PAUL BASSETT DAVIES
Paul has written, performed, produced, and directed for stage, film TV, radio and other platforms (if you can think of any.) He co-founded the ground-breaking multimedia company Crystal Theatre, and his one-man shows won comedy awards at the Edinburgh Festival. His first novel Utter Folly topped the Amazon humorous fiction chart in 2012, and his next, Dead Writers in Rehab was published in May 2017 (now republished in a new edition). Please do not Ask for Mercy as a Refusal Often Offends (2020) is a dystopian comedy-thriller that's getting less dystopian and more prophetic by the day (think Blade Runner, but with Inspector Clouseau.) His latest book, chilling psychological thriller Stone Heart Deep "makes the Wicker Man look like a basket case," according to one reviewer. His story The Spots, was one of Six Scary Stories Selected and Introduced by Stephen King, who sent him a lovely postcard. On radio and television Paul has worked with some of the biggest names in British comedy. He produced the Sony Award winning show Do Go On, which he also co-wrote with Graeme Garden and Griff Rhys Jones. His radio plays have featured Bill Nighy, David Hemmings, Linda Smith and Alison Steadman. He co-wrote and performed in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom At Home With the Hardys with Jeremy Hardy, and his own radio sitcom Reception was broadcast on BBC R4 in 2015. He once worked with Spike Milligan, twice. In film, Paul wrote the screenplay for the animation feature film The Magic Roundabout and worked on a film version of legendary underground comic book counter-culture heroes The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers with their creator, Gilbert Shelton. He has written and directed several short films, including HOW DO YOU FEEL for Channel 4, which won awards, and he worked on music videos with both Ken Russell and Kate Bush. He’s also been the vocalist in punk band, a welder’s mate and a cab driver, among other things. Paul is a director of Euroscript Ltd. He runs writing workshops and provides script consultancy. |