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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), trended at number one on Netflix UK in 2023. He has contributed multiple episodes to the Apple TV+ hits CRIMINAL RECORD and HIJACK. He is currently writing shows for Sky in the UK and Lionsgate in the US.

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 most recent show, an adaptation of the Jaques Tati classic film PLAYTIME, premiered at the Royal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton, in 2022.

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TELEVISION
Date: TBC
Production (role):
CTRL
Company:
Moonage
Date: TBC
Production (role):
NEWTON & THE COUNTERFEITER
Company:
Lionsgate International
Date: TBC
Production (role):
SCHTUM
Company:
Monumental Pictures / Sky
Project details:
Co-written with Tom Joseph
Date: 2026
Production (role):
CRIMINAL RECORD 2
Company:
TOD / Apple TV+
Project details:
Writer, Episodes 3 and 7
Date: 2026
Production (role):
HIJACK 2
Company:
60Forty / Apple TV+
Project details:
Writer, Episode 4
Date: 2024
Production (role):
REAL CHILDREN
Company:
Working Title / TOD / Sky Studios
Project details:
Pilot for Sky, directed by Peter Capaldi, starring Anne Marie Duff
Date: 2024
Production (role):
CRIMINAL RECORD
Company:
TOD / Apple TV+
Project details:
Writer, Episode 6
Date: 2022
Production (role):
WITNESS NUMBER THREE
Company:
Story Films
Project details:
4-part thriller for Channel 5 starring Nina Toussaint-White. Number 1 trending on Netflix UK.
Date: 2018
Production (role):
HEATHER
Company:
The Forge
Project details:
Script Commissioned by C4 based on Thomas' play
THEATRE
Date: 2022
Production (role):
PLAYTIME
Company:
Dancing Brick / Royal and Derngate Northampton
Project details:
Co-devised with the company
Date: 2018
Production (role):
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CORRECT ASSEMBLY
Company:
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
Date: 2018
Production (role):
PERLE
Company:
Dancing Brick for Soho Theatre and the British Council International Theatre Showcase Shanghai
Project details:
Co-devised with Valentina Ceschi for Dancing Brick
Date: 2017
Production (role):
HEATHER
Company:
Bush Theatre / Tobacco Factory Theatre
Project details:
WINNER: Fringe First

Date: 2016
Production (role):
I'M NOT HERE RIGHT NOW
Company:
Soho Theatre
Date: 2016
Production (role):
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS
Company:
Dancing Brick for the Unicorn Theatre
Project details:
Co-devised with Valentina Ceschi for Dancing Brick
Date: 2016
Production (role):
THE LIGHT PRINCESS
Company:
Tabacco Factory Theatre
Project details:
Adapted from George Macdonald's Original Fairytale
Date: 2014
Production (role):
THE SNOW CHILD
Company:
Dancing Brick for the Unicorn Theatre, Sheffield Crucible and Lincoln Centre, New York
Project details:
Co-devised with Valentina Ceschi for Dancing Brick
Date: 2013
Production (role):
L’ELISIR D’AMORE
Company:
Opera Up Close at The Kings Head
Date: 2013
Production (role):
PASTORAL
Company:
Soho Theatre / Hightide Festival
Project details:
WINNER: Verity Bargate Award for New Writing

WINNER: Catherine Johnson Award

NOMINATED: Off-West End Award for Most Promising Writer
Date: 2012
Production (role):
HANNAH AND IKE
Company:
Dancing Brick for the Napoli International Festival of Theatre
Project details:
Co-devised with Valentina Ceschi for Dancing Brick
Date: 2010
Production (role):
6.0: HOW HEAP AND PEBBLE TOOK ON THE WORLD AND WON
Company:
Dancing Brick for Battersea Arts Centre
Project details:
Co-devised with Valentina Ceschi for Dancing Brick. National and International Tour.

WINNER: The Guardian's Best of the Fringe

NOMINATED: Total Theatre Award, Best Emerging Company
Date: 2009
Production (role):
21:13
Company:
Dancing Brick
Project details:
Co-devised with Valentina Ceschi for Dancing Brick. National and International Tour.

