And Then Things Got Complicated For Emily & Michael

I've spent the first few weeks of the year writing, and then filming, and then editing, a lovely little sitcom with Izzy. It's called, 'And Then Things Got Complicated For Emily & Michael' - we've made four episodes, filmed over three weekends. The concept of it is really simple, but I won't spoil it for you on here just in case you happen to watch it when it goes live...but it's set in a car, she's a bit stroppy but as the series evolves we see a more vulnerable side to her, he's a bit awkward but as the series reaches it's climax we find out why.

It was filmed on an iPhone, it shouldn't work - you can't go around making sitcoms on your phone, but this does - really does, we were a bit surprised. In fact we liked the way the first episode looked so much that we decided to film it again with a slightly stronger performance. I'm actually really pleased with our performances in this show, we clearly get more comfortable doing this the more we did (episode 4 is really, really nice - and hopefully it'll stir a couple of emotions too).

That was a nice little project for January anyway, perhaps an unhealthy distraction from my progress with the new solo show, but a creative distraction, at least. I've also played a couple lovely gigs with Fred's House this month (a private function, and then a folk club show), good things are happening there, you know.

I'll post the links to the sitcom (we'll stick it all on YouTube) soon, probably next month, when we try in vein to tie it in with our various other projects...