current projects

April 28th, 2007 • penny dreadfuls

So here’s a brief introduction to a few of the projects I’m currently working on in 2007.

The Penny Dreadfuls are a Victorian sketch comedy group who’ve been touring around the UK since the 2006 Fringe Festival where they appeared to rave reviews. They’ve also recently appeared as part of the BBC’s sketch show, Comedy Shuffle.

I joined the production team last July and have working as a producer and online manager for them since. I’d previously met the cast of the Dreadfuls through the Edinburgh comedy scene - and performed with them all at different times when a member of improvisational group, The Improverts during my student days.

Along with the rest of the production team - designer/producer Idil Sukan and technical director Neil Hobbs - we’re preparing for the 2007 Fringe, where we’ll be appearing in the Smirnoff Underbelly. You can follow the production diary over at the Dreadful’s main site here: www.pennydreadfuls.co.uk.

The Mantilla Foundation are an entirely different kind of project. The short version is that the Foundation is a non-profit, independent group that offers a unique service to frustrated artists.

The shorter version is this: they cremate unwanted art.

For the last six months they’ve been travelling across Europe and to the United States, appearing at art events such as the Arco, Madrid, the London Art Fair and the Armory Show, New York. You might also have seen their ads in the arts journal Frieze. I was approached to work for them as a fixer and designer in November of 2006 and I’ve been with them ever since.

For further details - and to download an application form - please visit their website here: www.mantillafoundation.com.