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Orphaned at a young age, Tom was adopted by his auntie Mabel and her husband, a fish merchant in North Shields. Tom himself eventually followed his adopted father into the fishing trade, having had various jobs and having travelled the world whilst serving in the Navy during the Second World War. He became a writer in his 40s, when, encouraged by CP Taylor, he started to write plays and stories about the people and places he knew. Plays such as The Filleting Machine were to mark the beginning of a long career of writing for theatre and television which has included some of the best loved plays written from and about the North East and its people. Tom s work is rich with the voices of the people he has known and with the stories and experiences of ordinary working class life. This event will take the audience on a biographical journey through Tom s life with extracts from many of his plays including The Filleting Machine, Seafarers, The Long Line, God Bless Thee Jackie Maddison and Francie Nichol.

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Director: Gez Casey