Tom Wainwright is a writer/performer based in Bristol. His first play Muscle, developed at Residence received a national tour from Hull Truck Theatre in association with Bristol Old Vic. Between 2008 and 2010 he developed a multi-media solo show Pedestrian (co-commissioned and produced by Theatre Bristol and Bristol Old Vic) which went on to be a sell out at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010 and toured nationally throughout 2011. He is currently developing a new solo show, Buttercup, which will tour nationally this Autumn and is working on a collaboration with fellow Residence member Sam Halmarack, Psychodrama, which will tour in Spring 2013. Other writing credits include Emo (ATC/Bristol Old Vic Young Company), Hansel and Gretel and 10W2 (Theatre Royal Bath, The Egg – Urban Arts and Shakespeare Unplugged respectively), Run and Fallen (Bristol Old Vic Young Company) and Come to Where I’m From (Paines Plough). Other Bristol Old Vic credits include Love in Idleness, The Grill Chef and sell-out Christmas sketch-show Jesus Christ it’s Christmas; as well as two previous solo shows One and Everything is Mailer Daemon (Paper Aeroplane Theatre Company). As an actor Wainwright has worked for Bristol Old Vic, Tobacco Factory, Theatre Alibi, Scamp Theatre, Myrtle Theatre, Bodies in Flight, BBC1 and Radio 4 and he has performed with and managed international street show The Big Heads. Tom is a member of Residence, a collective of artists who make work and collaborate in old record shop in Bristol. He was briefly editor of Venue Magazine in early 2012.