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‘It’s the same story but it feels just as current’: Andrew Finnigan reprises his role in Drip at the Edinburgh Fringe and beyond

ANDREW FINNIGAN is making his Edinburgh Fringe debut in a role he knows well. In Drip, the one-man musical comedy by Tom Wells and Matthew Robins, he plays 15-year-old Liam who signs up to Hull’s first ever synchronised swimming team despite not being able to actually swim. Liam explores what it means to be a gay […]

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‘Accidental playwright’ Tom Wells on new musical Drip and its premiere in Hull UK City of Culture

TOM WELLS found widespread critical acclaim in 2011 for his play The Kitchen Sink, and has gone on to pen himself a prolific career as a playwright of warmth, humour and great compassion.  No accident, then, that the man behind the pen is equally genuine in person, says Aura Simon, who was glad to catch […]

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New musical Drip to receive premiere in Hull

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 […]

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