Snakes and ladders
a television show set in London
We are currently fundraising to shoot our teaser, so stay tuned!
“SNAKES & LADDERS TRAILS IRIS, A VIVACIOUS, "CAT WITH NINE LIVES" ACTRESS IN LONDON, HUNGRILY PURSUING TWO VIRTUALLY UNATTAINABLE GOALS: A SERIOUS ACTING CAREER AND HANGING ON TO THE MAN SHE LOVES.”
Snakes and Ladders
Snakes and Ladders
meet the Team
Allegra CAPUCCI -
CREATOR-WRITER-ACTRESS-Executive Producer
Allegra Capucci (B. 1999, Rome) is a London-based Italian actress and screenwriter. While graduating in Fine Arts at the University of the Arts London (UAL), receiving professional training at the Chelsea College of Arts and Design, she developed a concurrent interest in film and performance studies which both informed and eventually usurped her artistic practice. During her undergraduate studies, she attended a screenwriting course at the Rome International Film School (RIFS), featuring also in a broad range of graduate projects from some of the UK’s foremost film schools and independent productions from across the world of screen media, including short movies, music videos, as well as photoshoots and commercials. After graduating with a dissertation project integrating her interests in performance studies and fine arts, she attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA), undergoing a deeply formative period of intensive training in traditional acting methods such as the Meisner Technique. Some of her recent projects include independent short film The Fly (2024), in which she featured opposite of co-star Jim Lau (Big Trouble in Little China [1986], Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan [2023] and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel [2023]).
Her acting reel can be found here.
meet the Team
Todd Allan -
Creator-Writer-Director-Executive Producer
Todd Allan is a Writer /Director/Producer/Lyricist who has an extensive career in Theatre, Film, TV and Commercials. Some of his credits include:
THEATRE: “Disruption” - Co-Producer of world premiere in London of Andrew Stein’s drama about AI. … “Rose’s War”, a WWII era interracial musical love story, - Book, Lyricist, Co-Director, & Producer of 5 performances in the Rave Theatre Festival Off-Broadway, … Astaire Awards - Consulting Producer … “Women on Fire” - Director of 6 videos for Royal Family Theatre
TELEVISION: Writer, Producer, Director for comedy series developed with Fox TV Studios, Sony Television, ICA Tahiti, & Columbia Television. … Assistant Director for ABC Television/Lucasfilm Ltd on “Ewoks, The Battle for Endor”. … Associate Producer for CBS Television on “Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton’s Christmas Special”.
FEATURES: Columbia Pictures’ “Alien Toybox” developed as Producer with Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. … NJB Productions Toyko “Norma Jean” - Writer. … “Deep in the Heart” - Co-writer, Co-producer developed with Franklin Schaffner & Barry Spikings
COMMERCIALS: Over a hundred commercials as Director, clients from Japan, Germany, Italy, England, Canada & U.S. Addie Awards, Andy Awards, Clios, Mobius Awards, Cannes Lion, and London International Advertising Awards. Producer and/or Assistant Director on over 50 commercials.
MUSIC VIDEOS: Producer and Assistant Director on projects for Lionel Ritchie, Jermaine Jackson, Julio Iglesias and Diana Ross.
Some of his work can be found here:
https://vimeo.com/358961583 “Rose’s War” - Teaser Video of an off-Broadway performance - Director/Writer/Lyricist
www.toddallan.net Commercial Director’s Reel & “Commuters” - a spec pilot with Fox TV Studios - Writer/Director/Producer
www.roseswar.com - “Rose’s War” a WWII era interracial musical love story in development as 4 part TV series (Director, Producer, Book & Teleplay Writer, & Lyricist
meet the Team
JAMES MILLS -
PRODUCER, Actor
James is s a producer and actor from the UK, based in London and Manchester. Of mixed English and Chinese heritage, he is bilingual in English and Mandarin.
After graduating from sixth-form college, James read law at the University of Manchester where he obtained his Bachelor's in Law, and continued there in pursuing his Master's in International Business and Commercial Law which aided his film production career.
Growing up, James always had the ambition of becoming a film producer and actor, which was fuelled by his desire to tell stories from the British East and South East Asian (BESEA) community and to reflect on screen, the diverse and complex characters that often get overlooked in film and television. James is the producer of the short film thriller, “The Fly” written and directed by Wilson Tam, which is about to be released onto the international film circuit and is about an underground surgeon operating out of a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, who resorts to desperate measures to repay his debt to London’s triads.
James is currently developing “The Fly” into a feature film and has several feature films in development including a WW2 film set in Shanghai, to be directed by Jackson Pat (Producer of “Ip Man 4” starring Donnie Yen, and “Vanguard” starring Jackie Chan)