A Paines Plough, Hull Truck and Watford Palace Theatre production
Jumpers For Goalposts
by Tom Wells
April - December 2013
Wells has given us another winner...Unreservedly recommended
***** The Independent
Synopsis
I’m not asking you to win. I’m asking you to just: chuck your face at it, have a, have a fucking good go at it. And then we’ll. Yeah. We’ll see.
Luke wants Danny, but Danny's got a secret. Joe wants to play second fiddle, but Geoff wants a headline gig. Viv just wants to beat the lesbians to the league title. Game on.
A hilarious and heart-warming comedy about football, friendship and finding your way from Tom Wells, winner of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright 2012 for the smash hit comedy THE KITCHEN SINK.
REVIEWS:
“Wells has given us another winner…Unreservedly recommended.”
★★★★★ The Independent
“You won’t know whether to laugh or cry (you’ll probably do both).”
★★★★★ Public Reviews
“Humane, funny and poignant…some TV company will soon be offering Wells a transfer. Watch him live while you can.”
★★★★ Sunday Times
“Tom Wells’ drama finds extraordinary beauty in the ordinary lives of its characters.”
★★★★ Financial Times
“A surprising, spirited new comedy…it opens its characters’ hearts, and it cracked open mine.”
★★★★ Sunday Express
“Balancing the comic with the emotionally touching…scores a number of goals.”
★★★★ Whatsonstage.com
“The comedy is lively, often uproarious…a stunning piece of writing – fresh, funny, painful, engaging.”
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