Writing to time
Have been very squashed for time on various projects. Currently, I’m finishing off the first draft of a radio play and I am trying to get the page count to fit 58 – as this would be 58 minutes or so – rather than the 48 I am currently on.
It is also easier to cutback than to add (I find at least).
Having written mainly for theatre and not tv, having strict time lengths is a different restriction to ones I’ve been used to. However, it does really make you think about whether scenes are unneeded fat or requisite story.
Many plays afoot. I’m seeing the new Stoppard next week (Rock’n'Roll) and hoping to see Market Boy soon, but not sure when as well as many other things.
Typically, I am going to miss the Michelangelo at the British Museum as I do most major art exhibitions. And I really want to make it to Princelet street this week but again I am not sure when. If you are intrigued by an old Huguenot house where also in 1869 the Jews erected a synagogue then go this week, it’s near Spitalfields.
For all the joys of the country, I think I’d miss not being spoilt for choice for everything London has to offer.
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About me
I'm a playwright and investment analyst. I have a broad range of interests: food, gardening, innovation & intellectual property, sustainability, architecture & design, writing and the arts. I sit on the board of Talawa Theatre Company and advise a CIS investment trust on socially responsible investments.
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Recent Work
Recent plays include, for theatre: Nakamitsu, Yellow Gentlemen, Lost in Peru, Lemon Love. For radio: Places in Between (R4), Patent Breaking Life Saving (WS).
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Nakamitsu
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Yellow Gentlemen
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