Funnydotcomp is your chance to have your funny radio script directed by a leader in the audio field, performed by a professional cast and potentially developed with a view to submitting it to broadcasters.
Pozzitive is one of the leading independent comedy producers – TV shows include Victoria Wood’s dinnerladies and Steve Coogan’s Paul & Pauline Calf Video Diaries and Coogan’s Run and our audio includes Cabin Pressure, Shush!, Agendum, Armando Iannucci’s Charm Offensive, Kevin Eldon Will See You Now, Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!, Jack & Millie, Tom Neenan’s The Hauntening, Marcus Brigstocke’s The Brig Society and Giles Wemmbley Hogg, Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, The 99p Challenge, Bigipedia, the list goes on…
… and then stops. So they need new stars, new scripts, new shows. That’s where you come in.
FUNNYDOTCOMP is a competition where they select four radio scripts for more development. This will include –
- a detailed script-editing session by multi-award-winning producer/director David Tyler leading to –
- a fully-rehearsed table read or mic’d-up performance, by a cast of actors (or your own team if it’s a writer/performer-led script) and directed by David Tyler…
- … with a view to possible further development by Pozzitive and a submission to audio broadcasters
Eligibility
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The competition is open to any writer, writer-performer, or group based in the UK or Ireland
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You must be aged over 18
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You must be eligible to work in the UK
Timeline
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Applications will open on November 10th, and close at midnight on January 10th
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They will aim to let all applicants know the outcome by February 10th at the latest
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If your script is selected, script editing will take place in February, ready for your script to be performed in early March