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Mark Wheeller

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Playwright published by Salamander Street Rep by MBA Literary Agents David Bowie fan New musical - 1 EVACUEE inspired by mum’s evacuation Most performed play - TOO MUCH PUNCH FOR JUDY CAN YOU HEAR ME MAJOR TOM? - verbatim fan tribute Bowie play

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Chequered Flags to Chequered Futures: New revised and updated 2020 version : Wheeller, Mark: Amazon.co.uk: Books Chequered Flags to Chequered Futures: New revised and updated 2020 version : Wheeller, Mark: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Staggering price drop for this on Amazon! I have no idea how they do it. It’s being presented next year and I’d love others to take this opportunity to look at it. It’s £3

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12.09.2025 23:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A reminder that Elgin High School is hosting a @moraycouncil.bsky.social funded performance of 'I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die' by @markwheeller.bsky.social next Tues Sep 16. Doors open at 5:30pm for a 6pm start. Tickets are FREE and available from www.tickettailor.com/.../danielsp...

09.09.2025 09:13 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Wheellerplays Zoom/TEAMS sessions for Schools. Prices - see description below.
YouTube video by Mark Wheeller Wheellerplays Zoom/TEAMS sessions for Schools. Prices - see description below.

Wheellerplays Zoom/TEAMS sessions for Schools. Prices - see description on YouTube clip.

youtu.be/9KqQ2C0em1Y

03.09.2025 17:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Circus Source Episode 1: A Conversation with Charlie Wheeller I had the opportunity to chat with Cyr Wheel legend Charlie Wheeller in Las Vegas after the 2024 Cyrs and Beers event- we had a lovely talk about the merits of circus school, different acrobatic backgrounds, scary tricks, training different disciplines, and more! Charlie is amazing- please check out his social media at: https://www.instagram.com/charliewheeller/ https://www.youtube.com/user/Farley00 Special thanks to @DJeffvegas1 for the theme music- check him out (he's a Cirque du Soleil legend) over at https://www.djeffhoule.com

I had the opportunity to chat with Cyr Wheel legend Charlie Wheeller in Las Vegas after the 2024 Cyrs and Beers event

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17.07.2025 22:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“All over after another standing ovation at The Dig For Victory Festival. What an incredible journey One Evacuee has been. Organisers loved it. Has audience of about 150 and lots of other onlookers. People said we should be touring all the 'victory' festivals. Lots of amazing compliments.”

13.06.2025 22:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Ape Theatre Company - Potent TOO MUCH PUNCH FOR JUDY extract
YouTube video by Mark Wheeller Ape Theatre Company - Potent TOO MUCH PUNCH FOR JUDY extract

Ape Theatre Company - Potent TOO MUCH PUNCH FOR JUDY extract
youtu.be/j1QdA5TkwqA

17.05.2025 08:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
WheellerSongs 34f: SWEEPING TO VICTORY - at Stantonbury YT 1981 - BLACKOUT
YouTube video by Mark Wheeller WheellerSongs 34f: SWEEPING TO VICTORY - at Stantonbury YT 1981 - BLACKOUT

Just heard that David Nurse sang this to his colleagues at work to celebrate VE DAY!

WheellerSongs 34f: SWEEPING TO VICTORY - at Stantonbury YT 1981 - BLACKOUT
youtu.be/tprOoZshVBc

08.05.2025 12:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Post new commission play transcription relaxation time with the wonderful Dusty. X

01.05.2025 16:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One Evacuee - Tobacco Factory Theatres

Thrilled to announce the Premiere of 1 EVACUEE at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol!

tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/one-ev...

01.05.2025 09:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Schools theatre: the case for the defence | Ryan Gilbey Ryan Gilbey: School plays are often considered less than legitimate theatre, but for me they were a revelation – and having an inspirational drama teacher helped

Just been reminded of this article which came out at the time of the original STOP THE TRAFFIK play.

www.theguardian.com/stage/theatr...

01.05.2025 08:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Easter message…

17.04.2025 19:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Free performing rights for PANDEMEXPLOSION continue to March 2026 following the premiere in July 2025.

08.04.2025 12:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Very excited to have started work on a new commission today. One idea is that it could be performed here as a promenade play. You know how I love them!

04.04.2025 17:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Attending the webinar for #ReportCard2025, that shows: poverty limits access to Arts education. Students in the most deprived areas are far less likely to study Expressive Arts at GCSE + A Level. Where you grow up should not determine your future www.culturallearningalliance.org.uk/evidence/

03.04.2025 18:11 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 0
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MANCHESTER... www.voicesoftheholocaust.org.uk will be with you for our FIRST PUBLIC EVENT IN MANCHESTER on 24th April at King David's School. They are selling tickets SUPER CHEAPLY!

30.03.2025 18:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Clevedon School Musical Theatre Goes from Strength to Strength By Education Correspondent Clevedon School’s Musical Theatre department continues to thrive, securing five major wins at the David Beach Awards and two trophies at the County Drama Festival in March....

