Leave to Enter is a television web series, written and created by Sean McConaghy, and first aired in 2009 via the show's official website. Shot on a shoestring budget, Leave to Enter is the debut production from Room Enough Productions, a company started in 2009 by Sean McConaghy, David Palliser and Jon Baldwin.
The show follows Sean McCaffrey (played by creator Sean McConaghy), an Irish-American chef living in London. Sean generally manages to get on the wrong side of whatever, or whomever, he comes across (the show's tagline is "Who will he piss off today?") The central relationship is that between him and his ever-patient Irish girlfriend Donnla (played by his real-life partner Donnla Hughes). The show features a whole swathe of characters from Sean's London life: the "famous" actor Ben, his wanna-be restauranteur friend Adam, the off-beat Will and his Icelandic sidekick Mel, and Donnla's combative sister Marie.
A running theme through the show is whether Sean actually has the right to live in the United Kingdom and " leave to enter" comes from the technical term for someone granted entry by UK immigration. This is first touched on in the second episode, "The Letter", when after getting a confusing letter from the UK Border Agency, Sean goes to his friend Dave (played by the show's producer, David Palliser), an anglicized Australian estate agent, for advice.
Many of the characters in the series are written for the specific actors playing them. Much of the cast met during drama training at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
The series is produced by David Palliser and Sean McConaghy, founders of Room Enough Productions.
Most of Leave To Enter is shot in the north London suburb of Crouch End. A vibrant and friendly community, already with a long history in the arts, it is both a location for the show and home of many its cast and crew. Businesses featured in the show are the bar Kiss The Sky, where Simon and Anthony are seen hanging out, Hot Pepper Jelly, where Sean confronts Donnla, and The Queens, where Sean is interviewed by Adam.
Leave to Enter is a television web series, written and created by Sean McConaghy, and first aired in 2009 via the show's official website. Shot on a shoestring budget, Leave to Enter is the debut production from Room Enough Productions, a company started in 2009 by Sean McConaghy, David Palliser and Jon Baldwin.
The show follows Sean McCaffrey (played by creator Sean McConaghy), an Irish-American chef living in London. Sean generally manages to get on the wrong side of whatever, or whomever, he comes across (the show's tagline is "Who will he piss off today?") The central relationship is that between him and his ever-patient Irish girlfriend Donnla (played by his real-life partner Donnla Hughes). The show features a whole swathe of characters from Sean's London life: the "famous" actor Ben, his wanna-be restauranteur friend Adam, the off-beat Will and his Icelandic sidekick Mel, and Donnla's combative sister Marie.
A running theme through the show is whether Sean actually has the right to live in the United Kingdom and " leave to enter" comes from the technical term for someone granted entry by UK immigration. This is first touched on in the second episode, "The Letter", when after getting a confusing letter from the UK Border Agency, Sean goes to his friend Dave (played by the show's producer, David Palliser), an anglicized Australian estate agent, for advice.
Many of the characters in the series are written for the specific actors playing them. Much of the cast met during drama training at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
The series is produced by David Palliser and Sean McConaghy, founders of Room Enough Productions.
Most of Leave To Enter is shot in the north London suburb of Crouch End. A vibrant and friendly community, already with a long history in the arts, it is both a location for the show and home of many its cast and crew. Businesses featured in the show are the bar Kiss The Sky, where Simon and Anthony are seen hanging out, Hot Pepper Jelly, where Sean confronts Donnla, and The Queens, where Sean is interviewed by Adam.