The weekend scriptwriting festival The Scripts the Thing came and went. It was an excellent experience to have actors deliver our comedy Half Baked in the Victorian Hall (Dorset Museum) to a receptive audience. There were some big names attending the event and I went to sessions delivered by Alison Steadman, Michelle Collins and Chris Chibnall who discussed the benefits of a good script. Alison Steadman was a right laugh – she delivered a few lines from Gavin and Stacey which had the audience roaring. Michelle Collins was erudite and thoughtful as she talked about commissioning her one-woman show Motorhome Marilyn. After the success of the Dorset-based crime drama Broadchurch, Chris Chibnell talked about his experience of turning to novel writing.
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