Dillon Colthart
Writer [for Stage and Broadcast Media], Video Editor, and Event Producer.
This is my portfolio of work.
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Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Alumni.
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Currently studying MA Screenwriting at MetFilm School.
Click the buttons to watch, read, and experience my work.
2021
DIRTY MARTINI
Short Film - Thriller (10 MINS)
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1st Draft Available
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Logline: Jayden’s infatuation with quick-fix sex takes a turn when he finds out that his latest hookup has been stalking him for months.
2021
MARWICK PLACE
TV Series (8x60mins) - Limited Series - Horror
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Pilot Episode - 2nd Draft Available
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Logline: Ford and his high school clique are contractually obligated to participate in an annual ritual at the mercy of a demonic spirit upon the anniversary of his brother’s suicide.
2020
AFTER/HOURS
"You're too fat to be gay". After/Hours responds to the often times toxic intersection of being fat and gay. Body image within the LGBTQ+ community is something many are afraid to talk about. So, let's be blunt about it. Change the conversation.
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A short film by Dillon Colthart
2020
THE TOON
In collaboration with Oasis Youth Centre and Dumfries & Galloway Council, this promenade theatre commission focuses on social and economic issues surrounding young people.
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Postponed due to COVID-19. When the scripts are complete, they will be posted below.
2019
Intervention
Drag in the upside down.
Intervention is contemporary experimental drag theatre, which promotes the importance of self-love and awkward first encounters.
A journey of self-discovery, sexual tension, and liberation.
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2018
H.EX
Needing you, Wanting me.
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Ben is discovering himself, whilst in the grips of somebody else.
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A coming out story of seduction and sexualisation within the gay scene. Is he under a spell?
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Short theatrical piece - read below.
2017
Suspending my desire
Derek is fresh meat on the scene.
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Drug fuelled parties lead to an unusual connection in this Verbatim dramatisation of a city gay scene, told in five parts.
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Presented at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Click Below to read extract.
2017
life's a drag
Reflecting nineteen. An autobiographical exploration of being, leaving and loss.
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Presented at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama & The Rosemary Branch Theatre in London.
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Watch the piece performed, below.
2017
UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATION
My undergraduate dissertation:
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"Queer and the Rural: An exploration of queerness, rurality and performance. Examining the power of queer performance, community and space within rural areas."
2016
Drink, drugs, drag
A rural town, a drag queen and a bottle of Lambrini.
After being convinced that attitudes will change, Daniel goes on a night out in full drag, with deadly consequences.