Currently Writing: a show for Fox in America and have a sitcom for the UK in Development and Meanwhile With The Bearded Ladies is currently on Radio 4
Worked On:
Green Wing
Smack The Pony
The Bearded Ladies
Website
beardedladies.co.uk
Influences
Heros of the writers strike - over in the US writers are striking. Here is what they are doing now.
TV Shows
THE LEISURE VIRUS
Oriane is soon to be seen in Not Going Out and the Volkswagen Independent Cinema ad Toy’s Story and Fay in the new series of Suburban Shoot Out (C5). Between them they have appeared in The Harry Enfield Show (BBC1)Jam and Jerusalem (BBC1), Burglar Diaries (BBC1), Stupid (CBBC), Doc Martin (ITV1), My Hero (BBC1), Green Wing (C4) Dead Ringers (BBC2), Pulling (BBC3), The Bearded Ladies (R4) and Rubbish (R4)
SEE US AS US BEING TALKING HEADS ON
Comedians Comedian - C4
Paul Merton’s Silent Clowns - BBC4
Top 50 Sitcom Characters - C4
Serious About Comedy - BBC7
Is Benny Hill Still Funny- C4
Films
Jane Eyre - Franco Zeffirelli
Messina And Rusling's Interests
General
Ourselves. We're only children.
Music
Rick James - Super Freak ENJOY.....
Movies
We are loving Little Miss Sunshine, Anchorman and Superbad
Here is a clip of the Suberbad cast - enjoy
And some clips of Evan
Television
Lovers of The League of Gentlemen, Americas Top Model, Miss Marple and of course Prison Break
Books
We love the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich - especially Morelli
THERE NOW FOLLOWS A SHAMELESS PLUG
Name: Green Wing DVD Signing
Tagline: Meet the cast get a DVD
Date: Monday, October 15, 2007
Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Virgin Megastore, Picadilly
Street: Picadilly Circus
City/Town: London, United Kingdom
..This will probably be the last glimps of the whole cast together so come along armed with camera and pen.
Stephen Mangan, Mark Heap, Oli Chris and Karl Theobald will be there. Julian and Tamsin TBC
DVD Description
GREEN WING – SERIES 1
SPECIAL FEATURES: Deleted Scenes, Audio Commentary with Cast & Crew (episodes 1, 2, 5 & 9), Behind-the-Scenes Featurette, Cast & Crew Biogs
GREEN WING – SERIES 2
SPECIAL FEATURES: Deleted Scenes, Audio Commentary with Cast & Crew (episodes 4, 6 & 8), Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
GREEN WING – SPECIAL
SPECIAL FEATURES: Deleted Scenes, Alternative Ending, Audio Commentary with Cast & Crew, Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
INCLUDES A THIRD DISC OF PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN MATERIAL
Green Wing – The Phenomenon Documentary, Deleted Scenes, Green Wing Music
Synopsis
Proving that there's more to hospitals than just disinfectant and dysentery, GREEN WING takes an altogether unconventional view of the health service. Produced by the team behind SMACK THE PONY, the series is more concerned with the antics of its dysfunctional characters than with actual medical issues, and plays out like a surreal soap opera (think an NHS version of SCRUBS, but with more emphasis on the comedy element).
Just to say our radio show 'MEANWHILE WITH THE BEARDED LADIES' starts tonight (11/09/07) on Radio 4 at 6.30. It features Fay, Susie, Charlotte and me along with Mark Addy, Cav Clerken, James Lance, Alex Lowe and a special appearance by Ronnie Corbett.
Its on for the next four weeks - that's every Tuesday. Or you can 'listen again' on the BBC web site.
Lots of Love
Oriane and Fay
NOW ONTO THE MORE IMPORTANT STUFF ABOUT US
Oriane and Fay met touring in two Agatha Christie plays. Fay was playing an eighty year old Miss Marples and a glamerous murder while Oriane was a sexually repressed Doctors receptionist and an over emotional maid. They performed nightly to the old and infirm and soon discovered they shared a similar sense of humour about one of their co stars whom they imagined had legs that went into a fine point. So they set about writing their own show only to be side tracked into writing for others!
They have co-writen the critically acclaimed BAFTA Award Winning Green Wing for Channel 4. The writing team were nominated for an RTS Award for Series One and Series Two. They currently have their sitcom 9 To MI5 under option with Feel Good Pictures and their childrens show Who's In The Shed went out on BBC1 earlier in the year. They have just finished writing some Lil-let Bumpers for Style TV
They have jsut finished their new Radio 4 Sitcom MEANWHILE with McDougall and Donkin staring Ronnie Corbett, Mark Addy, Cavern Clarken, James Lance and Alex Lowe. It airs on Radio 4, 6.30 September 11th.
They have also written for My Parents Are Aliens 8, Smack the Pony where their Car Parking Sketch was nominated as the TV Comedy Moment of the Year on the BBCs TV Moments of 2002. They have written for shows such as Not Doing Christmas, Louise, Pinky and Perky, Big Hedz, 2DTV, Party Pieces, Man Stroke Woman 2, Friends Like These, Diner Party Inspectors, Yes Sir I can Boogie, Dead Ringers, Stupid and have also written two Diet Coke adverts (Call Me and French Kiss) as well as performed their show Wrecked at Pleasance, Edinburgh 2000.
SOME NICE THINGS ABOUT US...
