Tom Ryalls is a writer and cultural organiser, working on fundraising and strategy with disabled artists and disability arts organisations. He was named on the Disability Power 100 list in 2024 as one of the ten most influential people working in the performing arts, television and radio. He has written work for theatres across the country, including HOME in Manchester, Stratford East, the Barbican, Shoreditch Town Hall, the Royal Court Theatre, and Cast in Doncaster. He created The Black Hole project, a series of shows exploring how art might engage with epilepsy; the first show in the series, Can You See into a Black Hole?, was toured nationally, published, and performed outdoors in Covent Garden. He is a founding trustee of Unlimited, a member of the London Area Council of ACE, and the Deputy Chair of their Disability Advisory Committee. In 2025 he became a Clore Fellow and the Chair of Graeae Theatre Company. He is the author of This Book is Short: A Toolkit for Creative ADHDers (Nick Hern Books, 2026).
'A refreshingly honest, practical and deeply compassionate guide that understands both the possibilities and the frustrations of living and creating with ADHD… offers a flexible collection of tools, reflections and strategies… The writing is raw, self aware and brilliantly identifiable… Honest, accessible and full of immediately applicable advice' * Broadway World *