Katie Owen

Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London…

Megan, a 16-year-old with a hearing impairment, is on her first few days at a mainstream school, where she meets Jake and his group of friends. At first, she seems like an outsider, but Jake tries to break down the communication barrier.