Crowdfunding goes live
We’ll be perfectly upfront – we’re after your money! Our crowdfunding page has now gone live and we’d love you to share it on your socials. If you can also make a contribution, however small,
Hiring for cast and crew goes live
over the last week or two we’ve been busily putting together our callouts for cast and crew. Cast are being sought from the South West Actors’ Database, and cast from Mandy.com at https://www.mandy.com/casting/aria-starlight-3158572/ You can,
A social media pitch for cast, crew and backers
Today I posted a piece-to-camera, putting out an appeal for actors, film crew professionals and financial ‘angels’. Here it is: https://youtu.be/8BKELEnZTvE?si=w-KBF4XUP5ZOndfj
Aria Starlight – the costumes
A few days ago I had a fantastic and productive meeting with our costume designer, Martha Shaw, and fellow producer Rachel Adams, about the costumes for Aria Starlight. There’s nothing like sitting around a table
Ramping up the fun with Gnomeo & Juliet
One of my highlights of LSF 2026 was a talk, and subsequent conversation, with the original story creator of animated film Gnomeo & Juliet, Rob Sprackling. Rob was very generous with his time and explained
Twilight with director Catherine Hardwicke
One of the highlights of LSF 2026 was a special screening of the 2008 blockbuster hit Twilight. The difference was, the film’s director, Catherine Hardwicke, was there to talk us through the film. We got
Interest from the London Screenwriters’ Festival
Between the 9th and 12th April I was at the London Screenwriters’ Festival at Regents University, Regents Park, London. On Friday there was a ‘Pitch-fest’, where some of us got to pitch our projects to
Cast and crew
We’re now looking for cast and crew for our production of Aria Starlight. Please see the ‘On the slate’ page for details.