Spinner And Marie
By Joanne Thomson
(Heartfelt comedy drama 6×30’ or as a feature)
For a copy of the episode 1 script and treatment please CLICK HERE
SERIES OVERVIEW
After tragedy rocks the queer community worldwide, a religious Scottish widow makes up for lost time and drives her wee red mobility scooter rightout the closet, across the Atlantic, and on a weed-fuelled road trip with an eccentric woman she met online. But with their own ghosts as backseat drivers in a country on the brink of change, what happens when they run out of road?
After tragedy rocks the queer community worldwide, a religious Scottish widow makes up for lost time and drives her wee red mobility scooter rightout the closet, across the Atlantic, and on a weed-fuelled road trip with an eccentric woman she met online. But with their own ghosts as backseat drivers in a country on the brink of change, what happens when they run out of road?
ABOUT THE WRITER
Joanne Thomson is an Actor, Writer and Director from Glasgow, Scotland. Since graduating with a BA in Acting from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland she has also trained with the Groundlings Improv School in Los Angeles.
She has worked extensively across the UK as an actor and has directed internationally award-winning theatre. Her theatre credits as an actor include work with the National Theatre of Scotland, Bristol Old Vic, Citizens Theatre, Birmingham Rep, Royal Lyceum, Traverse and the legendary Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
In 2022 it was announced that Joanne had been cast as new recurring character Amy McCallum in Season 6 of OUTLANDER with Sony/Starz before going on to join the cast of Synchronicity and CAA’s latest feature film Kill. She also recently played DS Lisa Harvey in BBC One drama THE VICTIM which was nominated for a BAFTA and her performance in ITV’s BAFTA-nominated In Plain Sight won her 2 Best Actress nominations at the IARA awards. In 2019, she starred in BBC’s prime-time drama THE SUFFRAGETTES which won a BAFTA that same year.
In 2021 Joanne was selected as a BAFTA Los Angeles Newcomer in addition to being chosen for Glasgow Film Festival’s New Talent scheme as a Writer/Director and most recently she was chosen as one of the Traverse Theatre’s Breakthrough Writers. During lockdown, she cofounded the first online BAFTA New Talent Writer’s Group and assists with the running of the Global Women in Film Film Club in an effort to keep creative support and conversation thriving throughout our new normal.
SPINNER AND MARIE IS IN DEVELOPMENT WITH ARGO FILMS