“The play is flawless” Mugglenet

Dumbledore Is So Gay was last performed at the Southwark Playhouse from 16th August – 23rd September, 2023

Dumbledore Is So Gay won a VAULT Festival Origins Award for new work and an Offies Commendation for excellence as an Off West End short run in 2020. In 2021 it performed on the mainstage of The Pleasance Theatre in London. In 2022 it was rehearsed at Ripley Grier Studios on 36th Street, New York, and has been optioned for an Off-Broadway run.

‘Robert Holtom’s writing is so beautifully gentle, charming and witty, and yet so insightful and thought provoking, opening up a myriad of important questions between the lines’  Barbara Kolaric

★★★★★ ‘Irresistible’ – The Daily Express

★★★★★  ‘Sizzles with wit and humour’ – Broadway World

‘An infectious display of optimism… I couldn’t stop beaming’ – The Guardian

★★★★★ ‘Excellent storytelling to rival even what JK comes up with’ – Boyz Magazine​

‘The queer coming-of-age story Harry Potter fans deserve’ – Pink News

★★★★ ‘Joyous’ – The Stage

More Theatre: My short play, Guy Lines, ran at the Aldridge Studio, Lowry Theatre as part of OutStageUs 2022.

Other plays include The Cluedo Club Killings (Arcola; King’s Head), The Quest (Arcola), The Wellington Boot Club, The Last Tutorial and Isobel (Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse). Short works have been performed at The Bread & Roses and North Wall.

Fiction: I recently acquired an agent for my debut crime fiction novel. I won the Almond Press Short Story competition and was shortlisted for the Earlyworks’ Press Prize in 2013.