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Thursday, September 25th, 2008

My new play ‘Falling, Praying’ has made it into the Top Twenty’ of Short and Sweet to be performed at the Melbourne Arts Centre in December.

Meanwhile ‘Drip’ is currently on at The Carlton Courthouse in Playspotting as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

I should also mention that my mum, Anna Taylor, also has an installation piece in the Fringe Festival at BUS gallery in Lonsdale Street Melbourne titled ‘Deception’.

Deception

DECEPTION Deception is an installation of a multitude of abstracted forms, created from knitted wire suspended from the ceiling. These laborious and delicate forms make reference to displaced communities, balancing a fragile appearance with the harshness of their construction.

Artist Anna Taylor

Her website can be found here

My play ‘Believe’ will be produced at Dante’s on Gertrude street from the 20th of October to the 1st of November.

‘The Example’ is finished in the UK for a while but it received some great reviews and I recently received this from the producer

“Our most recent Brighton and Edinburgh Festival new writing showcases have enjoyed unparalleled success this year, and I am delighted to offer you the following credits, that as a member of our “Top 16″ playlist, give you the rights to use in connection with your work…”

Brighton Festival Angel Award 2008 for Artistic Excellence – Public Vote
Edinburgh Fringe First Nomination 2008
Top 5 Shortlist Carol Tambor (New York) “Best of Edinburgh” Award

Well done again to everybody at Bite-Size theatre.

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A Great Week – Film, TV, Comic Books And A Surprise Contact From The USA.

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Earlier this week I was contacted out of the blue by Jeremy Kagan. Jeremy is the Emmy-award-winning director of Chicago Hope who has also directed a bazillion other TV and film projects including one of my favourites, The West Wing.
Jeremy saw my play ‘The Example’ at The Edinburgh Festival and appreciated my “insight, language and tension.” He asked for a copy of the script to share with his graduate film directing students at USC. He also thought it would make a great short film and asked if I was interested in this… pretty amazing.

A huge thank-you to Nick Brice and everyone at Bite-Size theatre who obviously put on a great production.

Meanwhile, it looks like the TV series I was writing earlier this year is happening and, if all goes as planned, it could start shooting as early as November. Another series I’ve been working on also looks set to happen – unless it becomes a feature film instead. I’ll give more details when I’m allowed… almost all of my working life is vague and secretive at the moment.

The film of A4 2 A3 is progressing well and I met with the producer, lead actor and director this week.

My play ‘Drip’ will be opening at the Carlton Courthouse on September 24 as part of Melborn ’08 and the Fringe Festival. Drip is currently in the number 1 spot in the ‘top 40′ unproduced works over at Script Squirrel.

Most of my writing time has recently been given over to the writing of comic books. I currently have five different projects in the works, with the first to be published in January.
I also had a good chat about the future with DFC editor Will Fickling earlier this week. The DFC, based in Oxford, England, is a weekly comic book brought out by Random House. It would be fantastic to see something like this supported by a mainstream Australian publisher.
I’ve recently realised that writing comics is my dream job… it looks like that dream is coming true.

The upshot of all of this is I am on the brink of being a full-time writer. I’d like to give a huge thank-you to Megan and Finn for all of their support.

Thanks also to my editors and sounding boards, Megan and Kym, both of whom have had to listen to and comment on bizzare things for years while treading that fine line between criticism, support and just humoring me.

Lastly, I’d like to thank caffeine for all of its help with my writing between 12 and 4 in the morning.

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Tom Taylor Writing For Radio and The Example To Be Produced in Edinburgh.

Monday, July 28th, 2008

On Friday, Spicks and Specks producer Anthony Watt got in contact with me to say that ‘The Comedy Hour‘ on ABC radio wanted to use a sketch I wrote titled ’90% Percent of Victorian Patients Don’t Go Home With Scissors Inside Them’… I know, it’s a catchy title.

I’ve just come home from the taping where the sketch was really well received by the live audience and I learned that I was the first ‘guest writer’ the show has had… which is nice. The show airs every Monday night at 9 with my sketch probably being broadcast tonight or next week.

Meanwhile, my play ‘The Example’ has been selected for a ‘World’s Best 10-Minute-Plays’ season at the Edinburgh Festival. The season is being produced by Bite Size Theatre.

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