Nigel, a West Midlands based film and stage producer is currently working on a new stage show called SURVIVE!
with writer and co-producer Monica Price, this will be staged at The Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham on Friday 30th September 2011
The show is in aid of 4 cancer charities and includes the cast - Les Dennis, Guy Henry, Hannah Waterman, Sarah Manners,
Emma Stephens, Jean Boht and Vicky Hall, with music by the sensational West End Goslple Choir.
The Patron of the show is Dame Judi Dench and Sir Roger Moore and Johnny Depp have given support also.
Having produced a number of short films, feature length films and stage plays, Nigel's projects have attracted many of the country's well-respected actors. His projects have deal with many humanitarian issues including cancer, alzheimers, bullying, dyslexia and homelessness.
After many years of screen and stage acting, it was during 2005 that Nigel wrote and produced his first films, 'No Regrets' about a war veteran reflecting on his life and 'XK7218' about a prisoner who receives unwelcome news from his wife. After the local success of these two projects Nigel then teamed up with director Kevin Powis of the LastIndependent Film Company on the 2006 short film 'Expresso'.Nigel wrote, produced and cast this film based on a day in the life of one small cafeteria. The film's script received funding from Screen West Midlands and the UK film Council.
A host of television actors took part in the project, including comedy legend Sir Norman Wisdom, who came out of retirement at the age of 92 to appear in the film - his last ever role. This made the national news on BBC and Sky. The film also starred Don Warrington (Rising Damp), Geoffrey Hughes (Royle Family) and Guy Henry (Extras). Expresso was shown at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
“Expresso is inventive, amusing and entertaining"
Richard D Zanuck
In 2007 Nigel helped co-produce the feature film 'One Minutes' by Birmingham director Phillip Pugh. This ambitious project contained 60 different films within 60 minutes, involving 55 actors playing 250 parts. The film went onto win 3 awards for a first time feature director.
Because of the local publicity surrounding Expresso, in 2008 Nigel was approached by Macmillan Cancer Support with regards to his next project being sold to raise money for the charity. The film, Waiting in Rhyme, was spoken entirely in poetry from start to finish. For this project Nigel worked again with Kevin Powis and Spoz, the poet laureate of the West Midlands. Over 200 poems were submitted in and outside the UK, of which 8 were selected and reworked into a screenplay. The cast included actors such as John Alderton, Susan Jameson, Les Dennis, Geoffrey Hughes, Dani Harmer, Sally Lindsay and Finty Williams. Waiting in Rhyme also received written support from
Sir Roger Moore and Dame Judi Dench.
"Waiting in Rhyme is a 15-minute masterpiece” ITV News
One of the poems selected for Waiting in Rhyme was written by Worcestershire writer Monica Price. After meeting on the film set, Monica and Nigel went on to collaborate on a stage play - To Cancer and Beyond. After 6 months of research, writing and production the play was performed to sell-out audiences in Solihull, West Midlands. The cast included Jean Bolt (Bread), Sarah Manners (The Bill), Finn Atkins (Eden Lake), Hannah Waterman (New Tricks) and comedy actress Maggie Service. Due to the play's great success and media reviews, Monica and Nigel are now working on developing the idea into a screenplay to appear on television in the form of 6 x 15 minute monologues. Davey/Price Productions has been set up to move this project forward.
In 2010 Nigel produced the national training film for Macmillan Cancer Support and headed the Pinewood Studios unit for the feature film Musik, directed by Dan Evans. This film highlights the struggles of a girl suffering with dyslexia, and is due to be released later this year guest starring
Star Wars actor Jeremy Bullock (Boba Fett)
Future projects now in pre-production include 'Avoid the Rain' - a short film tackling the issue of teenage runaways - and feature films 'Made in Brighton' and 'Ireland Here We Come'.