An award-winning writer and director for animation, TV, film, audio, stage, corporate and interactive. Masterclass presenter and lecturer.CHILDREN’S/ANIMATIONHe's currently writing daily episodes of the award-winning children's podcast
TODAY WITH TONIES (601 episodes so far!). He’s recently been commissioned to write a pilot for a new animated children’s series, as well as an animated series/video game tie-in with a major video game producer (protected by NDAs).
TVHe's written a number of drama/comedy pilots, including the recently completed, high-stakes, eight-part continuing drama,
EIGHT; his female-led vigilante thriller
NEMESIS; and the romantic comedy,
OTHER PEOPLE, all of which are currently being shared with producers.
AUDIO/INTERACTIVE/GAMINGHis audio drama,
UNTIL THE SKY RUNS OUT OF RAIN, is now available to download online, following a live recording in front of an audience at Ayr's Gaiety Theatre. His new, Alexa-navigated, interactive audio comedy (a world first)
IN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, as well as his dating-themed video game
MERGE (for Panivox), are due for imminent release. He's also working with video game company Expression, devising worlds, characters and storylines for their new title
CENTURY. His self-produced podcast
Short Stories for Stressed Grown-Ups recently reached 119,000 downloads and has been licensed by NHS Wales, Exeter University and the wellbeing app Kindspace.
WORKSHOPS/MASTERCLASSESFollowing the success of recent digital projects, he presented a masterclass on Interactive Storytelling for the BBC at Hay Festival in 2023, and continues to present at various BBC Academy Young Reporters' Events across the UK. He also recently led the Literature at the Vanguard module, exploring multimedia interactive storytelling on the English Literature degree course at Plymouth's Marjon University.
FILMHis short comedy drama,
TINY MAD ANIMALS, adapted from his play, was premiered in London in June2022 and won Best LGBT Short at New Jersey Film Festival. His recently completed comedy short,
SCREWDRIVER, is soon to be released onto the festival circuit. He has a number of feature scripts in development, including an adaptation of his award-winning, published horror short,
MEAT.
THEATREIn 2022 he devised, directed and wrote
"Stranger Things Have Happened" (for a cast of fifteen, aged 12 - 21) for Plymouth’s Barbican Theatre, as well as
"what if all this is real?" for Cygnet Theatre, Exeter, which was staged at The Drayton Arms and Jermyn Street Theatre, London, after a brief UK tour. His online, produced-during-lockdown play,
BREATHE, also won an OffWestend Award in 2021.
THEATRE BIOG: After his first play won "Script Slam" at the Sherman Theatre 14 years ago, Neil went on to receive Guardian reviews for his plays
CUL-DE-SAC and
STRAIGHT. He's since written for Jermyn Street Theatre, Riverside Studios, Old Vic Tunnels, Almeida Theatre, The Drayton Arms and Bread & Roses, London, as well as National Theatre Wales, Sherman Theatre, The Other Room and Chapter, Cardiff. He was writer in residence at Theatr Clwyd in 2015.
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