Laura Solon

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English screenwriter, comedian and actress

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nameLaura Solon
imageFile:Laura Solon.jpg
captionSolon in a 2009 comedy sketch
birth_nameLaura Madalene Solon
mediumTelevision, theatre, radio
nationalityEnglish
active2004–present
genreSketch comedy, stand-up, comedy films
notable_workMan Stroke Woman
Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking
Laura, Ben and Him
Harry & Paul
Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder
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| name = Laura Solon | image = File:Laura Solon.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Solon in a 2009 comedy sketch | pseudonym = | birth_name = Laura Madalene Solon | birth_date = | birth_place = | medium = Television, theatre, radio | nationality = English | active = 2004–present | genre = Sketch comedy, stand-up, comedy films | notable_work = Man Stroke Woman Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking Laura, Ben and Him Harry & Paul Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder Laura Madalene Solon is an English screenwriter, comedian, actress, and winner of the 2005 Perrier Comedy Award. She was the second woman to win as a solo performer, after Jenny Eclair in 1995.

Background

Solon was raised in Great Kimble near Aylesbury. She attended Downe House School followed by Worcester College, Oxford where she received a scholarship to read English and started writing and performing in the Oxford Revue.

Career

Solon tried being a stand up comedian but found character comedy suited her better.

In 2005 she won the Perrier Award for her one-woman Edinburgh Fringe show Kopfraper's Syndrome: One Man and His Incredible Mind. Following this the BBC and Channel 4 were keen to acquire her to produce material for them, and in April 2006 it was announced by the BBC that Solon had been signed to develop projects for them on radio and TV.

The first series of Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking, a sketch and character comedy series, ran on BBC Radio 4 in January and February 2007. The second series ran in May and June 2008, and the third in November 2009.

She recorded a BBC sitcom pilot from the creators of People Like Us, featuring *Man Stroke Woman'''s Daisy Haggard, called *Great News''.

She appeared in Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse's sketch show Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul, broadcast from 2007 on BBC One. She was seen in a sketch show for ITV2 Laura, Ben and Him (2008) with Marek Larwood and Ben Willbond. She was part of Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder, shown on ITV1.

Alongside Tony Hawks and Angus Deayton she appeared in the feature film Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, which was recorded in 2010 and released in 2012.

In the first half of 2010 she toured with Rabbit Faced Story Soup, a play set in a publisher's office in which she played every character. It contained characters from her radio show, Talking and Not Talking, including Carol Price, a divorcee children's author, and Gwynneth the inept call centre worker. New characters included Marcia, an American super publishing agent.

Her award-winning 2010 short film Tooty's Wedding, which Solon co-wrote with Ben Willbond, was screened as part of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

In 2011 Solon was one of the players in the BBC Two improvisational show Fast and Loose, hosted by Hugh Dennis.

Screenwriter

Solon has adapted comedy film screenplays for movies such as Office Christmas Party, and has had original screenplays (Work It and Bodyguards) optioned by Bluegrass Films. Solon has also written episodes for the fifth and sixth seasons of Hot in Cleveland.

Works

''Kopfraper's Syndrome: One Man and His Incredible Mind''

The title is a holdover from an entirely different show that Solon had planned to perform with a male partner. When the partner dropped out she rewrote the show in the three weeks leading up to the festival but retained the title in order not to negate the value of the advance publicity or confuse those who had already purchased tickets.

Solon plays eight different characters in the show, which consists of sketches of varying lengths, including:

As a Perrier award-winning show it secured a run in London's West End, at the Soho Theatre, in November 2005. Solon also received £7,500 with the prize.

Radio

Television

Film

Other drama

References

References

  1. (28 October 1999). "Oxford University Gazette". Ox.ac.uk.
  2. Lee, Veronica. (31 August 2005). "'Perrier winner? I shouldn't have been on the list'". The Telegraph.
  3. "Press Office - Laura Solon signs to". BBC.
  4. (16 November 2006). "Comedy news : News 2006 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle.
  5. [http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/1064610.sitcom_makes_the_news/ Great News]
  6. (26 August 2011). "Accolade Competition Deadline: August 26, 2011". The Accolade Film, Television, New Media & Videography Awards.
  7. (6 November 2011). "Aesthetica Short Film Festival". Aesthetica Magazine Ltd.
  8. "Work : Laura Solon".
  9. Mann, Andrea. (15 December 2011). "British Comedy Short 'Tooty's Wedding' Is Sundance-Bound (EXCLUSIVE CLIP)". Aol (UK).
  10. "British Comedy Guide entry for Fast and Loose". British Comedy Guide.
  11. Busch, Anita. (15 August 2016). "Universal Pictures Picks Up 'Bodyguards' Pitch For Bluegrass Films".
  12. Lee, Veronica. (31 August 2005). "'Perrier winner? I shouldn't have been on the list'". The Telegraph.

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