Mark Wheeller

Mark Wheeller is one of the UK’s most widely performed playwrights for schools, youth theatres and drama festivals. His work is known for strong ensemble opportunities, flexible staging and powerful use of real-life stories.

His plays are performed widely by schools, youth theatres and professional companies. I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won’t Die and Kindness - A Legacy of the Holocaust are currently touring professionally, while Too Much Punch For Judy and Chicken enjoyed hugely successful professional tours and remain among his most performed plays.

In 2026, Game Over (Touring Edition) was published: a new 50-minute adaptation telling the true, tragic story of Breck Bednar. With a cast of 3 male and 3 female roles, it is especially suited to one-act drama festivals, youth theatres and school productions.

New editions of Can You Hear Me Major Tom?, Mark’s verbatim Bowie fan tribute play, and This Is For You, an immersive, Mick Ronson-inspired play about teenage love, unplanned pregnancy and consequences that echo through a lifetime, are now available from Stagescripts (dot com), alongside many of his other plays.

Mark’s plays Hard to Swallow, I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won’t Die and Missing Dan Nolan are set texts for Eduqas and OCR GCSE Drama, with supporting resource books available from Salamander Street.

His books Verbatim: The Fun of Making Theatre Seriously and The Story Behind… I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won’t Die are published by Salamander Street, who also publish much of his back catalogue.

Mark has been commissioned by organisations including Birmingham Rep and the Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke. His plays are available in print, on DVD and to stream, with additional material on his YouTube channel. He also offers workshops to schools in the UK and abroad.