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OverviewSeriously William, you’re eighteen and you’re gay, for Christ’s sake. You’re meant to swim against the tide. A proper gap year is all about traveling. Seeing the world. Popping your cherry. This is our chance to start living. Me and you. This is the story of Dave; a dad in mid-life freefall who takes his repressed, gay, teenage son William on a wild adventure to Thailand. Gay love, straight love, trans love, buddy-love, drinking games and beer bellies. Fasten your seat belts, it’s gonna be a mad one! Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tom WrightPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Methuen Drama Weight: 0.082kg ISBN: 9781350117556ISBN 10: 1350117552 Pages: 88 Publication Date: 30 January 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA riotous comedy with a serious subtext ... In-yer-face funny and full of vitality * British Theatre Guide * Plenty of laughs and an abundance of bare flesh, but Wright also delves deeper into the issues * The Stage * A hilarious comedy * Gay UK * An uneasy mix of funny and serious * Times * Author InformationTom Wright is a London based playwright and theatre director, originally from the Midlands. He is currently the Artist Development Coordinator at The Old Vic. He has participated in the Royal Court, Soho Theatre and Finborough Theatre’s playwright groups, is a member of Mercury Musical Development’s Advanced Writers’ Lab, as well as working with Old Vic New Voices. Tom’s debut play My Dad's Gap Year will be presented at the Park Theatre in February 2019. It was first performed at the Tristan Bates Theatre, before being developed with Rikki Beadle-Blair for Team Angelica and revived at the Bush Theatre, London. Tom’s second play I Ain't Dumb was also developed with Team Angelica and supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation. It premiered at Theatre Royal Stratford East the following year. Tom was commissioned to adapt Jamie O’Neill’s novel 'At Swim, Two Boys' into stage musical Rebel Song which was nominated for the Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize, secured funding from Arts Council England and was selected as part of From Page To Stage to be performed at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Other Palace. Short work includes Broadcast (Old Vic New Voices), Three Sunrises (St. James Theatre) and I, We, Me (Vaults Festival). His next full-length play Undetectable will premier at the King’s Head Theatre in March 2019. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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