Fame and Phantoms
Fame and Phantoms
Feature Screenplay, 79 pages
Comedy, Romance
Written by Artemus Root
Character DrivenEnsemble CastFarceLove StorySatire
Active ✔ Script360When a desperately unlucky actor lands a career-saving stage role under a fake name, a fame-hungry reality star and a vicious media smear destroy his big break—sending him to a village obsessed with dancing ghosts and a very unexpected second chance.
Fame and Phantoms is a fast-paced, feel-good British comedy about two lovable underdogs — a struggling actor and an overlooked dancer — swept into the madness of fame, failure and a very peculiar village tradition. It’s packed with outrageous characters, theatrical disasters, ego-driven meltdowns, accidental heroics and a romantic thread that sneaks up on you just as the chaos peaks.
At its heart, it’s the story of two performers who’ve been underestimated their whole lives, discovering that sometimes the most extraordinary moments happen when everything goes spectacularly wrong.
