Bryan Elsley - Managing Director / Writer

Bryan Elsley - Managing Director / Writer

Dave Evans - Head of Development

Currently listening to / watching / reading

I’ve been reading Anthony Powell’s A Dance To The Music of Time since January – it’s a big (12 volumes), broadly comic novel about the fringes of posh British society from the 1920s to the 1970s. His sentences are gorgeous but the gossipy, soapy story is what’s felt like such a constant companion through a hellish winter. I’m already dreading the end.

Perhaps there’ll be more actually funny comedy again some time soon – while I bide my time for new Tina Fey and Julia Davis, I’m thrilled about the third and final series of The Comeback, enjoying the warm bath of Rooster and delighted by the feralness of SNL: UK.

And I saw and adored Sarah Power’s Welcome to Pemfort at the Soho Theatre last month. It’s best seen without knowing much about it but it’s charming and razor sharp and light on its feet and tar deep and doesn’t let you off the hook. Truly beautiful, strong stuff..

Lindsay Taggart - Company ManagerCurrently listening to / watching / readingBobs Burgers - Very late to the party but my August has been filled with watching this from the start. Mrs Caliban by Rachel Ingalls - I think it was the new editions beautiful front cover that drew me to this classic. I don’t think I’ll be able to watch The Shape of Water the same way again. The Dropout - these new episodes of the podcast have picked up from the original 2019 series for the trial of Elizabeth Holmes and her medical tech company Theranos. I won’t give too much away but it is a fascinating listen!

Lindsay Taggart - Company Manager

Currently listening to / watching / reading

I’m looking forward to seeing the Rose Wylie exhibition at the Royal Academy, her fun, bold playful paintings are such a treat to see in person and a total icon who’s still making work into her 90s.

Easter holidays was a good excuse for a rainy cinema day and highly recommend The Drama from Kristoffer Borgli. Fun, unexpected and great performances from the two leads.

The Moth Club’s Knock2bag comedy night is the perfect setting to see a variety of new and established performers - the last one I went to was hosted by the brilliant Freddie Meredith who I can’t wait to see again already. A good one to keep your eye on!

Daniel Donnelly - Development ExecutiveCurrently listening to / watching / reading On Becoming a God in Central Florida – This comedy drama TX’d on Showtime in the States in 2019 and was stubbornly hard to get hold of in the UK. It is now finally available on Netflix and is a treat. Kirsten Dunst is a minimum wage water park worker who climbs the ranks of a pyramid scheme, the same scheme that killed her husband. A smart dark satire of the American Dream. Sky comedy Bloods written by Nathan Bryon and Paul Doolan, stars Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks as two mismatched paramedics serving the good people of London. It’s a 25-minute punch of joy that I didn’t know I needed. Everyone is banging on about it but yes I devoured The White Lotus as fast as I could. I now need to go back and watch everything Murray Bartlett has ever done. Google tells me he’s going to be in the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us, happy days.

Daniel Donnelly - Development Executive

Currently listening to / watching / reading

I heard a thoughtful point about how in times of political uncertainty artists often turn to absurdity and silliness. Angine de Poitrine are a French-Canadian duo that speaks to that. They play a prog-math-rock genre using microtonal notes. Some of it is unlistenable but then some of it is hypnotic and raucous. A heady brew that feels like 2026.

I really enjoyed the first season of The Pitt. The sheer volume of story and patients that come through the doors, the relentlessness of it is so compelling. The characters are not the most three-dimensional, but I just enjoyed being in that world.  

Half Man is appointment viewing for me. Gadd and Stuart Campbell’s Reuben is horrible and fascinating and familiar and I’m so glad that a Scottish story like that has made it to screen. DTF St Louis is odd and compelling and very hard to pin down. I have no idea where it’s going, which is a compliment.

Bradley Adams - ProducerCurrently listening to / watching / readingTristian and Isolde, Follies (50th anniversary), Mama Mia (my grandaughter makes me)Promising Young Woman. Succession (cracking performances)Maiden Castle by John Cowper Powys, (some…

Bradley Adams - Producer

Currently listening to / watching / reading

Tristian and Isolde, Follies (50th anniversary), Mama Mia (my grandaughter makes me)

Promising Young Woman. Succession (cracking performances)

Maiden Castle by John Cowper Powys, (someone thought it would make a good drama, they were wrong!). A Terrible Beauty by Peter Watson, (Started it 15 years ago, totally love it but can't quite finish it. It's next to my bed permanently). The Longest Memory by Fred D'Aguir (think it could make a great drama).

Aman Uppal - Development Assistant

I’ve just finished reading Hear No Evil, Sarah Smith’s historical novel set in Glasgow in 1817, which was fantastic - sharp, humane and far more gripping than I expected. I’m now glued to Say Nothing, brilliantly paced and so well researched it feels like a thriller. Next up is Bonjour Tristesse, Françoise Sagan’s novella about a teenage girl on the Riviera navigating the usual teenage chaos (written when Sagan was only 18!). I suspect it’ll make an excellent summer read.

I’m listening to a lot of Blossoms at the moment, particularly their first album, which takes me straight back to its release in 2016. Escapism at its finest. Otherwise, it’s a steady rotation of Paolo Nutini and Kaytranada.

I’m currently watching Bait - consistently sharp, weird, funny and, at times, scarily relatable. I was delighted to discover that the second series of The Four Seasons is now out. I’d happily watch Steve Carell and Tina Fey read a parking ticket. For pure comic relief, Last One Laughing remains undefeated.