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Andrew Syers has tried his hand at acting, improvisational comedy, film making, directing, illustration, painting, journalism, comedy writing and stand-up poetry. As part of his Humanities Degree at the University of Mid Glamorgan, Andrew studied creative writing, drama, American and French Literature. He acted in various student productions and performed at the Sherman Theatre, Cathays. He was probably the youngest person to ever play Uncle Ben (from Death of a Salesman).  Most of his beard was painted on and was blue. During a varied work history of low level graphic design and admin, Andrew completed 2 improvisational comedy foundation courses and performed at the Tristan Bates Theatre. Also he wrote and illustrated two children’s picture books, Sunset in Somerset and Dawn in Damascus and The Vile Laugh of the Mad Lumberjack. He is currently working on a short film, Adventures in Graphology and his first novel, The Better Parking Space of Bryan Fahrenheit.

Sums

A "state of the nation" play about the erosion of morality and logic by financial targets.
In one scene, a pensioner holds a surgeon at gunpoint to get a hip replacement operation. The play was performed at the Lost Theatre, Fulham Broadway as part of its One Act Festival in September 1996.

Kings Head 7.30 pm

Giles Cooper meets his friends at a pub. He has been redundant for the past six months and his wife is heavily pregnant. She thinks he has been going to a computer software course to improve his employment chances when in fact he has been learning to become a magician.  A tragi comedy about people giving advice not to help others but to make them feel better about themselves. A rehearsed reading of a scene from the play was given at Rocliffe in April 2004.

Intercom

Julian and Emily Dixon are a tired married couple with high stress career jobs. Out of the blue on a weekday night they receive a visit from George Corbett, Julian’s oldest best friend that he hasn’t seen for three years. They catch up on old times. What George neglects to mention is that a few hours ago he has robbed a bank and
shot a policeman.

Departure Lounge
(click for cast at awl reading in October 2005)

Unfunny veteran comedian Hugh Nichols visits his comedy partner Tony Bromley at a hospice. Tony is dying of liver cancer and is funny. Hugh wants to settle his differences with Tony but young ambitious comedian Paul Hanwell gets in the way.  A tragic-comic study in the varying degrees of abusiveness in friendships and the way humour is sometimes used to raise one’s status and lower someone else’s.

 

Perception

After husband and wife, Kevin and Lucy die in a Nuclear attack, they find themselves working in a celestial call centre. This was made into a short film and was shown at
A Few Brave Men Film Society, Chiswick in 1997.

Atmosphere

A mock bio-picture about an astronaut who becomes a glam rock star. In 1991 it reached the top 60 short-list of 2000 entries in the Sci-Fi Shorts Scriptwriting competition (organised by the First Film Foundation).

You’ll Pay in the Next Life!

A Loans corporation uses hi-tech technology to locate the reincarnations of their deceased debtors. It reached the top 35 short-list of 500 entries in the
Jerwood First Film Shorts Prize Initiative in 2002.

 

As If in Love

The comic misadventures of a lovesick sixth form college student who might have been Andrew Syers.  In 1989, it reached the top 50 short-list out of 500 entries in the Woolwich Playwrights Script competition (organised by Capital Radio).

The Alien Sneezed and his Eyes Popped Out

When Rodin Topov tells people he is an alien they remark: “Think I was born yesterday?” which is quite a coincidence because he was. In his left trouser pocket he carries an alien plum that could power the whole of London for a week. Vested big business interests prevent him from helping the world. He is brainwashed into thinking he is human and totally worthless.  In 1991, Richard Wilson, then script editor for BBC Radio Light Entertainment, now Producer of Have I Got News for You helped Andrew develop the play into a sci-fi comedy radio series during his summer recess
at the University. He was only 21 at the time and it showed.

Shopping Mall

A Shopping Mall is declared an independent state thus incarcerating all its shoppers - forcing them to spend their days shopping until their credit runs out.  For a month in 1993, Andrew tried his hand at writing comedy sketches for the Radio 4 Show, Weekending. The only contribution of his that got used were the words:
Michael Winner!

 

No awl credits to date.

 

  

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