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Thomas Eccleshare

Writer

As a playwright Thomas has won the Verity Bargate Award, the Catherine Johnson Award and a Fringe First Award. His work has been performed extensively across the world and his first collection of plays is published by Oberon / Bloomsbury. His most recent play, Instructions for Correct Assembly opened at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court in a production directed by Hamish Pirie, starring Jane Horrocks and Mark Bonnar.

Thomas’ first television show, Witness Number Three (Story Films), a four-part drama for Channel 5, will be broadcast in 2022. He is currently making a pilot for Sky, directed by Peter Capaldi, as well as writing an episode of a forthcoming Apple TV show.

Thomas is co-artistic director of the visual theatre company Dancing Brick, with whom he has toured nationally and internationally. Dancing Brick has been nominated for two Total Theatre Awards and won the prestigious Arches Brick Award. Their next show, an adaptation of the Jaques Tati classic film PLAYTIME will premiere at the Royal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton, in 2022.

Credits

TELEVISION
Date: 2022
Production (role):
WITNESS NUMBER 3
Company:
Story Films
Project details:
4-Part Drama Series for Channel 5 starring Nina Toussaint-White
Date: 2022
Production (role):
REAL CHILDREN
Company:
Working Title / TOD / Sky Studios
Project details:
Pilot for Sky
Date: 2022
Production (role):
SCHTUM
Company:
Monumental Pictures
Project details:
Co-written with Tom Joseph

Script commissioned by Sky
Date: 2018
Production (role):
HEATHER
Company:
The Forge
Project details:
Script Commissioned by C4
Date: 2013
Production (role):
IN DEEP
(Co-Writer)
Company:
Big Talk Productions / BBC
Project details:
Starring Ashley Walters and Adam Deacon

Filmed as a BBC feed My Funny 2014
THEATRE
Date: 2018
Production (role):
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CORRECT ASSEMBLY
Company:
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
Date: 2017
Production (role):
HEATHER
Company:
Dancing Brick / Tobacco Factory Theatre / Bush Theatre
Project details:
Premiered at Edinburgh Fringe 2017

Date: 2016
Production (role):
I'm Not Here Right Now
Company:
Soho Theatre
Date: 2016
Production (role):
THE LIGHT PRINCESS
Company:
Tabacco Factory Theatre
Project details:
Inspired by George Macdonald's Original Fairytale
Date: 2013
Production (role):
L’ELISIR D’AMORE
Company:
The Kings Head
Date: 2011
Production (role):
PASTORAL
Company:
Soho Theatre
Project details:
WINNER - Verity Bargate Award for New Writing
FEATURE FILM
Date: 2015
Production (role):
STEREOTYPES (Co-Writer)
Company:
Four by Two – Sacha Baron Cohen Production Company
Project details:
Joint credit with Tom Joseph

Currently writing original film script

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): WITNESS NUMBER 3
    Company: Story Films
    Project details: 4-Part Drama Series for Channel 5 starring Nina Toussaint-White
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): REAL CHILDREN
    Company: Working Title / TOD / Sky Studios
    Project details: Pilot for Sky
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): SCHTUM
    Company: Monumental Pictures
    Project details: Co-written with Tom Joseph

    Script commissioned by Sky
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): HEATHER
    Company: The Forge
    Project details: Script Commissioned by C4
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): IN DEEP
    (Co-Writer)
    Company: Big Talk Productions / BBC
    Project details: Starring Ashley Walters and Adam Deacon

    Filmed as a BBC feed My Funny 2014
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): INSTRUCTIONS FOR CORRECT ASSEMBLY
    Company: Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
    Project details:
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): HEATHER
    Company: Dancing Brick / Tobacco Factory Theatre / Bush Theatre
    Project details: Premiered at Edinburgh Fringe 2017

  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): I'm Not Here Right Now
    Company: Soho Theatre
    Project details:
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): THE LIGHT PRINCESS
    Company: Tabacco Factory Theatre
    Project details: Inspired by George Macdonald's Original Fairytale
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): L’ELISIR D’AMORE
    Company: The Kings Head
    Project details:
  • Date:
    Production (role):
    Company:
    Project details:
  • Date: 2011
    Production (role): PASTORAL
    Company: Soho Theatre
    Project details: WINNER - Verity Bargate Award for New Writing
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): STEREOTYPES (Co-Writer)
    Company: Four by Two – Sacha Baron Cohen Production Company
    Project details: Joint credit with Tom Joseph

    Currently writing original film script
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