GREEN WING
Green Wing feels like its been made by deeply abnormal people. It looks like a fairly safe bet for the years best comedy slick, silly with an unprecedented three strong female leads, an unprecedented hour long running time, innovative directorial style and the best musical breakfast sequence featuring grapefruit since Morecambe and Wise. Its not really recognisable as a sitcom the first 20 minutes feel like the opening sequence of Saving Private Ryan, with characters and jokes being flung at you in a bewildering style. THE TIMES - CAITLIN MORAN
Eight writers are credited and you imagine them all squabbling round a table until you guess that they separated and wrote segments; every scene is a sketch length, lending to a punchline which is generally mucky or surreal or both. A doctor comes into a room to find a buxom colleague weighing her breasts individually on the mailing scales. A woman wearing an eye patch replies to the inevitable concerned request for explanations: I got a sperm in the eye. There is an appealing almost Twin Peaks-like, feel to these scenes. THE GUARDIAN - MARK LAWSON
HELEN AND GAIL ON RADIO 4
Display heaps of humanity, cleverness and an exquisitely wicked sense of fun. Slyly written and brilliantly structured, its Ladies Of Letters with flick knives. RADIO TIMES
Guardian Pick of the Day
SPEEDING COMEDY LAB CHANNEL 4
Todays Must See TV Pick of the Day THE INDEPENDENT
A tragicomic portrayal of speed dating, where romance-seekers risk social carnage FINANCIAL TIMES
There are some good laughs to be had, particularly involving a deluded Russian who thinks hes a spy and a lesbian with a face like a big lump of cheese. TIME OUT
THE BEARDED LADIES EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 2004
THREE WEEKS You are sure to appreciate the sarcastic, witty and comical genius that is the Ladies.
THE SCOTSMAN This is impressive stuff This is comedy with its head on and there are flashes of sheer genius. They deserve all the thunder they can get
THE STAGE To say that Oriane Messina and Fay Ruslings latest piece of scripting lives up to its name is to credit the show with no small achievement. Despite exploring dark issues like sexual frustration and harassment at work, the Bearded Ladies collection of sketches is definitively hilarious
What fun we writers had writing this with some help from the wonderful Mark Heap
Hi girlies, hope you're well. I just had to post this video Of my brilliantly funny friend Nick Oldale, currently touring with this play. Check it out if you can. Lots of love Ejay Xx http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ormMpOUy0lo
Hey, I went to Safety Catch on Wednesday and loved it! I didn't realize radio plays were so much fun. Tight writing by Laurence and of course the lead actor was smashing! I won't make it tonight, but you should go. xx
Hey there ladies of the facial fuzz. Won't be able to make it to London for your recording but it sounds brilliant. I hope it goes splendidly (I don't think that's spelt right but I don't want to choose another adjective...oooo dilemma I think I'll leave it like that. It proves I'm still a bit punk)
Take Care
Hey there, thanks for accepting our request - as top satirical writers we figure you might be interested in our campaign - please check out www.imharry.com and DO YOUR BIT AS A DECOY!!!!
Ori: Caught you on Harry Enfield the other day! Sat bolt upright and told the empty room it was you, and I'm sure the bookcases and the sofabed were suitable impressed that a) you were on screen again and b)I wasn't too pished to notice ...
Yo Yo Yo
I am in a show
Go and get a ticket
There's free ice-cream come and lick it
It's on at The Place
The 21st of April don't be bringing that mace cos that's not ace especially when it gets in your face.
sweetshop revolution
It's well better than prostitution
Just looking at your profile now, no WAY are either of you 36! You look about 20-odd!
And hehe - my sister just told me there (her being an 'uber-cool' MySpace 15-year-old) that 'A Green Wing writer just took my MySpace Comment-Virginity; that is SO cool!'.
Salutations friends. This truly is an honour for you. I can tell we shall be great friends, we can share our tales of adventure and possibly kill a pig together. My first blog will be appearing within the next few days. Until then, may God be with you.
Greetings and thanks for the add - I only just found your My Space. Derrr.
Anyway, just wanted to say, yet again, thank you to Ori for coming to the convention and being so cheery and funny, helping us raise sooo much lovely dosh for the wee baaaiiirns!
Hey,
Thanks for being there on Saturday!
If you're interested lots of photos are being added here:
http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o2/winginitconvention/
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Just wanted to say thanks to Ori for coming to Wingin' It this weekend.
It was an awesome event, and it meant a lot that you were there!
I was the girl who you comforted after winning Martin's Shark coat, as i blubbed like a girl... you also signed my many scripts that i also won un the auction! You'll have to let me know if you are planning on getting rid of your scripts via eBay or elesewhere, so i can complete my collection!
Thanks again for coming, and i wish i could have met you as well Fay... maybe next time?!
Hey, I hope you two are well! =)
I just wanted some clarification really with regards to the alternative green wing special ending. At the end, May says “Caroline, there’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you…” What does he mean exactly? The majority of people seem to think he’s referring to the fact that he’s dying, but didn’t Guy let that slip in the staffroom earlier on in the episode, before telling Caroline that she should be with Mac? Please can you explain – I’m asking on behalf of a few others too!
Thanks x
Hi,
I was just wondering if you knew which actors and writers are going to the signing on Monday?
I have a weird mixture of excitement and sadness for the last Green Wing tonight.
And ill probably get in trouble for saying this but please come to the convention!
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Happy New Year! May 2007 bring you health, welth and happiness.
Love, death and stealing... The 'love' aspect sounds promising, however 'death' does not. Please don't let that be a reference to Mac! I can't think what 'stealing' is about though... xx
