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Veronique Christie
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Agent:
Jessica Cooper
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| Veronique was born in Mauritius and emigrated to England at the age of four. She studied playwriting with Bernard Kops and later moved onto screenwriting, completing an MA in Screenwriting at the London College of Printing. Since graduating she has written for stage, screen and radio and is currently one of the core writers on Silver Street. |
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Film, TV and Radio Work:
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| 2008 |
SILVER STREET Core member of the writing team since 2005. |
BBC |
| 2006/07 |
BOMBAY MIX Original Screenplay under option with Suri Krishnamma. |
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DIEGO GARCIA Commissioned to write film treatment. |
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| 2004 |
UNITED KINGDOM Invited to write 1 x 60 minute episode and attend story lining day for series two of this new drama series. |
BBC |
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SONGBIRDS Worked with Peter Cregreen on a 90 minute pilot script for an original TV series idea which she co-created with Kim Taylforth. |
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| 2003 |
FLASH BAND Commissioned to write 2 episodes of this animated series as part of a team of writers. |
Trouble TV |
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DREAM TEAM Part of story lining team for series 7. |
Hewland/Sky |
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| 2002 |
LALLA'S BIG DAY Commissioned to adapt this stage play into a thirty minute film script by the producer Pratibha Parmar. |
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| 2000 |
BBC NEW WRITING INITIATIVE Selected to attend the migrations workshop run by BBC Scotland. |
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| 1999 |
THE LOOK OF LOVE Short comedy film, which was chosen from 600 scripts for the TAPS showcase at Teddington Studios. |
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UNDER THE INFLUENCE Twenty four minute gritty teenage drama video about a group of friends whose Friday night ends in drunken disaster. Originally commissioned by Ava Hunt for the Nottingham Education Drugs team, it was subsequently distributed nationwide and was positively reviewed in the Times Educational Supplement. |
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Theatre:
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| 2002 |
PENGUIN SUITS AND SEQUINS Full length play commissioned by the Kali Theatre Company. A rehearsed reading was given at the Waterman's Art Centre. |
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| 2001/02 |
KALI THEATRE Writer on attachment at Kali Theatre. |
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| 2001 |
LALA'S BIG DAY 30 minute play commissioned and produced by the Kali Theatre Company. |
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| 1998 |
TORN One of several original short plays commissioned and performed by the Anna Scher Theatre Company. TORN received the best play award. |
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