{"product_id":"9781350117556","title":"My Dad's Gap Year","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMy Dad's Gap Year\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTom Wright\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Playwriting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeriously William, you're eighteen and you're gay, for Christ's sake. You're meant to swim against the tide. A proper gap year is all about traveling. Seeing the world. Popping your cherry. This is our chance to start living. Me and you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of Dave; a dad in mid-life freefall who takes his repressed, gay, teenage son William on a wild adventure to Thailand. Gay love, straight love, trans love, buddy-love, drinking games and beer bellies. Fasten your seat belts, it's gonna be a mad one!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTom Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is a London based playwright and theatre director, originally from the Midlands. He is currently the Artist Development Coordinator at The Old Vic. He has participated in the Royal Court, Soho Theatre and Finborough Theatre's playwright groups, is a member of Mercury Musical Development's Advanced Writers' Lab, as well as working with Old Vic New Voices. Tom's debut play \u003ci\u003eMy Dad's Gap Year\u003c\/i\u003e will be presented at the Park Theatre in February 2019. It was first performed at the Tristan Bates Theatre, before being developed with Rikki Beadle-Blair for Team Angelica and revived at the Bush Theatre, London. Tom's second play\u003ci\u003e I Ain't Dumb \u003c\/i\u003ewas also developed with Team Angelica and supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation. It premiered at Theatre Royal Stratford East the following year. Tom was commissioned to adapt Jamie O'Neill's novel 'At Swim, Two Boys' into stage musical \u003ci\u003eRebel Song\u003c\/i\u003e which was nominated for the Stiles \u0026amp; Drewe Best New Song Prize, secured funding from Arts Council England and was selected as part of From Page To Stage to be performed at Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Other Palace. Short work includes \u003ci\u003eBroadcast\u003c\/i\u003e (Old Vic New Voices), \u003ci\u003eThree Sunrises\u003c\/i\u003e (St. James Theatre) and \u003ci\u003eI, We, Me\u003c\/i\u003e (Vaults Festival). His next full-length play \u003ci\u003eUndetectable\u003c\/i\u003e will premier at the King's Head Theatre in March 2019.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 February 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350117556\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e88\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.36\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332693098636,"sku":"9781350117556","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_f5919083-3d10-4933-81fd-549720a7369b.jpg?v=1783605055","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350117556","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}