One-man musical comedy Drip will premiere in Hull in November as part of the Back To Ours Festival for the Hull UK City of Culture.
Produced by Script Club in partnership with Boundless Theatre and performed by Andrew Reed, the story of a teenage boy who signs up for Hull’s first synchronised swimming team even though he can’t swim, has been written by Tom Wells with music by Matthew Robins.
Drip was created with and for young people in Hull through the Script Club project which takes writers back to their hometown to work in the local community to produce new works.
The first musical to result from the Script Club project, Drip is the second piece from Wells who also created the first Script Club production, Cosmic.
Directed by Jane Fallowfield, the musical will play venues, including Hull Truck Theatre from 1-10 November, as part of the city’s Back to Ours programme which takes high-quality new work to local communities. The production is funded by Arts Council England, Hull City Council and Hull City of Culture.
Commenting on the production, Boundless Theatre artistic director Rob Drummer said: “It is a real privilege to be supporting Script Club and partnering on the production of Drip by Tom Wells. This is an exciting and innovative model that places young adults at the heart of new writing, leading to the world premiere of a new play in Hull.
Drip will be performed by actor Andrew Reed
“Boundless Theatre exists to promote and challenge what theatre for teenage and young adult audiences can be and we’re thrilled to be working with such talented artists at an exciting moment for Hull during the City of Culture year.”
Drip’s writer Wells added: “I’ ve really enjoyed working with groups of teenagers in Hull as part of the writing process. I hope some of their spirit, humour and insight shines out of the play.”
Boundless Theatre also announced the opening of a script submission window in the hope of finding more new work aimed at 15-25 year olds. Part of the theatre’s continuing commitment to discovering, developing and producing the best new plays for a young adult audience, the submission period will close on 9 December.
Submissions can be made through the Boundless Theatre website and all scripts will be read by the artistic and producing team along with a panel of young adults representing the target audience.
Boundless’ Drummer commented: “Theatre is the perfect space to forge community and at a time when growing up in an uncertain world dominates our timelines, feeds and airwaves; we have a sophisticated, activist and demanding audience who need authentic stories that represent the experience of being young right now.
“We want to meet new writers, theatre makers and storytellers who have work that will connect to 15-25 year olds and that we can take out to audiences across the country. Alongside commissioning we want to meet writers who may be unknown to us; with this first submission window we are asking playwrights to provoke us with ambitious new work that will resonate with our audiences.”
Angela Thomas
www.boundlesstheatre.org.uk/productions/drip/
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