Overview
'My mam's always saying, the best thing to do with new things is just chuck yourself in at the deep end.' Liam is fifteen and he's just signed up for Bev Road Baths' first ever synchronised swimming team. It's for his best mate Caz really. She needs to get a team together to win the annual Project Prize at school. She tries every year. She always loses. But Liam's an optimist, he's determined to help. There's just one problem. Liam can't swim… A one-man musical comedy by award-winning duo Tom Wells and Matthew Robins, Drip was first seen as part of the Back to Ours programme for Hull UK City of Culture 2017. The play subsequently toured the UK in 2018, including runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Bush Theatre, London, in a production by Boundless Theatre and Script Club. This edition includes Matthew Robins' original sheet music. 'A really sweet show... enchants its audience... Tom Wells' script is beautifully written... full of joy, sorrow and unshielded honesty. It's a refreshing watch' — Broadway World 'An unalloyed delight... genuinely sweet and fun to watch' — The Times 'There's charm by the bucketload... as cockle-warming as they come' — WhatsOnStage 'Full of warm, generous humour and wry observation… it will leave you with a warmed heart and a spring in your step' — Exeunt Magazine 'Matthew Robins' music and Wells' lyrics feel like Victoria Wood for a new generation' — The Stage
Full Product Details
Author: Tom Wells ,
Matthew Robins
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
ISBN: 9781848428096
ISBN 10: 184842809
Pages: 72
Publication Date: 06 December 2018
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
A really sweet show... enchants its audience... Tom Wells' script is beautifully written... full of joy, sorrow and unshielded honesty. It's a refreshing watch. --Broadway World
'A really sweet show... enchants its audience... Tom Wells' script is beautifully written... full of joy, sorrow and unshielded honesty. It's a refreshing watch' * Broadway World * 'An unalloyed delight... genuinely sweet and fun to watch' * The Times * 'There's charm by the bucketload... as cockle-warming as they come' * WhatsOnStage * 'Full of warm, generous humour and wry observation… it will leave you with a warmed heart and a spring in your step' * Exeunt Magazine * 'Matthew Robins' music and Wells' lyrics feel like Victoria Wood for a new generation' * The Stage * 'A charming monologue piece with an interesting approach to teenage self-esteem… providing a wealth of extracts for individual students to perform' * Drama & Theatre Magazine *
Author Information
Tom Wells is a playwright whose work includes: 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 Matthew Robins is a multi-disciplinary artist from the West Country. His work includes animation, puppetry, short films, sculpture, and music, and he regularly tours with his band.
