Mark Wheeller

Although Mark’s name is not well-known outside schools and colleges, he is one of the most-performed playwrights in Britain. Too Much Punch For Judy has been performed over 6,000 times and Chicken nearly 6,000.  His most recent play Game Over, the tragic story of the grooming and murder of Breck Bednar has now been published by his new publisher Salamander Street who have taken on many of Mark’s plays.

I Love You Mum – I Promise I Won’t Die was premiered at the Brit School, is published by Bloomsbury and is toured by Wizard Theatre Company.

Missing Dan Nolan and Hard to Swallow are both set texts for the GSCE Drama 9-1 exams.

Mark has also written a books about his work (Drama Schemes, The Story Behind Too Much Punch For Judy, Drama Club & Hard to Swallow – Easy to Digest) and has another about his favourite play Race to be Seen in preparation.  Many of Mark’s plays are now released on DVD. All of these, along with the books are also available from www.SalamanderStreet.com

He is a retired Drama teacher, Youth Theatre Director and now a playwright/and TIE consultant internationally.

He runs workshops across the world and in the last few years across the UK, Luxembourg, Hong Kong and Dubai.