Writer/Performer/Director with two Edinburgh-TV-Fest-nominated, no-budget pilots ripe for re-creation and/or licensing to a streamer/broadcaster: - watch them here! Meloncomedy.com/batshit | Meloncomedy.com/LifeinADHDPRAISE: ‘Funny & True’ Rory Bremner * ‘Stunning stuff, with a worthy reason behind it’ British Comedy Guide * ‘Timely & ... Read More

Writer/Performer/Director with two Edinburgh-TV-Fest-nominated, no-budget pilots ripe for re-creation and/or licensing to a streamer/broadcaster: - watch them here! Meloncomedy.com/batshit | Meloncomedy.com/LifeinADHDPRAISE: ‘Funny & True’ Rory Bremner * ‘Stunning stuff, with a worthy reason behind it’ British Comedy Guide * ‘Timely & Noble’ Comedy Central * ‘Genius’ The Stage * ‘Very Funny’ Deborah Frances White * ‘Neurodivergent at its best’ Youtube commentAWARDS: Winner: Mighty Bunny scheme writing team for ‘Square Pegs’ BBCR4 pilot; The Comedy 5050 & TV Foundation Edinburgh Booster Programme 2022; Fulwell 73 & Comedy 5050 Shorts Competition; BCG Pro Best Production for 'Russian Doll'. Winner and ‘Future Leaders’ at Creative Equals; British Comedy Guide Pro Writing Award (Runner Up) Nominee/Finalist: Best short film, Joint Second at Funny Women Awards ‘22, Longlist BBC Writers Academy 2022, Edinburgh TV Festival New Voice Awards - Best Web Series, and top 20% for best comedy script; Female Voices Rock finalist, best screenplay. ‘Best Uncommissioned Pilot’ at Edinburgh TV-Festival; BBC New Comedy Awards featured in Digital Finals 2021. Commended, Funny Women Writing Awards; Angel Comedy /Comedy Crowd Chorts Finalist (three times for Melon Comedy); Top 4 % BBC Writers Room; Thousand Films Sid Gentle competition for her TV adaptation of her novel ‘Break Up Club’ (Harper Collins). Mentored by Victoria Pile, Rory Bremner and Dick Fiddy and attendee of BBC Talentworks courses 2022.BIO: Co-founder global comedy channel meloncomedy.com One of a selection of women in comedy featured in Joanne Brookfield’s 2019 book ​No Apologies, and appeared as a guest-performer in Barry-Award winner Sam Campbell's show at Edinburgh Fringe 2018. I also live with Adult ADHD which is a source of great hysteria, that I'm currently channeling in to a new project about championing neuro-diverse minds. My performing style has been compared (generously) to Sally Phillips and a female Mr Bean.- PERFORMING SHOW-REEL (4 MINS): https://youtu.be/2pE2Xe7VQXQ - TASTER (2 MINS): https://vimeo.com/373430398MORE ABOUT MY WRITING:‘Insightful’, ‘joyful turn of phrase’, ‘laugh-out-loud-on-the-tube funny observations’ and ‘a gift for making slyly humorous comments that seem to roll off her keyboard,’ are some of the ways reviewers have described my writing... as well as ‘melancholy’. I'm currently working on two projects about neuro-diversity, a sitcom, and a comedy drama. But I'm keen to collaborating with others and any new comedy screen-writing opportunities.ABOUT MY COMEDY COLLECTIVE, FOUNDED MARCH 2017: Melon is a new comedy collective tackling modern love, pollution, mental illness and other melancholy challenges of life here on Earth… in a time when we’ve all never been more in need of a laugh. It’s about panning for laughter in the weirdest, darkest corners, brought to life by a diverse team of creatives who all believe one thing: Comedy is a beautiful platform for helping people feel less alone.BIT MORE DETAIL: Before comedy-writing I worked for 15 years as a journalist and copywriter at various ad agencies in London & Paris. During the last decade I had three Romantic Comedy novels published. When my third novel ​'Break Up Club​' ​was released by Harper Collins in May 2016, I began writing the TV adaptation, living in both LA and Melbourne, while also reviewing for ​Chortle​ at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. I co-founded a new global comedy brand @LemonComedy, which Comedy Central called ‘timely, interesting & noble’. I am creator of its sketchy little sister, a new collective from Melbourne & London: ​Melon Comedy​ - silly, shoestring sketches about melancholy things - our films have between 17k and 2.5 million hits. I have been called a ‘trailblazer’ for my work in book marketing, being one of the first to create an award-winning ‘book trailer’ in 2006. I graduated with a Double First in English Literature & Philosophy in 2001 from Birmingham University.See more at: loreleimathias.com and meloncomedy.com Read Less