Tom Green - Blog

Rapid Write Rewind - "Is There Anything I Could Wear?"

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:08:39 -0800

My short play "Is There Anything I Could Wear" will be at Theatre 503 from March 5th - March 10th (Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat matinee) as part of Rapid Write Rewind.The cast will be Conor Short and Rachel Dale, and it will be directed by Cecily Boys.
Photo: Ben Crawford

Here's the full information from Theatre 503 about Rapid Write Rewind (Book online)
Rapid Write Response is an event in which we invite playwrights to write a short response to our current production, inspired by any aspect of the performance including thematic concerns or character observations. We choose the best responses to be rehearsed, directed and performed over one evening.

For seven performances only, we have combined the very best of these responses to provide a writing extravaganza, "Rapid Write Rewind." These performances include responses to plays over the last 2 years and cover 9 of our previous productions. Featuring 16 writers within two programmes, the performances highlight the exciting array of talent of writers today.

Programme One: Mon 5th / Wed 7th / Fri 9th / Sat 10th (3pm Matinee)

Nick Wood - Come On Eileen (The Biting Point)
Omar El -Khairy - Polling Booth (The Charming Man)
Catherine Harvey - Building Walls (Beasts)
Paul Murphy - The Census Taker (The Consultant)

Tom Green - Is There Anything I Could Wear? (Madagascar)
Catherine McDonald - What Sam Told Me (Slaves)
Steve Lambert - Peter And Andy (Peter And Vandy)
Rashid Razaq - Hardcore (Porn The Musical)

Programme Two: Tue 6th / Thurs 8th / Sat 10th

Ros Wylie - Free (Slaves)
Christopher Harrisson - It Falls (The Swallowing Dark)
Georgina Burns - Mary (The Biting Point)
Afsaneh Gray - Old Bag (Beasts)

Jon Barton - Solicit (The Consultant)
Hannah Mulder - Seed (Breed)
Karis Halsall - The Phantom (Madagascar)
Chris Urch - Middle Of The Road (The Consultant)

Working with Little Brother

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:43:30 -0800

I've been fortunate enough to win a competition run by the Bafta-award winning production company, Little Brother. Which means that I've signed a contract on the development of an idea for a TV series. Which is quite definitely a big opportunity.

Talking In Bed at Theatre 503 by Tom Green - reviews

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:34:30 -0800

Great reviews for Old Bomb Theatre's production of my play Talking In Bed at Theatre 503.

London Festival Fringe ★★★★ "This play is a deftly-handled peek into the bedroom of four unrelated couples; and Tom Green’s observational comedy is highly watchable... What binds the characters most is that communication issues sleep under almost all pillows and, as the story unfolds the bedroom seems increasingly like a make-or-break gauntlet. Not everyone does makes it, but the insightful writing and honed direction keep you right there with them"

Remotegoat ★★★★ "Sharp, funny, touching, dramatic, thoughtful"

Spoonfed: "Tom Green’s punchy play, Talking In Bed at Theatre 503 oozes the sometimes uncomfortable truths experienced by bed-sharers, lovers and mismatches alike...Green exposes the naked truth – literally – and delves into the unspoken, unnamed and uncomfortable with ease and simultaneous daring."

The cast for the production were: Joseph Glynn, Rachel Dale, James Holmes, Ben Farrow, Adele Lynch, Martin Pirongs Vera Chok and Dan MacLane.

Directed by Cecily Boys
Designed by Zahra Mansouri
Lighting design: Simeon Miller
Sound design: George Dennis

Photos by Ben Crawford

Talking In Bed

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:39:01 -0800

My new play Talking In Bed is at Theatre 503 in London from Jan 10th 2011, directed by Cecily Boys for Old Bomb Theatre Productions.

For Ever England

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:42:46 -0800

My new radio drama, For Ever England, will be broadcast as an Afternoon Play on BBC Radio 4 at 2.15pm on 22nd September 2010 (and will be on BBC iPlayer for a week after that).

