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Wasted Talent
Cousins Alex and Theo have talent, big dreams, and a ton of pressure on their backs. Having just graduated college, Theo dreams of being an actor but realizes that it’s not as easy as the movies make it seem. Whereas, Alex tries relentlessly to appease her mom’s hopes of her becoming a lawyer, while also dreaming of becoming a songwriter. In this pilot episode, the cousins cope with their own external and internal pressures, understand the meaning of togetherness, and try to manage their insane Abuelo. Wasted Talent, looks to bring light to what it means to grow-up in your 20’s, and Latin/Immigrant narratives through humor and honestly. Through the course of the season, the cousins will each embark on their own paths of finding themselves, by trying to make the most of their talents, while also trying to fit into the harsh realities of how life really works. After all, no one really wants to be a grown up.
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ANGER
ANGER is a 12 part audio / visual experience which follows the adventures of Queen Elizabeth II into a post-apocalyptic Covid-riddled world. I wrote and produced this during the global lockdown of 2020, in collaboration with creatives in the UK and Germany, also stuck at home on their laptops. This medieval / sci-fi nightmare is a tongue-in-cheek reflection of the post-truth age we are living through. Covid-19, Brexit, the British class system, monarchy, mental health, free will and suicide are dramatised in this work. As the “Leavers“ rush to escape their human bodies by transforming into mech-organic creatures, the “Remainers“ scramble to find some way to survive without them. Armies of Key Workers toil on through the toxic haze and disease, as the elites reveal their new immune bodies to the applause of the global media. Elizabeth, lost and unrecognisable in this new world, would catalyse a transformation quite unlike the others - a being which would change everything.
