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Hi Sally
Thanks for your email. Here's some details - if you're still interested then please email me with your email adress and I'll keep you posted.
Best wishes
Steve Wallace
The Northern Comedy Group RAQ (Rarely Asked Questions)
Who Are You?
At the moment, just me (Steve), a group of people who have expressed an interest, and – in the background for now, as he’s busy - my co-writer Gavin. I’m based Chesterfield/Sheffield, and Gavin in Nottingham. Both of us have full-time jobs (though I’m about to be thrown out, I think). I’ve been writing about three years, him longer. We met at a sketch-writing competition in London.
And What’s the Plan?
To start with, I’d like to get together a local group of writers, actors, stand-ups – or whatever - on the basis that there’s nothing like having stuff performed in order to improve it and present it. Everyone is welcome, whether amateur or professional. Meet in a room in a pub.
At the very least we should have some fun, but hopefully we can progress to some kind of reasonably professional pub or theatre show, or a video for submission to production companies. I’m very open to suggestions and ideas.
And your Track Record?
Er... well… our expertise currently lies in the near-miss department.
Gavin has had a play performed at the MacRoberts Centre in Stirling, and a sketch of his was a winner of BBC Talent last year. Having discovered him, the BBC have since ignored him.
Gavin’s office sitcom “Team S” was optioned by Tiger Aspect, but then dropped when “The Office” was released. They have since requested, read and rejected several of our scripts, but given us meetings of “encouragement”.
We had sketches accepted (after a competition) for a sample video show intended for submission to producers. This fell through when the ‘organiser’ disappeared.
Gavin’s sitcom “Smarter than the Average Bear” elicited a request for two more scripts from the Comedy Unit, Glasgow. I co-wrote these with him (which probably explains their subsequent rejection).
Our radio sitcom “Govan, We Have a Problem” was nearly accepted for the Comedy Unit’s “Playhouse” for Radio Scotland. We think it’s still under consideration i.e. they are considering rejecting it a second time.
We have had two radio sitcoms through to second readings by the BBC (then rejected of course). I am currently working on one of these (“Wagon Tales”) as a short stage play.
Our script “Waterview” made it to the f
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