Sent To Cov

A queer women nervously brings her loving but boujee partner back to her hometown of Coventry for the very first time.

Creative Team

Writer: Tom Wright
Director: Tom Wright
Producers: Darius Shu & Tom Wright
Director of Photography: Darius Shu
Camera Assistant: Jade Jenkins
Gaffer: Mat Cooper
Sound Recordist: Nick Sounidis
Make Up Artist: Simi Ola
Production Manager: Jennifer Davis

Online Editor: Lex Balcolme
Colourist: Megan Lee
Sound Designer and Dubbing Mixer: Jane Lo
Music Composer: Peter Wilson
Script Consultants: Margaret Glover & Rikki Beadle-Blair

Commissioning Editor for Sky Arts: Vanessa Woodard
Executive Producers for Shoot Festival: Jennifer Davis & Paul O Donnell
Executive Producers for The Space: Sima Gonsai & Fiona Morris

Cast: Sam Butters, Comfort Fabian, Kimisha Lewis, Chanel McKenzie & Aimee Powell

*Premiered on Sky Arts national broadcast
*Selected for BFI Network Festival at Warwick Arts Centre
*Shortlisted for a Broadcast Digital Award

I Ain’t Dumb

A tough inner-city school, proud of its inclusivity, suddenly explodes in a rapidly escalating culture war.

It’s left to Natasha, grieving student, and Black Lives Matter activist, alongside streetwise gay-bestie Cieren, to try and desperately hold their classmates together. But what if Cieren is the reason everything is falling apart?

Sex secrets, hip-hop and hope fight for centre stage in this vibrant, loud and proud, real talk rollercoaster.

Creative Team

Writer: Tom Wright
Director: Rikki Beadle-Blair
Designer: Rikki Beadle-Blair
Lighting Designer: Arnim Friess
Composer & Sound Designer: Rikki Beadle-Blair
Dramaturgs: John R Gordon & Rikki Beadle-Blair
Stage Manager: Chloe Ashley
Producer: Steph J Weller
Venue: Belgrade Theatre

Cast: Sam Butters, Simon Castle, Vikas Gogana, Kimisha Lewis, Nicole Mbaeri, Harry Rose & Kavita Vyas

Press Quotes

‘Unapologetically presented without sugar-coating … Powerful stuff, indeed’
The Reviews Hub

‘Wright knows his subject and his city’
Elementary WhatsOn

‘Every teenage school student should see this play’
Big City Radio

‘Realistic, hard-hitting and gritty. Definitely one to watch’
West End Best Friend

Recorded Content

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Very Special Guest Star

In a desperate attempt to bring some spark back to their all-too-cosy coupled life, professional millennials Michael and Phil, switch a sherry on the couch for a night on the town. Their goal: to get in with the Generation Z by trying to get off with one.

Enter fit, sexy, confident Quasim. But the ‘just for one night’ adventure brings shocking revelations as Michael and Phil discover more about the 20-year-old boy in their bed than they ever wanted to know, and their suburban dream is shaken to its core.

Creative Team

Writer: Tom Wright
Director: Rikki Beadle-Blair
Designer: Natalie Johnson
Lighting Designer: Alex Thomas
Sound Designer: Rikki Beadle-Blair
Stage Manager: Chloe Ashley
Producer: Steph J Weller
Venue: Omnibus Theatre

Cast: Jonny Khan, Edd Muruako & Alan Turkington

Press Quotes

‘Thoroughly original play that simultaneously entertains, provokes and unsettles’
The Guardian

‘Writing like the adopted son of Joe Orton and J.B. Priestley’
The Reviews Hub

‘Smart, disquieting farce’
The Stage

‘Sizzles with wit, danger and vulnerability … Enthrals from start to finish … Doesn’t hold back’
London Theatre Reviews

Recorded Content

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Stockholm

A young gay man embarks on an unusual first date in a conquest to take control of his past.

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Creative Team

Writer: Tom Wright
Director: Tom Wright
Producer: Darius Shu
Director of Photography: Darius Shu
Camera Assistant: Holly Smyth
Lighting Assistant: Ekin Can Bayrakdar
Sound Recordist: Matt Senuik
Makeup and Hair Artist: Allison Edwards
Production Manager: Scarlet Wilderink

Editor: Darius Shu
Colourist: Karol Cybulski @ CHEAT
Post Colour Grading Producer: Carla Thomas @ CHEAT
Sound Designer: Eliran Sivan
Music Composer: Tom Foskett-Barnes

Cast: Rikki Beadle-Blair, Alex Britt & Max Percy

Press Quotes

‘Strikingly lensed … showcasing a brilliant, fearless performance’
The Queer Review

‘In his careful control of how much the viewer understands, Wright shows an impressively nuanced engagement with the psychological issues at hand’
Indy Reviews

‘Heartfelt. Captures the story of so many victims’
UK Film Review

‘Powerful short film’
Cinerama Film

Festivals & Awards

*Premiered at the BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival
*Selected for the LA LGBTQ+ Film Festival
*Winner ‘Best Cinematography’ at the LA LGBTQ+ Film Festival
*Selected for the Indianapolis LGBTQ+ Film Festival
*Selected for the Miami OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival
*Selected for Mixtape Festival London

Kweenship

An off-beat romance between a fierce but frustrated drag queen and a rough-sleeping Mancunian.

