The Serial Quiller
A one hour comedy show about one man's obsessive letter quilling spree. His victims…the famous and not so famous…from Tony Blair to Churchill Stairlifts – no one is safe.
The Serial Quiller's innocent requests, misunderstandings and suggestions are so absurd it’s amazing they get a reply. But often the deadpan responses from shops, organisations and politicians are just as funny – you’ll die laughing.
About The Serial Quiller (aka Rowan Finch)
It all began on a Monday afternoon back in 1997. Sitting at my desk, bored stupid and frustrated with work, more so than usual I seem to remember, my mind started to wander. I started to contemplate, as I occasionally did in situations like these, what it would be like to…quill someone…but not anyone, oh no, someone in the public eye! The difference this time around was that I decided to follow through!
That someone was staring me (Rowan Finch) in the face. On the front page of the Evening Standard that day was a picture of none other than…the disgraced, former Tory MP…Jeffrey Archer. He was announcing that he was standing for London Mayor. I immediately wrote to him saying I was standing against him. Two weeks later he replied wishing me well and that was that…my first serial quilling. Buoyed by his reply, and the ease of the quill, I began my ten year serial quilling frenzy. A journey that sees no sign in abating.
The show is a collection of the Serial Quiller's (aka Rowan Finch) favourite, and best, quills.
What is a Serial Quiller?
v/ 1. someone who writes three or more letters on three or more separate occasions over a period of time
Statistically, the average serial quiller is a white male from a lower-to-middle-class background, usually in his twenties or thirties
The quiller is usually a stranger to the victim - the letter will appear unconnected or random
There is sometimes a sexual element to each letter.
Quillers will often send a letter to a victim who is vulnerable
Many serial quillers suffer from Antisocial Personality Disorder
We think we can spot lunacy, that a maniac with uncontrollable urges to quill a letter will be unable to contain himself...
...On the bus, in the street, it is the mentally ill we avoid, sidestepping the dishevelled, unshaven man who rants on over some private outrage...
...Yet if you intend to avoid the path of a serial quiller, your best strategy is to sidestep the charming, the impeccably dressed, polite individual.
How to contact The Serial Quiller.
For more information you can contact the Serial Quiller (Rowan Finch), via the blog, or write an electronic letter to rowanfinch (at) serialquiller.com, especially if you have a funny letter suggestion of your own.
Rowan Finch - The Serial Quiller.
