Podcast: Bouncing together with Tom Derrington

Writer Tom Derrington on bringing his play Bounce to Lion and Unicorn Theatre

Tom Derrington has been entertaining us already this yr together with his month-to-month diary, detailing simply what a author will get as much as when making an attempt to get his performs on to the stage. You can learn his month-to-month entries right here.

Back in March he talked about that he was hopeful that he can be seeing certainly one of his performs coming to London quickly, which might mark his London stage debut. So we had been delighted when he confirmed dates had been booked, particularly once we heard it was going to be at Lion and Unicorn Theatre, which is all the time certainly one of our favorite locations to go to.

It appeared the right time to ask him on to the podcast then to speak in regards to the play, what it’s like asking your mom to be in it, and whether or not having London dates in your c.v. is a crucial step for a playwright.

Bounce

Lion and Unicorn Theatre

6 – 10 June

Jesse is electrical! A self-made millionaire, motivational life coach, best-selling writer and showman. He travels the world, serving to tens of hundreds of individuals to uncover their true objective and take management of their future. But when a younger man dwelling with melancholy is reworked throughout certainly one of Jesse’s intense reside occasions, issues rapidly unravel. Sylvia, his mom, is determined to search out out what occurred to her son. Unable to grasp, she books herself a ticket, takes a seat within the entrance row and seeks to uncover the solutions she wants. 

Award profitable playwright Tom Derrington’s new play BOUNCE! is a uncooked, humorous and deeply shifting two-hander about psychological well being and the potential hazards of the self-improvement circus. 

Tickets avaiable right here.