Anita Vettesse
Anita has been an actor for over 25 years and recently began to write for Theatre, TV and Radio. Her play Ring Road was nominated for best new play at The Critics’ Theatre Awards. She has since written Happy Hour, News Just In/Hostage Taker and From The Air. Other work includes, Falling for BBC Radio Drama and several episodes for BBC’s River City. Her short film, You Really Got Me as part of The Break season three for BBC, is available to view online HERE. Anita has also co-written a new musical called BINGO for Stellar Quines/Grid Iron Theatre as well as a new play for National Theatre Scotland/Catherine Wheels called Eddie and The Slumber Sisters, which is currently showing as part of the International Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh 2018. Anita continues to work as an actor.
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2018
Eddie and the Slumber Sisters – Stage Commission Catherine Wheels Theatre
Play Commissioned for Spring 2018 Tour
River City – BBC
Two Scripts Commissioned
2017
The Break – BBC Three Series 3:3 “You Really Got Me”
The Break – BBC Three
Script commissioned Nominated for the Broadcast Digital Awards 2018
Untitled – BBC Radio Scotland
Development commission
From the Air – Play Pie Pint Commission
Come to Where I’m From – Paines Plough
Short play commissioned
Bingo! – Stellar Quines Theatre
Musical play commissioned (co-written with Johnny McKnight)
River City – BBC
3×60 episodes commissioned and 1×60 full rewrite commission
2016
River City – BBC
2×60 episodes commissioned
Falling – BBC
Radio play commissioned and produced by Kirsty Williams. Broadcast 2017.
Ring Road – Play Pie Pint / Traverse Theatre
Nominated for best new play 2016 at CATS Awards
2015
Happy Hour – Oran Mor /Tobacco Factory and the Sherman Theatre
Play produced by Suzie Armitage and Gethin Evans
News Just in / Hostage – Random Accomplice