All episodes premiere on Monday 4 December on #ABCCOMEDY on ABC iview
Re-sharpen your knives for a new season of the hugely successful comedy initiative, Fresh Blood, created by ABC and Screen Australia, to kick start the careers of young writers, directors, and performers. Premiering at #ABCCOMEY on ABC iview, here are the 20 fresh teams with 60 great new episodes showcasing the breadth of amazing Australian talent.
Fresh Blood is an ABC Production in association with Screen Australia. #FreshBlood The projects include:
1800 SUCCESS, Producers Aaron Chen, Henry Stone, Director Henry Stone, Writers Aaron Chen & Jonathan Lo. 1800 Success follows two young schemers on the hunt for cash.
BIN CHICKENS, Producers Nikos Andronicus, Dave Carter, Director Dave Carter, Writer Nikos Andronicos. The animated adventures of three ibises who eat garbage and live life to the max in the jewel in Sydney’s crown, Darling Harbour.
COLLECTIVE NOUN, Directors Zach Mander, Michael Parente, Writers Zach Mander, Dom Fay.
Collective Noun is rebooting the ABC to be more relevant to millennials. This series of sketches will see the ABC line up adjusted to be more Gen Y focused. The ABC will have more smashed avo, more ride sharing services, and be more self-interested – just how millennials like it.
FREUDIAN NIP, Producer Bronte Rose Jovevski, Director Jenna Owen, Victoria Zerbst, Bronte Rose Jovevski, Writers Victoria Zerbst, Jenna Owen, Jess Bush, Geraldine Viswanathan.
Freudian Nip is a comedy collective from Sydney, and a champion high school cheerleading squad. After discovering its previous captain stole all their best routines from an inner-city school, they must scramble to compete at this year’s championships. May the best moves win.
HEADSWAPSIES, Producers Bec Schultz, Writers/Directors Mitch McTaggart, Djovan Caro.
Two stupid scientists swap heads in a vain attempt to advance medicine, but instead just lose control of their bodies.
IBIS QUEEN, Producers Melody Ha, Anna Bateman, James Hackett, Directors/Writers Nick Simpson, James Hackett.
The polar ice caps have melted, and the Ibis Queen is a floating cruise ship that offers a world of infinite activities and entertainment. Captain Caveri is the debauched master of misrule on this vessel. She needs to watch her back as diving instructor Numa is trying to recruit the struggling musician Paul to help her sink the Ibis and create an aquatic haven for transgender dugongs.
KOALA MAN, Producer/Director/Writer Michael Cusack.
Koala Man is about a local suburban superhero with no special powers but a strong and burning passion to snuff out petty crime and bring order to the community. Patrolling the streets in his 91’ Toyota Corolla, Koala Man is constantly on the lookout for trouble makers.
LEFTOVERS, Producer Mark Ruse, Director Andrew Mills, Writers Pippa Mills, Helena Ruse, Andrew Mills. Already world-weary in their early twenties, Pippa and Helena are a couple of young people struggling not to constantly embarrass themselves. Based on the experiences of its two stars and creators, Leftovers finds the satirical in the mundane lives of young people.
LET’S BREAK EM UP, Producer/Director/Writer Nath Valvo, Tandem Media.
Nath Valvo will hit the streets of Australia, hunt down unsuspecting couples and put their love to the test. If they pass the game they win nothing, if they lose they have to break up.
MARS 500, Producer/Director/Writer Lewis Hobba.
Mars 500 follows six astronauts pretending to travel to Mars in a fake space shuttle in Australia’s red centre. Their task is to answer a simple but important scientific question: can six people live in a tiny space shuttle for the time it takes to fly to Mars and back without killing each other? Inspired by real world events, Mars 500 tells the story of a ridiculous yet noble journey to nowhere, and the idiots who signed up for it.
NO-ONE SUSPECTED THE CAT, Producer Doug Bayne, Director Trudy Cooper, Writers David Collins, Rebecca De Unamuno, Carlo Ritchie.
Three improvisers enter a sound studio, three animated films come out. What will they even be about? We
don’t know. Perhaps we never will.
THE ANGUS PROJECT, Producer Craig Anderson, Alessandro Zotti, Nina Oyama, Director/Writer Nina Oyama. Angus Thompson is a 20-year-old wheelchair bound university student with cerebral palsy who lives by himself in Bathurst NSW. Cerebral Palsy is a disease which affects motor skills, but not the brain, so Angus employs other students as disability carers to help him eat, study and clean…but most importantly, to help him party. This webseries is about Angus and his carers, and the hedonistic shenanigans they get up to.
THE BIG DAY, Producers Laura Hughes. Carolina Sorensen, Director Bryan Moses, Writers Laura Hughes, Bryan Moses.
The Big Day is a series of 3 connected sketches that celebrate the ridiculous people who manage to make someone else’s wedding all about themselves. Laura Hughes will be bringing to life all three hilarious characters; the suffocatingly considerate bridesmaid, an aggressively enthusiastic groomsman, and the self- proclaimed ‘fun mum’ of the bride. Cast includes: Shari Sebbens and Christiaan Van Vuuren.
THE LOST TAPES, Producers Penny Greenhalgh, Stef Smith, Josh Ladgrove, Director Stef Smith, Writers Penny Greenhalgh, Josh Ladgrove.
The Lost Tapes is an offbeat, unconventional comedy starring Penny Greenhalgh and Josh Ladgrove. The three sketches shot as fake ‘forgotten archival footage’ from various eras and genres; so wonderfully bizarre and funny you might just believe they’re real.
TIGER COPS, Producer Maria Tran, Director/Writer Adrian Castro.
Two mismatched cops Inspector Tiger (Maria Tran) and Detective Wombat (Steven Oliver) are on a mission to take down a Hong Kong crime lord, The White Ghost.
TOO PRETTY TO BE WITTY, Producer/ Director Petra Lovrencic, Producer/Writer Fiona Gillman.
A pop song about a basic bitch, a movie trailer starring Hollywood’s most stereotypical cast, and a dating game show for the career-driven independent woman. In Too Pretty To Be Witty, Fiona Gillman plays three different “types” of women, satirising the generalisations created for them by modern media and society.
TRUE MURDER, Producer Erasmo Raimundo, Director Greta Lee Jackson, Writers Cameron James, Becky Lucas.
Every year hundreds of murders go unsolved - until now. Each episode, True Murder attempts to solve the most bloodcurdling, notorious (and 100% made up) crimes in Australian history. And every time, they fail embarrassingly and miserably.
UNSYNCED, Producer Mitchell Stanley, Director Peter Nizic, Writer Johnny Lahoud.
To fulfil his lifelong dream of winning a gold medal in Synchronised Swimming at The Games, Stanley
Cummings spent the last 5 years living as a woman… until it all came flopping out.
WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS?, Producers/Directors Adam Murfet, Jesse Oldfield, Writers Naomi Higgins, Humyara Mahbub, Mark Samual Bonanno.
Why Are You Like This? is about two girls, Penny and Mia, who always say the wrong thing. As they inadvertently dissect the dark side of human nature - premises that are often taboo - they swiftly move through social interactions, leaving destruction in their wake, with anyone they come across being forced to pick up the pieces. Why Are You Like This? is a dark, dialogue comedy that is unforgivingly harsh, punchy and sharp.
WOES, Producers Madeline Kelly, Julia Corcoran, Directors Yasmin Suteja, Claudia Allison, Writer Kai Suteja. A comedy about two millennial misfits stuck in a perpetual state of irresponsibility.
