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Detective Tickles

Detective tickles is a film Noir sketch that is in episode 1. It is about a party clown who turns Private eye. The sketch pays homage to film noir tropes, and is filmed in the classic style of black and white. The sketch stands well on its own, but I recommend watching the full pilot to be immersed into the Trash Panda world.

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  • Elizabeth Laidlaw
    Director
  • Fee Basanavicius
    Writer
  • Fee Basanavicius
    Producer
  • Fee Basanavicius
    Key Cast
    "Detective Tickles"
  • Marissa Chastain
    Key Cast
    "The Dame"
  • Project Type:
    Short, Television, Other
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Parody, Noir, mystery
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 47 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 13, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Detroit Women of Comedy Festival
    Detroit, MI
    United States
    May 20, 2023
    North American Premiere
    n/a
Director Biography - Elizabeth Laidlaw

Elizabeth Laidlaw is a Chicago-based director, producer and actor. She directed DETECTIVE TICKLES for Trash Panda as well as co-producing TRASH PANDA Episode One. She produced, wrote and directed the short film, TO BE CONTINUED, currently in post-production. She co-produced THE HAVEN webseries (https://www.thehavenweb.com) and directed episode 1. She also co-produces and stars in the critically acclaimed narrative sci-fi podcast, DERELICT.
In theatre, she is the founding director of Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre. At LST, she produced every season from 2003 to 2018, and directed Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Henry VIII. She helmed the critically acclaimed and award winning Girl In The Red Corner for Broken Nose Theatre and assisted director Terry Kinney with East of Eden at Steppenwolf Theatre. She served as the intimacy consultant on The Doppelgänger, also at Steppenwolf, and as the violence and intimacy designer for A Moon for the Misbegotten at Writer’s Theatre.

Elizabeth has taught acting and voice for stage and camera at Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre, Near North Montessori, Columbia College, Illinois Wesleyan University, the Chicago Academy of the Arts, Harold Ramis Film School, Flashpoint Chicago and Vagabond School of the Arts.

As an actor, Elizabeth has been performing on stage and in film and TV professionally since 1993.

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