV. ——— ¥ ———
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