Glowing report on the work of Clevedon School who have just teased their forthcoming premiere of my musical 1 EVACUEE.

www.goodnewspost.co.uk/clevedon-sch...

28.03.2025 21:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Too Much Punch for Judy (paperback) Buy the eBook here Buy the DVD here Buy the learning resource here Buy the special offer bundle here

Just done the loveliest Teams session with a Yr 13 group in Auckland NZ who are presenting a fabulous interpretation of the latest TOO MUCH PUNCH FOR JUDY script. Thank you for the invitation to work with you.

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28.03.2025 21:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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First time sitting in the garden for us OAP’s this year.

25.03.2025 14:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
1 EVACUEE IN THOUSANDS - Pro Showcase of 1 EVACUEE - large cast musical about the WWII evacuation
YouTube video by Mark Wheeller 1 EVACUEE IN THOUSANDS - Pro Showcase of 1 EVACUEE - large cast musical about the WWII evacuation

1 EVACUEE IN THOUSANDS - Pro Showcase of 1 EVACUEE - large cast musical about the WWII evacuation
youtu.be/A1TG6RbwAA8

23.03.2025 18:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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5 years ago today our country went into the first lockdown. It inspired my play PandemeXplosion... and it has now been teased ready for it's official premiere by Chase Terrace Academy in Lichfield this July.

23.03.2025 15:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Last night, Chase Terrace Academy’s talented CTA Theatre Company’s Festival Cast took to the stage at @The_Garrick for the ‘Ignite Schools Festival’, teasing an extract from Pandemexplosion by @MarkWheeller prior to their July premiere of the play.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/mrxpv7kv

20.03.2025 15:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
I Love you, Mum - I promise I won't Die | What's On - The List

If you’re in or near York on Friday and Saturday this week.

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19.03.2025 15:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Amusing today. In a school where they’d had to do costume design for ILYM & one lad had done a very elaborate one complete with assisted walking stick because I must be so old… and a flat cap! 😂. They wanted to differentiate me from Dans friends & relatives by age!

I was young once!

18.03.2025 18:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Home New and Recommended Before We Go Live: Navigating the Abusive World of Online Entertainment by Stephen Flavall (paperback) £10.99 Add to basket Quick view

… and then there was our play to celebrate it:

ONE MILLION TO STOP THE TRAFFIK (2023) Section 2 - MAST YT - full script from Salamander Street.
youtu.be/wYPlalSHypQ

18.03.2025 07:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Waiting lists for future play tours of Scotland, London & Northern Ireland email play@dsmfoundation.org.uk for find out more & for the filmed versions (English & Scottish) of the play, with a workshop staff deliver to embed messages.

That’s in addition to the offer in the photo.

15.03.2025 13:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pandemexplosion Pandemexplosion shares positive journeys through the pandemic, contrasted with the horror of the 2020 Port of Beirut explosion, as a verbatim play. Commissioned by International School of London, Pand...

Free performing rights continue to March 2026 after the July 2025 premiere.

5 years since COVID started. In PANDEMEXPLOSION An actor from TOP BOY, a rapper, school students & a UK scientist tell their stories. Then there’s the horrific Beirut port explosion.

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09.03.2025 21:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
I Love You, Mum I Promise I Won't Die - Ever Unique rehearsals 2025 in Northern Ireland 2/2.
YouTube video by Mark Wheeller I Love You, Mum I Promise I Won't Die - Ever Unique rehearsals 2025 in Northern Ireland 2/2.

Today is the 2nd day EverUnique are on tour. Here’s my 2nd (& final) video of them in rehearsal.

I hear it went down very well yesterday.
youtu.be/yn9ynzEjqQM

25.02.2025 10:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Game Over (paperback) Buy the eBook here Buy the resource pack here Buy the DVD here Buy the special offer bundle here

Today should always be a lovely birthday day for Lorin but… it must always be shadowed (overshadowed?) by the appalling truth that it was selected by her sons murderer to be the date of his murder.

I wish you a happy birthday Lorin.

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17.02.2025 15:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wonderful to see the powerful work that Voices of the Holocaust continue to do with our play KINDNESS. Great to see it in a school setting for the first time.

16.02.2025 12:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
EYES OF A CHILD - 1 EVACUEE - Professional showcase at Southampton's STAGE DOOR THEATRE.
YouTube video by Mark Wheeller EYES OF A CHILD - 1 EVACUEE - Professional showcase at Southampton's STAGE DOOR THEATRE.

I have always been very proud of this song & now, for 1 EVACUEE, it has a new arrangement.

Can’t wait to see it in the full context of the musical based on my mums evacuation story.

EYES OF A CHILD - 1 EVACUEE - Professional showcase at Southampton's STAGE DOOR THEATRE.
youtu.be/hDKRNNEiy5Y

11.02.2025 16:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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