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Kings Head by Andrew Syers
Medium: Theatre. Email: andrew.syers@ukonline.co.uk
Intended as the first part of a tragi-comic triple bill under the working title of Death of a Street Fundraiser, it explores the ways people cope with the tension between their fantasies and the reality they are forced to endure. A group of friends meet and tell their hard luck stories. Their behaviour is symptomatic of a culture where people's personal tragedies are exposed on TV shows to provide mass entertainment - deflating empathy ever more.

Leaving by Andrew Beattie
Medium: Theatre. Email: adb@eltham-college.org.uk
Set in the 1950s this one act stage play, explores the relationship a young boy who has been sent home from boarding school forges with his tutor

Missing, Presumed Dead by Peppy Barlow
Medium: Theatre. Email: PEPPYTRACK@aol.com
Gill Lives with ghost of her father in a cupboard. A childhood friend arrives after thirty years, bringing the ghost of her father who committed suicide when she was five. Together they move through memories, misconceptions and unresolved grief to a resolution which allows them all to go free

New Jeans by Gareth Pilkington
Medium: Theatre. Email: garethp@parentlineplus.org.uk
Genetic engineering is here whether we like it or not, isn't it? There will be many ethical guidelines - won't there? And, of course, they'll all be carefully policed - won't they?

Poisoned Assets by Nigel Austin
Medium: Theatre. Email: Nigelaustin3@btopenworld.com
George wants to save face and his company. Richard wants to keep his marbles and his lover Ralph. Christine wants to cover up some very bent accounts. Lance just wants rid of Richard and Ralph. Margaret wishes everyone would stop fighting. Ralph wants a quiet night away from it all. Sex, fraud, stitch up and breakdown at the office.

The Charles Manson Room by Andrew J Oldham
Medium: Theatre. Email: andrewcarol@bottomsfold.freeserve.co.uk
Four People: One stripper, one murderer, one liar and one abuser. Can Ken, Susie, Robert and Devlon get through one night before a wedding?

The Ladies by Alice Cooper
Medium: Theatre. Email: adcooper@btinternet.com
Cissy Ng, the hotel's new CEO, is marooned accidentally in the Ladies during her welcome dinner. Her luggage is lost and she's lent an overall while her suit is being pressed. The other female staff presume she's just the attendant, a temporary worker. So she finds out more about the hotel, her staff and their miscellaneous vices, deceits and prejudices that she could have possibly expected - as well as some of her own

Shouting Loudest by Andrew G Marshall
Medium: Theatre. Email: adcooper@btinternet.com
A black comedy in the tradition of Closer. Katrina's husband went off to work a year ago but never arrived. Her life was a mess and her son out of control until Mike appears. She thinks her troubles are over but then she meets her husband again and everything turns nasty

Start-Up.com by Charlie McCarthy
Medium: Theatre. Email: charliemccarthy@starvingwife.demon.co.uk
Set in the University of Liverpool, a genetics student wins the Bill Gates award for genetics for creating a Viagra like substance which stimulates libido in both males and females. He and his friends set up a e-com site to sell the ‘Juice’ – the site ends up receiving more hits than any other and the local mafia become involved.

Thicker than Water by John Timperley
Medium: Theatre. Email: jt@intersolve.co.uk
Valerie (46), a successful, divorced business woman, is determined to get her university graduate daughter Sarah (26), off drugs, and back on track. Peter (48), supports Valerie, but he also supports Sarah - financially and otherwise. Valerie imprisons Sarah in the bedroom of her house, determined to keep her there until she has cracked her pernicious habits. Valerie soon realises that she too, is imprisoned.

The Trollop of Trowbrigde by Shola Adewusi
Medium: Theatre. Email: Sholadewusi@hotmail.com
A play with three characters two sisters and a husband who was dating one sister and married the other. Comic and tragic, the story takes place the day before the funeral of the married couple’s child

Uncle Ludwig by Brendan Hennessy
Medium: Theatre. Email: BrunoBrenhen@aol.com
Uncle Ludwig explores the paradox that the great composer was cruel and vindictive towards his nephew and sister-in-law, from whom he won custody. The play sets this is in conflict with the courage and nobility of his struggle as an artist and ends with the victim approaching understanding

Asha's World by Bettina Gracias
Medium: Short Film. Email: bettina@gracias.fsnet.co.uk
Asha thinks her mother has finally cracked up completely when she makes an uncharacteristically traditional gesture of arranging a meeting for her with 'a doctor'. Is she really that sad? Has her mother been spending too much time in India? Or maybe things aren't always what they seem.

At Your Service By Mark Scullion
Medium: Short Film. Email: macroni@lycos.com
In a Letter to his best friend, a male escort draws reflection on his experiences from the week just past. Outrageous comedy, proof that professional escorts have to tackle the 'rough' as well as the 'smooth'.

Bacon Pieces by Neil Thompson
Medium: Short Film. Email: neil@fatpictures.co.uk
Iqbal, a religious prisoner is taunted by Mickey a newer guest of Her Majesty for his beliefs. Mickey seems to want to goad Iqbal in to fighting him to increase his standing in the prison pecking order. Iqbal remains controlled and doesn't react to Mickey's abuse. In fact he transfers his duties to the prison grounds and his cell to another wing. Mickey inherits Iqbal's old job and rises to be top dog. Iqbal returns and Mickey tells him he expected more of a struggle in toppling him. Mickey is then transferred to a much tougher jail when plans for an elaborate escape are found in his cell.

Café Revolution by Anna Round
Medium: Short Film. Email: Annaround@aol.com
Frederico, an elderly Chilean exile living in London, wants to win the love of Lucia, and enjoy a reputation as a radical writer, but feels powerless: it's easier to sit in his favourite café and talk about it all. A bus journey and a political protest give him the chance to take control of his life

Call Centre by Paul McNally
Medium: Short Film. Email: paulmcnally@btconnect.com
Chelsea girl and struggling actress, VANDANA SHIVA, clicks with call centre operator ANISH BATRA on the phone. It's love at first dial. Vandana and Anish have three things in common - Bhangra, dancing and Shakespeare but there's a problem. Unknown to Vandana, the call centre at which Anish works is 4000 miles away in Mumbai.

Dat Gangsta Ish! By Mark Scullion
Medium: Short Film. Email: macroni@mailcity.com
Soho London Night. A gangster called Paul It’s dark, grimy, quiet in the fore’ while noise echoes from the background. It’s London. Soho-London! “Back alley” Soho London!!! The club. The hangout. ‘The spot.’ Rockwell’s spot! …Rockwell? The boss! The walking cigar, the gold draper, the sun bed tan, the voice of gravy… …Rockwell: For Rockwell has presented this challenge to many-a-employee in the past, BUT, for the first time in his life, ON THIS VERY NIGHT, the challenge has been accepted!

Dress For the Wedding by Yair Packer
Medium: Short Film. Email: yapack@isdn.net.il
Sabrina and Albert (married couple in their 50th) are on their way to a wedding when they have to spend a few hours in a hotel while their plane is being repaired. Sabrina finds out that they have the wrong suitcase: It is full with money and belongs to someone with an Italian name – a lethal combination. Sabrina’s dress for the wedding is in the Italian’s hands. The Italian insists that Sabrina bring him his suitcase and she is scared. Sabrina later tells Albert that the Italian’s late wife had the same dress. He made Sabrina wear the dress and paid her 2000 dollars. Was that all?

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