On the 1st of October, comedian and writer-performer Joz Norris and comedy writer-director Miranda Holms* are bringing Eggbox to the Pleasance Main House after its launch at King’s Place in December last year.
Eggbox is a live comedy show combining short film screenings and live script readings by the best actors on the comedy scene, to showcase the work of the most exciting writers and filmmakers in comedy.
The world of scripted comedy filmmaking is bursting with just as much talent and innovation as the live scene, but it has far fewer opportunities for writers, directors and performers to share their work in front of a live
audience and reap the benefits that come with showcasing work communally.
Eggbox exists to showcase both ends of the filmmaking process, from readings of work-in- progress scripts that will enable writers to hear which bits are working best, to screenings of completed films that showcase some of the best work to come out of the filmmaking scene over the last year.
At this second outing, Norris and Holms will be premiering their latest short film, Make Your Life Good Again, directed by Holms and starring Christian Brighty, Sooz Kempner and Norris.
There will also be exclusive screenings and premieres of shorts from Sam Pilbeam and the Lovely Boys (starring Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Joe Kent-Walters); Sam O’Leary and Tom Lawrinson; Christina Riggs and Kyle Shephard (starring Arabella Weir) and Aruhan Galieva, Jac Clinch and Benjamin Adnams.
The live script readings will be written by Norris, Holms and BBC Studios Staff Writer 2023-24 Cody Dahler, and read by a cast including special guests Katie Norris, Sunil Patel and Laurie Luxe.
There will also be screenings of shorts by Luke McQueen; Ada Player & Bron Waugh; Alison Thea-Skot and Kat Bond; Jazz Emu and Alex Goddard.
Tickets available from the Pleasance website here.
Tuesday the 1st of October 2023, 7:30pm (Doors 7:00) Venue - Pleasance Theatre, Carpenters Mews, North Road, London N7 9EF
*not quite comedy’s sexiest and most humble power couple.
