Kelvin Dickinson

Profile from our 'Make It' Directory...

That's me, trying to look serious or meaningful or enigmatic or anything that indicates a fierce intelligence at work (or indeed at home). Actually, I'm deploying my favourite digit just to plug a leak.

The recognisably good stuff that stands the test of time (LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, SAXONDALE, LEAD BALLOON, THE MIGHTY BOOSH, FRASIER to name but a few) is what inspires me to hit that keyboard...resulting in some good material over several years. I even got close, via some on-spec sketches, to Alistair McGowan's Big Impression. How close, well you can ask him yourself, care of VERA Prods.

Most recently I've had interest from Martin Jarvis's production company, who wrote a nice little Afternoon Play submission profile on me. We've spoken, and I've got his number on my mobile - great actor, and what a voice - anyway, let's see what happens, now or in the future. Also, a producer and an author - both saw this profile and contacted me. UPDATE 2010: currently co-adapting a sport-based book into a stage play to be performed at a small theatre in Leeds this year. One night? A whole week? Or even longer? That depends on you.

I'm good with dialogue and can shift mood and tone neatly to suit scene requirements. Endless swearing bugs me - note: there are always alternatives. (Incidentally, as an example of great expletive-free standup but with no loss of impact, see Seinfeld's DVD 'Live on Broadway: I'm Telling you One Last Time'). Small note: there are always alternatives if, of course, I can be God Damn Fucking Arsed to find them.

Same goes for Bad Grammar and Punctuation. There's an art to appearing not to be able to string a sentence together or starting a sentence with for example 'and' and 'but' but to do that properly you've got to be able to know that what you're doing is grammatically incorrect in the first place and therefore used for effect and not because you can't simply string a sentence together.

What do I think sets me apart from other writers? Well, you can be the judge of that. Don't be coy, get in touch. Ask to see a sample of my tv sitcom STRINGS. It's good.

I'm also in the process of writing decent standup for an as yet unknown performer. (That's not me, I only do wedding and anniversary speeches.) So...starting out and need to find a voice or an attitude? I bet I can help.
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ALSO SEE MY PROFILE & REVIEWS OF VARIOUS BOOKS, CDs & FILMS ON Amazon.co.uk. Quite a body of work on there now. Try Google. That'll get you started and you can read on from there if you want. At the very least you'll see how I write.
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Oh, yes, and I'm 45 - which sort of seems old, but I certainly don't feel it. Anyway, it's a great age for the absorpsion of life experience, ie, material. So, pro-creatives, be brave and take a punt. Gotta go now, my profile needs updating. Again.

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