Creative Team

Writer: Tom Wright
Director: Topher Campbell
Director of Photography: Damian Daniel
1st Assistant Director: Marta de Nitto Personé
Producer: Kim Vithana
Line Producer: Kerryn Arcari
Makeup and Hair Artist: Laurie McQuire
Choreographer: Gabrielle Nimo
Stunt Coordinator: Kiel O’Shea
Assistant Production Manager: Jake Vithana
Administrative Assistant: Simon Robinson

Editor: James M. H. Wong
Colourist: James M. H. Wong
Online Editor: Robert Hamilton
Sound Designer: Alessio Festuccia
Music Composer: Darren J. Benjamin

Cast: Brayden Emmanuel, Lucie Lutte, Ewan Orton, Sam Sullivan & Freya Watson

Sirens

1942. A sharp-tongued drag queen attempts to romance a black American GI in the cellar of her East End pub. As enemy bombers cloud the skies above, a motley collection of local characters beat a hasty retreat to their door for shelter, where life (and love) gets complicated.

White Lies

Meet Leo, an earnest, embarrassingly privileged young white man. Desperate to be a socially responsible working actor, his original sin is being born the son of Britain’s most notorious right-wing television personality… When Leo lies about his name to join a queer multiracial feminist theatre ensemble, his two worlds collide to hilariously cringeworthy consequences.

Creative Team

Writer: Tom Wright
Director: Tom Wright
Designer: Luke W. Robson
Lighting Designer: Jai Morjaria
Composer & Sound Designer: Nicola Chang
Dramaturg: Rikki Beadle-Blair
Fight Director: Kiel O’Shea
Stage Manager: Roo Daya
Venue: Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Theatre

Sirens Cast: Harry Durcan, Brayden Emmanuel, Elly Fenton, Holly Martin, Eion Mullan, Ewan Orton, Nia Rees & Elliot Stribley

White Lies Cast: Anabelle Blake, Joseph Dowling, Sam Holis, Ria Marshall, Sabrina Puri, Isaiah St Jean, Millie Wilkie & Isa Wood

Undetectable

Hunky dream boy Lex and bright spark Bradley are falling for each other. Big time. After three months, Lex has decided that tonight’s the night… But Bradley’s not so sure he wants to go all the way. A tender, funny, uplifting love story for the post-chemsex generation, exploring the delicate emotions, moral dilemmas and personal demons we all take to bed with us.

Creative Team

Writer: Tom Wright
Director: Rikki Beadle-Blair
Designer: Rikki Beadle-Blair
Lighting Designer: Richard Lambert
Composer & Sound Designer: Rikki Beadle-Blair
Stage Manager: Marie Costa
Venue: King’s Head Theatre

Cast: Lewis Brown & Freddie Hogan

Press Quotes

‘Finger firmly on the pulse’
Gay Times

‘Impossible to criticise’
Londontheatre

‘One of the most provocative, evocative and inspired pieces of theatre I’ve seen’
Boyz

‘Wright’s nuanced approach to LGBTQ+ issues shows real promise’
The Stage

Recorded Content

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Awards

*Nominated for 3 x Off West End Awards including Best Ensemble, Best Director and Best Lighting Designer

My Dad’s Gap Year

This is the story of Dave, a dad in mid-life freefall who takes his repressed gay teenage son on a wild adventure to Thailand to lose his virginity, but promptly falls in love with a trans woman who helps him battle his alcoholism.

Creative Team

Writer: Tom Wright
Director: Rikki Beadle-Blair
Designer: Sarah Beaton
Lighting Designer: Derek Anderson
Sound Designer: Benjamin Winter
Dramaturgs: Rikki Beadle-Blair & John R Gordon
Stage Manager: Marie Costa
Producer: Alexandra Da Silva
Venue: Park Theatre

Cast: Alex Britt, Michelle Collins, Victoria Gigante, Adam Lannon & Max Percy

Press Quotes

‘A 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

‘The story zips along with a spontaneity that is electric’
Boyz

‘A loud and proud rollercoaster full of quick-change role reversals, risqué jokes and angry confrontations … There are no heroes or villains, just ordinary people working stuff out’
Culture Fly

Recorded Content

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Awards

*Nominated for 4 x Off West End Awards including Most Promising Playwright, Best New Play, Best Director and Best Female in a Supporting Role

Rebel Song

Jim & Doyler make a pact, that in a year they'll swim to Muglins rock and claim it for themselves. A story of boys in love during the Irish uprising of 1916. 

With music by Christopher Dickins, Rebel Song is an adaptation of the novel At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill.

Creative Team

Book & Lyrics: Tom Wright
Music & Lyrics: Christopher Dickins
Additional Music: Jacquelyn Hynes
Director: Bronagh Lagan (The Other Palace) & Lotte Wakeham (R&D)
Venue: The Other Palace

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*Finalist for Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize