About me

Liam D Gillies is a neurodiverse writer from Liverpool with a focus on telling working class stories in a fresh, new, and often bazaar way.

Having to graduated with a distinction in writing comedy Liam went on to study theatre with the Royal Court and has since had many showplace produced across the country.

As well as having had sketches commissioned for BBC radio, Liam writers for the UK's leading online satire magazine The Daily Mash and is up for the 2025 Alfred Bradley Award.

My Plays

An Absurdist Play Set On A Boat


Synopsis:

An Absurdist Play Set On A Boat is an absurdist play that is set on a boat.


Number of Characters: 5


Minimum Number of Actors Required: 5


Length (in Pages): 50


Location: a boat


Key Words: absurdist


Has the Play Been Produced? Yes


Are the Rights Available? Yes


Has the Play Been Published? Yes


Award nominations/wins: Up Next festival 2025, Arts Funded 2026


Reviews:

The Sickest Man They Had Ever Seen


Synopsis:

Taking real stories from my own life to show the effects that emotional neglect in our youth can have on us as adults, this play is about two brothers emptying the loft of their childhood home and discovering they have different outlooks on how their childhoods shaped them.


Number of Characters: 2


Minimum Number of Actors Required: 2


Length (in Pages): 51


Location: a loft


Key Words: northern drama, trauma, two hander


Has the Play Been Produced? Yes


Are the Rights Available? Yes


Has the Play Been Published? Yes


Award nominations/wins:


Reviews:

Location

Liverpool

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