General Idea for my Script

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Synopsis:


The general idea which I have is that a young 21 year old Cypriot girl moves to London for her last year of university and her entire family follow her; 2 brothers, grandparents, mum and dad. They move into her mothers old childhood home in North London, Finsbury Park. Also, one of her uncles decides to live with them in the house.

Location:


Traditional, double fronted, victorian house
Finsbury Park
Main Script Locations - fish shop, home kitchen and home living room

Characters:

Yiayia (Grandmother) = Maria
Pappou (Granddad) = Andreas
Mum = Androula (Andy for short)
Dad = Stavros (Stav for short)
Sister (main character) = Chara
Brother 1 = Dimitri (Tzimi for short)
Brother 2 = Kostas (Cotch for short)
Uncle = Panikos (Panny for short)




Name  General Info  Description  Personality 
Yiayia Maria  3.06.1949 (68)
Cyprus - Theletra village		 Curvy/Plumpish 
Brown hair (bop)
163 meters 		 Vain, bossy, opinionated, must have the last word, matriarch, religious, controlling 

Always playing poker, and drinking whiskey, keeps trying to arrange marriage for Chara 
Pappou Andrea  4.10.1945 (72) 
Cyprus - Arodes village 		 Fat 
Bold patch in the middle 
169 meters 		 charmer to non-family, moody, bad temper, demanding, always feels sorry for himself, never knows whats going on, sleeps all day, diabetic 
Andorula (Andy) 

Mum 		 14.07.1965 
Cypriot who grew up in London 		 Thin, short black hair, 160 meters  Hard working, sarcastic, neurotic/paranoid, hippie dress styles but elegant and classy, possessive over her children, always right 

Likes playing crossword puzzles, smoking, drinking Frape - has a nickname; Patsy from Ab Fab 
Stavros (Stav) 

Dad 		 23.02.1969 (48) 
Greece 		 Tall and thin, long black hair, 170 meters  anti-establishment, anti-holidays/birthdays, unrealistic, anti-everything, rarely smiles, delegator, loves his kids, always has a stash of cash on him, never on time 

enjoys drinking coffee, smoking and sleeping 
Chara  22.08.1996 (21) 
Cypriot/Greek 		 Short and curvy, long blonde wavy hair, 158 meters frustrated and angry, neat/OCD, loves sticky notes, always on a ‘diet’ and joining gym, abrupt, witty/sharp humour, hard working 

Always in search for Mr Right, Shish lover 
Dimitri (Tzimi) 3.08.1998 (19) 
Cypriot/greek 		 Tall/Thin and fit, long blonde hair, grey eyes, 170 meter likes older women (non-greek), listens to rap and alternative music, always in love, plays the guitar, gamer, easy going, absent minded, always smoking different cigarette brands, ‘I Know’ is his saying 

Mummys boy, identity crisis - has a different accent all the time 
Kostas (Cotch)  4.04.2004 (13) 
Cypriot/Greek 		 Tall and lim, curly long brown hair, 170 meters  NERD, compulsive gamer, only eats chicken and pizza, condescending look towards siblings, always comes out with random facts, ‘did you know’, writes poems and stories, constantly wants to play ‘Monopoly’, discovering girls and pimples 

‘did you know’ and ‘do you want to play monopoly’ 
Uncle Paniko (Panny)  10.09.1970 (47)
Androulas 1st cousin 		 bold patches and combs hair to cover it, 172 meters  cockny, wealer dealer, knows the right people, friends from every walk of life, speaks his mind, has a wife and girlfriends, truck driver nipple piercing, always in a white vest 

‘leave it to me’  with no questions asked 

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