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Rough Cuts

Rough Cuts

The last Rough Cuts took place on 11th February 2009; there are no further dates scheduled at present for Rough Cuts Glasgow or London.

The Comedy Unit run a night called Rough Cuts on the last Monday of the month at Lowdown At The Albany in Central London and various monthly shows in Glasgow at The Stand. The idea behind the nights is to allow emerging talent to be seen and to enable us to develop formats, sitcoms, and sketches by testing them out in front of a live audience. It’s a great way for us to find new comedy writing talent and that’s why we need you.

We’re always looking for sketches for the first section of the show that can be read through by the Rough Cuts players. There’s no constraint on topic or on style but there are a few things that you should bear in mind before submitting your sketch.

Scripts are read through without props or effects so prop-based sketches are less likely to work. Think about sketches that would work on radio.

Rough Cuts usually has a cast of four – two male and two female – so try not to submit scripts that couldn’t easily be performed by a cast of that size.

Scripts can be anywhere from ten seconds to two minutes long.

For more information on what we're looking for please have a look at the full writer's brief below.

RoughCuts Brief

Rough Cuts Dates - tbc

Lowdown at the albany

240 Great Portland Street

London

W1W 5QU

Doors 7.30pm - Show 8pm

Booking line: 020 7387 5706

Click on Lowdown At The Albany for venue detail or email jacquisinclair@comedyunit.co.uk. Writers that have contributed material get in for free and tickets for others cost £7 or £6 for members.

Glasgow Stand Comedy CluB

33 Woodlands Road

Glasgow

G3 6NG

Booking line: 0870 600 6055

The Stand Glasgow: www.thestand.co.uk

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