Euro Scriptchat are thrilled to be joined by 2012 BAFTA Rocliffe Forum winners Matthew Barry (@mjbarry101) and Kayleigh Llewellyn (@KayDLlew) on Sunday the 28th of April 2013. The duo that won the competition with sitcom GREY will be chatting to us about writing Pilots.
MATTHEW BARRY
Matthew was part of
the BBC Writers Academy in 2010 and is a Broadcast Hotshot of 2011. He has
written for EASTENDERS and DOCTORS and is currently writing for HOLBY CITY,
CASUALTY and WATERLOO ROAD.
Matthew and
Kayleigh’s original returning series GREY has been optioned by Company Pictures
and is currently in development with BBC One. Matt and Kayleigh’s second
project, MARKET, is currently in development with Objective Productions. ALLEN,
Matt’s original returning series, is currently in development with Red
Production Company for Channel 4. Red has also optioned his 1950s series, THE
CAMEO, about the emergence of the first teenagers. His political thriller, THE
COMMON AIDE, is in development with Fiction Factory for BBC Wales.
Matt’s first
original mini-series, PERFECT SUMMER, for Fiction Factory/BBC was nominated for
a Welsh BAFTA. He has worked on the online project ZEITGEIST for Red Production
Company/Numiko Ltd and co-developed the scripted reality show, BRIGHT YOUNG
THINGS with Boomerang. His original series FRIENDS OF DOROTHY was developed
with Red Production Company and his original children’s drama series CHARLIE
BLAST was optioned by Fiction Factory for CBBC.
KAYLEIGH LLEWELLYN
Kayleigh trained as an actor at Drama
Studio London. She has since split her time between performing professionally
and writing. Kayleigh co-created/writes GREY and MARKET with Matt and also pens
a regular column for FUNNY WOMAN. Kayleigh
and Matt were the recipients of the BAFTA Rocliffe New York 2012 prize and were
accompanied by BAFTA to the New York Television Festival where GREY was
showcased.
Kayleigh script edited the pilot
episode of THE THIRDS for Matthew and was the script consultant on TISSUES
& ISSUES, as well as performing the lead role in the taster tape for
Fiction Factory.
MATT & KAYLEIGH
Matthew and Kayleigh were born and raised in
Whitchurch, a quiet village on the outskirts of Cardiff. Famous for it's medium
sized Kwik Save ... And pretty much nothing else. The two met in high school
aged 11, and immediately bonded over their mutual love of Titanic (the movie),
Pat Butcher and their flair for the dramatic.
Over the next seven years Matt and Kayleigh went on
to disrupt their English class with countless re-enactments of James Cameron’s
blockbuster, drove their Math’s teacher to premature greyness with their
incessant (tuneless) singing, and took any and every opportunity to force
themselves in to the spotlight in the Drama Studio. Despite their countless
misdemeanours, they somehow managed to defy the odds and were crowned Head Boy
and Head Girl in the summer of 2003. A glorious reign until Kayleigh was caught
red handed by the Headmaster scrawling obscenities across a school notice
board... It is so important to lead by example.
As soon as it was humanly possible, they both moved
to London, where to this very day, they can still be seen skipping around Soho
hand in hand, like a modern day Donny and Marie.
Come join us on Sunday 28th of April at 8pm BST
