JASON DAVID
Screenwriter & Playwright
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PANTS ON FIRE
TV - Comedy drama
The life of a government communications worker becomes complicated when a sudden affliction means all politicians can’t stop telling the truth.
Longlisted by the BBC Open Call 2024
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ART BOY
Stage play - Comedy drama / magical realism
A teenager discovers he can physically enter the world of classical paintings to talk with its subjects, an otherworldly skill he uses to escape a violent life and chase fame.
Shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon ‘Best New Play of the Year’ Award 2024
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SERVED COLD
TV - Crime drama
A man takes over a burger stall to surveille the criminal gang he believes is responsible for the death of his daughter but the plan unravels when his new menu becomes a national sensation.
Outlined with BBC Voices 2025
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REFER-A-FIEND
Short film - Dark comedy
A petty theft turns into a sinister situation for a man who is cornered and told to change his ways or have his extramarital affairs revealed to his wife.
Picked by ‘Get it Made’ 2022
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DIG DEEP
Short play - Drama
A rookie policeman takes on his first interrogation but nothing is as it seems for interviewer and interviewee.
Performed by Precarious Theatre for Precarious Nights 2025
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RAGING HART
Short film - Dark comedy
A tragedy forces a family to have lunch in a local pub on Christmas day, where old beef with a side of resentment is served up in generous helpings.
Selected for BBC Voices (London) 2025
Shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award 2024
Jason is a scriptwriter who favours stories about class, race, and societies challenges through the lens of dark humour and fantasy.
This affinity stems from Caribbean, working-class roots, and hundreds of hours absorbing a ton of fantasy and science fiction.
News
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Served Cold selected for NFTS script development
5th July 2025
The crime drama will get 6 months of 1-to-1 script editing support from a trainee story developer through a scheme in partnership with BBC Writers.
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Completion of BBC London Voices
30th June 2025
The 6-month BBC screenwriting programme that started in January 2025 has concluded.
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Dig Deep at Hen and Chickens Theatre
22nd May 2025
The short play has been selected for a performance at the inaugural Precarious Nights event.
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Art Boy at The Water Rats Theatre
6th March 2025
An excerpt of the play selected by Page2Stage to be performed 31st March.
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Art Boy shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award
27th November 2024
The stage play is in the running to win the 'Best New Play of the Year' award for 2024 at the event hosted at the National Theatre.
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Art Boy at Barons Court Theatre's Sunday Fix
25th November 2024
An excerpt of the stage play has been chosen to feature at the theatre in 2025.
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Art Boy longlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award
12th November 2024
The stage play has been nominated for 'Best New Play of the Year' award supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation.
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Pants on Fire Longlisted by the BBC Open Call
15th May 2024
The pilot was placed in the top 3% of scripts of the 4,643 they received.
