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The commissioned play I have just completed is seeking a Native American actor to play the role of Bryan. Note, the role is written as male, but we are open to an actress applying. Contact Theatrikos Theatre Company, Flagstaff, AZ - Point of contact is play director...

BREAKING NEWS, BREAKING NEWS, SCREENING. For those who asked to see some of Duchy Parade’s short films, two of them will be playing in The Flagstaff International Film Festival at the Orpheum Theatre on Sunday, August 17th at 2.25pm. I submitted two animation pieces...

In advance of sending off our new short drama Lap of the Gods to film festivals around the world, we have been testing out the film’s reception with its trailer. The trailer, directed by Peter M Kershaw and edited by Adam Kirk, has already secured inclusion in several...

New for 2025, the short drama Lap of the Gods starts to pick up Awards.  This time in India. The Best Editor Award goes to Adam Kirk for his work on Lap of the Gods. “Adam has collaborated with me on numerous short dramas over the years and brings a great eye and...

Route 66 to the Grand Canyon is an exciting new play commissioned by Theatrikos Theatre Company of Flagstaff. Here is an insight to the writer’s approach to this fun story.  Route 66 to the Grand Canyon is a new form of play based in part on the British theatrical...

In an exciting development, the feature length script for the graphic novel Clawed Predator has been selected as a finalist at The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction and Supernatural Film Festival in New York. This is a popular festival and hard to gain entry. To be...

While working as a producer at Tyne Tees Television in the north of England my independent production company Duchy Parade Films created Wilfred a short drama shot on 35mm film. To mark the 100thAnniversary of the end of World War One I revisited this short drama and...

The short fantasy drama Lap of the Gods, directed by Peter M. Kershaw and edited by Adam J. Kirk hits its first film festival success with the trailer semi-final selection in Paris. We are awaiting to see if we out right win later this month.      ...

The screenplay Dust on the Wind has had some success in the  Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition.To which we submitted through ISA. We are glad to say, we have advanced to the next stage, the quarterfinals.          ...

The animation STRANGE MEETING continues in 2025 to rack-up International film festival success. Here as the -  Melhor Microcurta (Best Micro-Short Film).   Thanks to Editor Adam J. Kirk and Sequence Animation Director David Bunting for all their skills in...