http://annabennetts.com Actor, writer, filmmaker Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:39:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2F90ez4NOQ Check out the link above to see Dave Rafique's film about Douglas Cairns' record breaking flight around the US.  This was a great little project I blogged about a while ago that I worked on with Dougie and Dave a few months ago in London. I'm currently staying at the ... http://annabennetts.com/2009/12/04/flight-48/% Last month I had the joy of seeing one of my plays, The Same Paige, performed by Link Theatre in Northam as part of a night of one-act comedies called Short n Curly. They have a really good set-up in Northam, Link has converted a church into a gorgeous little ... http://annabennetts.com/2009/10/30/road-trip-to-northam/% Yo! Hope you're all well out there in cyberspace. This year I registered a couple of my plays at  the Australian Script Centre. If you don't know, this is a great place online where you can lodge your scripts and then production companies have access to them if they a looking to find a play ... http://annabennetts.com/2009/09/16/the-same-paige/% I am currently in cold Perth waiting to sort out my visa to come back to London for a bit. I am missing London immensely but using the time over here to work on my PhD which has been neglected over the last few months due to all the theatre work ... http://annabennetts.com/2009/08/17/shift-asia-pacific-winner-in-the-bbc-world-service-international-radio-play-competition/% Well its been some time since I blogged. Delusion of Doubt went really well last month at The New End Theatre, though the live review was a bit disappointing. The reviewer seemed underwhelmed by the show, though he was very complimentary about Aonghus and Michael's performances which were stunning on ... http://annabennetts.com/2009/06/30/been-a-while/% Well looks like I may have finally finalised casting for my next show Delusion of Doubt which is on as part of Lost Theatre's 25th Anuual One-Act Festival at the New End Theatre in Hampstead. My show goes up on 12th May along with two other shows. Over 100 scripts ... http://annabennetts.com/2009/04/07/delusion-of-doubt/% Well its been a while since I blogged as things have been SO busy since The Same Paige went up in the Sit Com Trials at Leicester Square Theatre on 11th March. Show went really well but surprisingly we didn't get through to the next round. I say surprisingly because ... http://annabennetts.com/2009/03/23/from-writer-to-director/% Well I am now directing my show for the sitcom trials and it is so much fun. I have this great British cast for The Same Paige. I never thought I could get a cast as wonderful as the one I had in Perth but it seems I have, so it ... http://annabennetts.com/2009/02/18/writer-as-director/% Well I'm back in London now and gearing up for the Sitcom Trials (http://www.sitcomtrials.co.uk/). This is a competition I entered with my comic script "The Same Paige". It was selected out of around 500 entries to be performed in Leicester Square Theatre along with another 31. Four plays are staged ... http://annabennetts.com/2009/01/20/the-sitcom-trials/% Well unfortunately we didn't win the British Short Screenplay comp. However I am still completely psyched that we got into the final 14 given that there were around 1500 entries from all over the world. At the moment I am getting set to head back to London but have been having ... http://annabennetts.com/2009/01/11/39/%