NOMINATED: Total Theatre Award, Best New Company
FEATURE FILM
Date: 2015
Production (role):
STEREOTYPES
Company:
Four by Two – Sacha Baron Cohen Production Company
Project details:
Co-written with Tom Joseph

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: TBC
    Production (role): CTRL
    Company: Moonage
    Project details:
  • Date: TBC
    Production (role): NEWTON & THE COUNTERFEITER
    Company: Lionsgate International
    Project details:
  • Date: TBC
    Production (role): SCHTUM
    Company: Monumental Pictures / Sky
    Project details: Co-written with Tom Joseph
  • Date: 2026
    Production (role): CRIMINAL RECORD 2
    Company: TOD / Apple TV+
    Project details: Writer, Episodes 3 and 7
  • Date: 2026
    Production (role): HIJACK 2
    Company: 60Forty / Apple TV+
    Project details: Writer, Episode 4
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): REAL CHILDREN
    Company: Working Title / TOD / Sky Studios
    Project details: Pilot for Sky, directed by Peter Capaldi, starring Anne Marie Duff
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): CRIMINAL RECORD
    Company: TOD / Apple TV+
    Project details: Writer, Episode 6
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): WITNESS NUMBER THREE
    Company: Story Films
    Project details: 4-part thriller for Channel 5 starring Nina Toussaint-White. Number 1 trending on Netflix UK.
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): HEATHER
    Company: The Forge
    Project details: Script Commissioned by C4 based on Thomas' play
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): PLAYTIME
    Company: Dancing Brick / Royal and Derngate Northampton
    Project details: Co-devised with the company
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): INSTRUCTIONS FOR CORRECT ASSEMBLY
    Company: Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
    Project details:
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): PERLE
    Company: Dancing Brick for Soho Theatre and the British Council International Theatre Showcase Shanghai
    Project details: Co-devised with Valentina Ceschi for Dancing Brick
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): HEATHER
    Company: Bush Theatre / Tobacco Factory Theatre
    Project details: WINNER: Fringe First

  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): I'M NOT HERE RIGHT NOW
    Company: Soho Theatre
    Project details:
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS
    Company: Dancing Brick for the Unicorn Theatre
    Project details: Co-devised with Valentina Ceschi for Dancing Brick
  • Date: 2016
    Production (role): THE LIGHT PRINCESS
    Company: Tabacco Factory Theatre
    Project details: Adapted from George Macdonald's Original Fairytale
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): THE SNOW CHILD
    Company: Dancing Brick for the Unicorn Theatre, Sheffield Crucible and Lincoln Centre, New York
    Project details: Co-devised with Valentina Ceschi for Dancing Brick
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): L’ELISIR D’AMORE
    Company: Opera Up Close at The Kings Head
    Project details:
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): PASTORAL
    Company: Soho Theatre / Hightide Festival
    Project details: WINNER: Verity Bargate Award for New Writing

    WINNER: Catherine Johnson Award

    NOMINATED: Off-West End Award for Most Promising Writer
  • Date: 2012
    Production (role): HANNAH AND IKE
    Company: Dancing Brick for the Napoli International Festival of Theatre
    Project details: Co-devised with Valentina Ceschi for Dancing Brick
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): 6.0: HOW HEAP AND PEBBLE TOOK ON THE WORLD AND WON
    Company: Dancing Brick for Battersea Arts Centre
    Project details: Co-devised with Valentina Ceschi for Dancing Brick. National and International Tour.

    WINNER: The Guardian's Best of the Fringe

    NOMINATED: Total Theatre Award, Best Emerging Company
  • Date: 2009
    Production (role): 21:13
    Company: Dancing Brick
    Project details: Co-devised with Valentina Ceschi for Dancing Brick. National and International Tour.

    NOMINATED: Total Theatre Award, Best New Company
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): STEREOTYPES
    Company: Four by Two – Sacha Baron Cohen Production Company
    Project details: Co-written with Tom Joseph
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