I'm Holly, freelance scripted development professional. I have several years' experience supporting a range of UK based indies and major broadcasters and I'm currently on the lookout for my next opportunity. I am an experienced Development Script Editor and go-to industry Reader but I'm also interested in retraining in Continuity/Production as a Script Supervisor.

As a Scripted Dev Professional:

Recently:

-I've provided in-house development support to Watford & Essex, a brand new Bristol based scripted indie launched by Emma Frost and Matthew Graham and backed by Legendary Global.

Prior to this:

-I spent two years as the Development Assistant at Three Tables Productions, a London based scripted indie who prioritise diversity and difference and are drawn to audacious methods of storytelling.

-In Summer 2020 I completed a period working as a shadow Script Editor on the Channel 4screenwriting Course 2020 and prior to this I worked at Sky Drama as their inhouse Reader and Commissioning Assistant.

I had the good fortune to begin my career in TV development working as a freelance script reader, a role which led me to spend three months full-time as an inhouse Commissioning Assistant, Reader and Table Read Co-ordinator at Sky Drama. From 2017-2019 I worked predominately as a freelance script reader for Sky, Magic Light Pictures, Playground Entertainment and Chapter One as well as writing and developing my own work.

As a Writer:

I'm also a writer and producer. I trained on the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama's MA Acting (Contemporary) programme and the Soho Writers' Lab 17/18.

How it started:

-I was awarded the inagural East Midlands' In Good Company TAKE OFF Bursary in 2019 as well as an Arts Council England Project Grant to develop my debut play, It Kind of Looks Like a Doughnut. The play negotiates sexuality, grief and sexual health, couching each of these things in the wisdom of pagan mythology and spirituality.

-Doughnut had its first couple of outings as an R&D, first at Nottingham Playhouse in September 2019, after which it transferred to the Arena Theatre Wolverhampton in October 2019.

How it's going:

- The project was awarded the Pleasance Theatre Trust/Curve Theatre Leicester Edinburgh Fringe fund in Jan 2020. We were programmed to do a full 30 day run at the Pleasance Courtyard that August, but this was inevitably pushed into 2021.

- I have just produced the show for a week long run in the Pleasance Downstairs as part of the Pleasance's London-based Ed Fringe in August 2021. We were the highest selling show in the Downstairs space.

I love, and want to be a part of making resonant, terrifying, socially and politically motivated work. I'm passionate about ancient and contemporary stories, new ways of telling them, with a focus on LGBTQ and mental health narratives.

1. Script Reader and Consultant

   Alef One · Jun 2023 - Present

2. Trainee Producer

   Peninsula Producers Network 2024 - BFI Network SW & Screen Cornwall/Exeter Phoenix · Oct 2023 - Present

   https://www.screencornwall.com/news-events/peninsula-producers-network-2023

3. Script Reader

   Route 24 Ltd · Sep 2022 - Present

4. Script Reader

   Sleeper Films · Nov 2022 - Present

5. Script Reader (FT contract until April 2024)

   BFI Future Filmmaking Fund 2023-2024 · Mar 2022 - Present

6. Script Reader

   Pulse Films · May 2021 - Present

7. Freelance Scripted Development Consultant

   Self-employed · Sep 2017 - Present

8. Writer, Performer & Independent Theatre Producer

   Self-employed · Sep 2017 - Present

9. Assistant to Producers/Production Coordinator

   East Asian Screenwriters in Television · May 2023 - Jul 2023

10. Script Reader (Fixed term, Full time)

    BBC Writers' Academy · Apr 2022 - Jun 2022

11. Development Editor

    Watford & Essex · Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

12. Development Assistant

    Three Tables Productions · Apr 2019 - Dec 2021

13. Script Reader

    Chapter One Productions · Jun 2018 - May 2021

14. Shadow Script Editor

    Channel 4screenwriting Course 2020 · Jan 2020 - Jul 2020

15. Script Reader

    Neal Street Productions Screenwriting Bursary Scheme · Oct 2020 - Dec 2020

16. Script Reader

    Playground Entertainment · Mar 2019 - May 2019

17. In-house Development Assistant and Reader

    Sky Drama · Oct 2018 - Feb 2019

18. Script Reader

    Magic Light Pictures · Nov 2017 - May 2019

19. Script Reader

    Sky Drama · Sep 2017 - May 2019

20. Box Office Assistant

    Barbican Centre · Oct 2017 - Nov 2018

21. Bookshop Assistant

    National Theatre · Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

22. Bookseller

    Waterstones (Nottingham Bridlesmith Gate) · May 2012 - Jan 2014

1. DV Talent: Crossroads - Navigating next steps in a creative career mentoring programme 2021

   ScreenSkills · Mar 2022

   ScreenSkills Funded

2. MA Acting

   Royal Central School of Speech and Drama · Sep 2016 - Aug 2017

3. BA (Hons) First Class English Literature and Drama

   Goldsmiths, University of London · Sep 2012 - Jun 2015

4. Level 3 Foundation Diploma Fine Art

   West Nottinghamshire College (Vision West Notts) · Sep 2011 - Jun 2012