Tom Morton-Smith
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Biography
Tom Morton-Smith is an Olivier Award winning playwright and screenwriter.
Tom’s adaptation for stage of MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO opened at the Barbican in 2022, winning five Whats On Stage awards and six Olivier awards, including for best play. An RSC production, it then transferred to the Gillian Lynne theatre in 2025.
Tom’s 2015 play, OPPENHEIMER, charting the life of J Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the atomic bomb, was written for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and opened at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, before transferring to the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End. THE EARTHWORKS appeared at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, in May and June 2017. It appeared as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Mischief Festival and was directed by the RSC’s Deputy Artistic Director, Erica Whyman. It was revived in 2024 at the Young Vic.
He is developing his play PSYCHODRAMA into a feature length screenplay for Drama Republic, and a thriller THE VALLEY OF HINNOM for Yann Zenou Entertainment.
Credits
Theatre
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO 2025 |
Gillian Lynne Theatre / Royal Shakespeare Company / NipponTV / Joe Hisaishi |
Dir. Phelim McDermott |
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THE EARTHWORKS 2024 |
Young Vic |
Dir. Andrea Ling |
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MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO 2022 – 2024 |
Royal Shakespeare Company / NipponTV / Joe Hisaishi / Barbican Theatre |
Dir. Phelim McDermott |
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RAVENS: SPASSKY VS. FISCHER 2019 |
Hampstead Theatre |
Dir. Annabelle Comyn |
|
OPPENHEIMER 2018 |
Rogue Machine |
Dir: John Perrin Flynn. American premiere |
|
EARTHWORKS 2017 |
RSC |
Dir. Erica Whyman |
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OPPENHEIMER 2015 |
Vaudeville Theatre |
Dir: Angus Jackson |
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OPPENHEIMER 2015 |
Royal Shakespeare Company |
Dir: Angus Jackson |
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IN DOGGERLAND 2013 |
Box of Tricks/UK Tour |
Dir. Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder |
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EVERYDAY MAPS FOR EVERYDAY USE 2012 |
Finborough Theatre |
Second Place: Papatango Festival |
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IN DOGGERLAND 2011 |
Theatre503: LabFest |
Dir: Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder |
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VENISON 2010 |
Yellowtale Theatre/The Hawth, Crawley |
Dir. Robin Belfield |
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BLUNDERBUSS 2009 |
The Theatre, Chipping Norton |
A collaboration with composer Jon Nicholls. Dir. Anna Tolputt. |
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EVERYDAY MAPS FOR EVERYDAY USE 2009 |
Old Vic |
Rehearsed Reading. Dir. Derek Bond. |
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UNCERTAINTY 2008 |
Sincera Productions/Latitude Festival |
Dir. John Terry |
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THE HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS 2007 |
Sincera Productions/Latitude Festival |
Dir. John Terry |
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SALT MEETS WOUND 2007 |
Theatre 503 |
Dir. Paul Robinson |
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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THE VALLEY OF HINNOM 2023 |
Quad Productions / Hail Mary Pictures |
Pre Production |
| RED MEAT |
Spec script |
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| ENCELADUS |
Spec script |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS: A WEASEL'S TALE 2025 |
BBC Studios / BBC Radio 4 |
Dir. Sasha Yevtushenko |
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FLESH 2009 |
BBC Radio 7 |
Dir. Abigail le Fleming |