The cast is Gerard Horan, Tracie Bennett, Claire Harry, Alison Pettitt and Carl Rice and it is directed by Toby Swift.

The summary from the BBC Programmes page is:
Now living abroad, Steve discovers his estranged son Matt has been killed serving in Afghanistan. He returns to England anxious to do the right thing. But how do you begin to grieve for a child you never really knew?

Update:
The Daily Mail ★★★★ "A tough and moving drama"
The Independent "Pick of the day"

Gerard Horan

Here's the For Ever England script - not quite the final version, but close enough.

Podcasts for the Writers' Guild

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:46:09 -0800

I've started hosting regular (roughly monthly) podcasts for the Writers' Guild of Great Britain.

The first includes an interview with writer Jack Thorne and a discussion about the impact on writers of public spending cuts.

The podcasts can be played online, or downloaded from iTunes.

Fighting - script and photos

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:11:44 -0800

The run of my new play, Fighting, at the Brockley Jack, ended on Saturday. I was pretty much overwhelmed by the response it got - after the final performance a local regular told the assembled cast that it was the best show she'd ever seen at the venue.

It was a real pleasure working with the director Kate Bannister and the entire cast and crew.

Fighting
By Tom Green
First produced at the Brockley Jack theatre in London, February 2010

Directed by Kate Bannister

Cast: Daniel Brennan, Peter Clapp, Martin Durrant, Davin Eadie, Alex Gatehouse, Laura Glover, Lucy Gratton, Annabel Pemberton

Production: Karl Swinyard & Tanith Lindon
Design: Kate Bannister & Karl Swinyard
Costume: Tanith Lindon
Sound design: Joe Churchman
Lighting: William Ingham

Write Now season at the Brockley Jack

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:38:34 -0800

My new play, Fighting, will be performed at the Brockley Jack (23-27 February). Tickets are now on sale.

The play is part of the theatre's Write Now season, alongside Compression by Joy Wilkinson and The Bitch From Brixton by Kate Gallon and Kate-Lynn Hocking. Why not come and see them all?

Fighting by Tom Green

Directed by Kate Bannister

Cast: Daniel Brennan, Peter Clapp, Martin Durrant, Davin Eadie, Alex Gatehouse, Laura Glover, Lucy Gratton, Annabel Pemberton

Production: Karl Swinyard & Tanith Lindon
Design: Kate Bannister & Karl Swinyard
Costume: Tanith Lindon
Sound design: Joe Churchman
Lighting: William Ingham

The Habit Of Art

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:18:08 -0800

I wonder if Alan Bennett specified how old the writer should be in his new play The Habit Of Art. Author of a play (within the play) at the National Theatre about an imagined meeting between WH Auden and Benjamin Britten, he is, in this production, in his mid-30s.

While I enjoyed the play enormously, I didn't think for a moment that this character had written what we were seeing on stage - even the deliberately weird bits. And perhaps that didn't matter.

But, given that some of the strongest moments in the play come when Auden urges Britten to stop pussyfooting around and deal with things head-on, it's tempting to ponder whether Bennett thought about making the writer himself.

Fighting at the Brockley Jack

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:48:35 -0800

My new play Fighting will be produced by the Brockley Jack theatre in south east London from 23-27 Feb 2010.

Here's the press release:

Write Now: new play season for southeast London at the Brockley Jack Theatre

Thank you to all writers and companies who submitted scripts to the Brockley Jack Theatre for our festival of new writing in February and March 2010. The theatre received a tremendous amount of scripts from writers based throughout south London.

With some very strong writing and unique voices to consider, it was a challenge to come to the final decisions on the plays we will be working with on this occasion.

In February and March we will be giving the first public performances of Joy Wilkinson's Compression, Tom Green's Fighting and Kate Gallon and Katelynn Hocking's Ruthless. Further details of the productions will be released shortly.

Update (1st March): Fighting - script and production shots
Here's the leaflet for the Write Now Season: