LAURENCE CLARK
An award-winning stand-up comedian and writer, Laurence was selected for 4Screenwriting 2021 and the BBC Writersroom Writers’ Access Group. He was one of four winners in the Triforce UKTV Writerslam (out of 1600 submissions) and consequently his comedy pilot Perfect was screened on Dave in 2022. His sitcom pilot with Objective Fiction and thriller with Lime Pictures were both previously put into paid development with Channel 4. His play Cured, about a young, disabled Scouser who manipulates a pilgrimage to Lourdes in order to lose his virginity, won an Unlimited commission and will be produced in 2024.
Laurence has been commissioned to write two episodes of Gifted by Black Camel for CBBC, and his spec pilot script Wheeling and Dealing is in development with Chapter One. He also took part in a writers room for a new drama series with Pulse Films.
He is the Chair of TripleC, a Community Interest Company led by disabled artists which runs the Disabled Artists Networking Community (DANC) project. This provides an extensive programme of networking events, mentoring and masterclasses for disabled writers and other artists. In 2022 they were awarded a BAFTA Craft Special Award.
He has an MA in Disability Studies and a PhD in Molecular Biology/Computing. He was born in Manchester but is destined to live in Liverpool with his wife and two children forever because he married a Scouser!