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Tom Wells

Tom Wells

Tom Wells is a playwright whose work includes: Big Big Sky (Hampstead Theatre, 2021); Stuff (National Theatre Connections Festival, 2019); Drip, with music composed by Matthew Robins (Boundless Theatre, 2017/8); Broken Biscuits (Live Theatre/Paines Plough UK tour, 2016); Folk (Birmingham Rep & tour, 2016); Jumpers for Goalposts (Watford Palace Theatre, 2013); The Kitchen Sink (Bush Theatre, 2011) and Me, As A Penguin (Arcola Theatre, 2010).

Author photo by Richard Mildenhall
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Me, As A Penguin

Me, As A Penguin

By Tom Wells

A charmingly offbeat, surreal comedy of knitting, penguins and Battenberg.

Folk

Folk

By Tom Wells

Surprising and poignant, Folk is a hilarious and not-so-holy story of hope, coming together and finding your feet when your world is turned upside down.

The Kitchen Sink

The Kitchen Sink

By Tom Wells

An irresistibly funny and tender play about big dreams and small changes.

Broken Biscuits

Broken Biscuits

By Tom Wells

A beautiful, heart-warming, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story for our times.

Jumpers for Goalposts

Jumpers for Goalposts

By Tom Wells

A hilarious and heart-warming comedy about football, friendship and finding your way.

Big Big Sky

Big Big Sky

By Tom Wells

A beautifully tender new play that explores nature's influence on love, friendship and family – the belief that anyone who's lost can be found, even in the remotest of places.

Drip

Drip

By Tom Wells By (composer) Matthew Robins

A one-man musical comedy about a fifteen-year-old boy who finds himself in deep water when he joins a synchronised swimming team, even though he can't swim.

Stuff

Stuff

By Tom Wells

A play about friendship and loss – and the way people try to do the right thing for their mates when there isn't really a right thing to do. Written specifically for young people as part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival.

About a Goth

About a Goth

By Tom Wells

A short play about a young man who volunteers in old people's homes, and suffers paroxyms of love and hate for the residents.

Published in volume Me, As A Penguin
    Notes for First Time Astronauts

    Notes for First Time Astronauts

    By Tom Wells

    A comic monologue warning of the perils of self-abuse in zero gravity conditions.

    Published in volume Me, As A Penguin
      Spacewang

      Spacewang

      By Tom Wells

      A monologue play in which a teenage girl roams the streets of Withernsea in search of aliens.

      Published in volume The Kitchen Sink
        Jonesy

        Jonesy

        By Tom Wells

        A short play from the author of Jumpers for Goalposts.

        Published in volume Jumpers for Goalposts