Nick Hern Books, 2010

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Roles: Total (1), Female (0), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...A short monologue play about a young man who volunteers in old people’s homes and suffers paroxysms of love and hate for its residents. Nick is seventeen, a Goth and gay. In between volunteering at his local old people...

Nick Hern Books, 2021

NHB Modern Plays

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Acts: 3, Scenes: 7, Roles: Total (4), Female (2), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...Tom Wells's play Big Big Sky is an offbeat drama set in the author’s original hometown of Kilnsea, East Yorkshire, exploring nature's influence on love, friendship and family. It was first performed at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, London...

Nick Hern Books, 2016

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Scenes: 10, Roles: Total (3), Female (2), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...Tom Wells's play Broken Biscuits is a coming-of-age story about three teenagers who decide to solve their personal problems by forming a band. It was first performed at Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 5 October 2016, at the start...

Nick Hern Books, 2016

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Scenes: 5, Roles: Total (3), Female (2), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...Tom Wells' play Folk is a comedy about three unconventional people finding themselves through music. It was first performed at The STUDIO at Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 14 April 2016 at the start of a tour by Birmingham Repertory...

Nick Hern Books, 2013

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Scenes: 6, Roles: Total (5), Female (1), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...A comedy drama about a five-a-side football team in Hull who are down on their luck. Barely Athletic are part of a four-team five-a-side football league which Viv, their bullish head coach, is desperate to win...

Nick Hern Books, 2010

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Acts: 3, Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (5), Female (1), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...Tom Wells’ professional debut play is an offbeat comedy about coming out, knitting, penguins and Battenberg cake. Stitch is hitting the gay scene in Hull. Or at least dipping his toe in the water whilst staying with his...

Nick Hern Books, 2010

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Acts: 1

...A comic monologue from Tom Wells warning of the perils of self-abuse in zero gravity conditions. Our unnamed male narrator is about to take off into space as the cameraman on board a rocket to the moon. However...

Nick Hern Books, 2011

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Roles: Total (1), Female (1), Male (0), Unassigned (0)

...A short monologue in which a teenage girl roams the streets of Withernsea in search of aliens. Nora may seem your stereotypical fourteen-year-old girl: playing truancy and nicking vodka to neck behind the wheelie bins...

Nick Hern Books, 2021

NHB Modern Plays

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Scenes: 2, Roles: Total (9), Female (5), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...Tom Wells's play Stuff is a comedy drama about friendship and loss. Written specifically for young people, and catering for an ensemble cast of teenagers, the play formed part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival...

Nick Hern Books, 2011

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Acts: 4, Scenes: 14, Roles: Total (5), Female (2), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Tom Wells’ second full-length play to be professionally produced is about a family in crisis. The Kitchen Sink was a commercial and critical success on its premiere, praised for its inventive turn of phrase, which the Guardian likened...