Drip
Published on 6. December 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-1-84842-809-6 (ISBN)
Description
'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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
'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 *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
91 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84842-809-6 (9781848428096)
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Tom Wells' other plays include Broken Biscuits, Folk, Jumpers for Goalposts and The Kitchen Sink (winner of the 2012 George Devine Award and the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright).
Matthew Robins is a multi-disciplinary artist and musician, whose work encompasses puppetry, film, music, sculpture, drawing and performance.
Matthew Robins is a multi-disciplinary artist and musician, whose work encompasses puppetry, film, music, sculpture, drawing and performance.