Projects in genres: Comedy

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On Erin Island, an idyllic rural fishing village off the coast of Ireland, Ciarán O’Shea, the charming but heavy-drinking local policeman, is tasked with greeting Lisa Nolan, a straightlaced young officer who has just arrived off the ferry. Not that there’s much for them to do, aside from dealing with the occasional drunk, and that’s usually O’Shea himself.

But strange doings are afoot: the crew of a fishing boat disappears, whales start appearing dead on the shore, a local lobsterman catches a strange tentacled creature in his trap. Soon it becomes clear to O’Shea and Nolan that there’s something big out there, and that it’s hungry. It’s time to rally the villagers, arm the troops…and head to the pub.

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Two enterprising alter boys try to re-invest the church collection, but nothing seems to go to plan, with comedic results. They are forced to examine their choices and their friendship.

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In 1315, two young men encounter a traveling philosopher who proposes a very strange idea: there might not be a God or indeed any life other than this one. Magic, terror and comedy ensue.

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A unique comedy in which three idiots attempt to stage an epic. The Bubonic Play is the story of a maid, her master and a wandering minstrel caught in a tragic love triangle. It follows their journey across the plague-ravaged English Countryside in search of a cure for the disease. Lord George of Ponsonby is in love with his young maid Mathilde. She discovers a handsome minstrel bathing in the river and they run off together. Enraged, George vows revenge and sets off to intercept them. The story survives all assaults from the actors' need to be the audience's favourite. Love, songs, magical potions, deception, knife-fights, stampeding rats, Punch and Judy all feature before the play's dramatic climax. They die. All of them. One by one.

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Maggie and Charles could be soul mates, but they’re destined to never meet. So Eve covertly sets ‘the dinner date’ into action amidst her boyfriend Steve’s protest. But with this seemingly good intention comes an unforeseen dilemma. Will Eve wish she had never tampered with fate?

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A day caught up in the murky slipstream of a North London pub.

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There was once a man quite sure of himself.
Everyday he would have a morning stroll. On one such occasion, he spotted something he had never seen before: a tortoise. He examined it thoroughly, noticing every detail;
Soon he ran home to tell the family. But would anyone believe him?...

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Seventeen year-old twins Kristen and Owen are so wrapped up in their own world that they’re misfits in the real one. Viciously witty, they spend their days caring for their mum Maureen and taking the piss out of their rough estate. They love Maureen but dream of murder and escape.

Along comes Liam – twenties, tough, handsome, full velocity in a cobalt blue Subaru. Kristen fancies him with fairytale intensity.Then Liam takes Owen out drinking. Owen knows as much about pubs as Kristen does about men. Liam invites Owen back to his apartment. “Just for a laugh”, Liam suggests that Owen try on some women’s clothes he happens to have.
It’s a Cinderella moment. Owen transforms into a beautiful, sexy woman and finds the world – and Liam - attracted to him. Liam is a romantic, offering unconditional love. So what if he has to dress as a girl?

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Even cult 80's popstars need to do the shopping. Nick Moran (LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS) and Mackenzie Crook (THE OFFICE) star in this documentary-style comedy about Adam & The Ants making a charmingly off-kilter trip to their local 24-hour supermarket at 2am on a nondescript weekday morning.

Cruising the aisles like some kind of bizarre surrogate family-unit, the flamboyantly dressed band-members are thrown into crisis when one of their 2 drummers suddenly goes missing.

'Demented deadpan fun that truly stands and delivers', (HOT DOG MAGAZINE UK). 'Piss funny. I was on the floor', (MR. Adam Ant).

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Meet John Foster: Loyal husband, devoted father, loving son and Being Sold.

It seemed like a good idea at the time, three months into his redundancy, following a blazing row with his wife and in the midst of a particularly long drinking session, John Foster lists himself for sale on an online auction site. Flattery, coercion and a strange individual called Chris, his best friend, gives news reporter Maia Long unrivaled access to the biggest story of her fledgling career. This is an opportunity she can't miss and she will do anything to ensure that she doesn't.

The drama/comedy features a mixture of established British names alongside rising stars. Shot innovatively in just two days and helmed by award-winning director Phil Hawkins.

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Imagine the kind of twilight world in which the characters from a bygone British-made space-opera, might find themselves making a much-needed pit stop at a Motorway Service Station at 2:45am on a nondescript weekday morning.

'Bizarre', (Heat Magazine). 'Surreal', (The Daily Mirror). 'Sly, smart, and outrageous. A short break well worth stopping off for', (The Guardian). 'Star Trek with a Ken Loach twist', (Starburst Magazine). 'Stunning, weird and lovely', (BBC).

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Henry is looking for love inside a brown paper parcel. He hires a room in a smart hotel, prepares it for his guest, and licks his lips in anticipation.

Funny, sweaty, seedy and surreal, BRIDES OF DESIRE is suspense with a smile.

What's the secret to the magic of love?