PLAYS FOR YOUNG ACTORS
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LARGE CAST PLAYS
GEMMA EVES
THE SNOW QUEEN
This adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen is an ensemble production perfect for schools, colleges and youth theatres.
CAST: 6-20 speaking roles.
MARK WHEELLER
MISSING DAN NOLAN
OCR GCSE 9-1 DRAMA EXAM TEXT
Tragic true story of Dan Nolan, a teenage boy who went missing in 2002.
CAST: up to 18, or 2 female, 2 male with doubling.
MARK WHEELLER
GAME OVER
Harrowing true story of teenager Breck Bednar, who was groomed over the internet and brutally murdered.
CAST: 24 characters. 8 male, 9 female and 7 male or female.
SAM SIGGS
LOVE BITES
17 short plays about love recommended for actors aged 14-16
CAST: mixed of 18: 7 female, 11 male(flexible)
Paperback: 9781913630478 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630485 £7.99
Paperback: 9781913630287 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630294 £10.99
DVD: Production & interviews £19.99
Paperback: 9781913630263 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630270 £10.99
DVD: Production & interviews £19.99
Scheme of Work £10.00
Paperback: 9781914228391 £10.99
MARK WHEELLER
HARD TO SWALLOW
EDUQAS GCSE 9-1 DRAMA EXAM TEXT
Potent verbatim play about Catherine Dunbar’s battle with anorexia nervosa. CAST: 22 characters or 3 female and 2 male with doubling.
MARK WHEELLER
TOO MUCH PUNCH FOR JUDY
Drama GCSE EXAMPLE TEXT
Internationally admired verbatim play about a tragic drink drive accident.
CAST: 12 characters (6 male, 6 female), or 2 male, 2 female with doubling.
MARK WHEELLER
RACE TO BE SEEN
Award-winning play about the World Champion Blind Athlete Graham Salmon MBE’s great courage and dedication
CAST: Up to 30. 3 male, 3 female with doubling.
MARK WHEELLER
PANDEMEXPLOSION
Positive journeys through the pandemic, contrasted with the horror of the 2020 Port of Beirut explosion.
CAST: 20 characters (8f, 9m, 3m or f). The style of the play enables performer gender flexibility.
Paperback: 9781913630249 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630256 £10.99
DVD: Production & interviews £19.99
Paperback: 9781913630300 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630317 £10.99
DVD: Production & interviews £19.99
Digital: The story behind … £20.00
Paperback: 9781914228841 10.99
CATE HOLLIS & MARK WHEELLER
KINDNESS: A Legacy of the Holocaust
A verbatim play based on the testimony of Hungarian Holocaust survivor Susan Pollack OBE.
CAST: 21 characters or 4 doubling
Paperback: 9781914228186 £10.99
eBook: 9781914228179 £10.99
NINA LEMON
LOSING IT
Teen relationships explored in this musical play about sex and desire. A group of teenagers look back on seven years at secondary school.
CAST: 12 characters (7 female, 4 male, 1 non-binary)
Paperback: 9781913630560 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630553 £10.99
MEDIUM-SIZED CAST PLAYS
NINA LEMON
MASKING
This insightful play sensitively explores the challenges faced by a group of school kids as they cope with a high-stakes school system in a world that’s piling on the pressure.
CAST: 7 actors of equal weight (3 identifying as female, 2 as male and 2 of any gender – playing 13-17 years)
BEN MUSGRAVE
INDIGO GIANT
A gripping, haunting drama inspired by Dinabandhu Mitra’s trail-blazing Indigo Mirror, a play that shook colonial India.
CAST: 10 actors (5 male, 4 female, 1 any gender) plus chorus or 6 with doubling.
BILLIE ESPLEN
COWBOYS AND LESBIANS
British schoolfriends Nina and Noa start writing a parody American coming-of-age romance, the colourful, familiar characters come to life.
CASTING 2 female or up to 8 actors
MARK WHEELLER
SILAS MARNER
Edexcel GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE
Using words from the classic George Eliot novel, an opportunity for imaginative learning for English & Drama teachers.
CAST: 7 actors (4 male, 3 femalewith doubling).
Paperback: 9781738429318 £10.99
Paperback: 9781738429332 £10.99
Paperback: 9781914228902 £10.99
Paperback: 9781913630805 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630799 £10.99
JENNIFER ADAM
HER
HER is a play about the damaging effects of gender inequality and the truth about consent.
CAST: 4 actors (2 female, 2 male)
Paperback: 9781068696268 £10.99
NINA LEMON
HIDDEN
Debunking unhelpful myths around
self-harm to enable teenagers to get the help they need, developed by Peer Productions with clinical experts.
CAST: 7 actors (6 female, 3 male)
Paperback: 9781913630584 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630577 £10.99
MARK WHEELLER
CHEQUERED FLAGS TO CHEQUERED FUTURES
A popular play about
road safety with opportunities for imaginative ensemble work.
CAST: 9 characters (4 male, 3 female and 2+ of any gender) or 2 male, 2 female doubling.
Paperback: 9781913630355 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630348 £10.99
DVD: Production & interviews £19.99
MARK HARRINGTON
PLAY VIRTUAL, LIVE REAL
Designed for special needs and lower ability children to introduce online safety and grooming awareness.
CAST: 7 characters (3 female, 4 male)
Paperback: 9781913630720 £10.99
MARK WHEELLER
CHICKEN!
Eduqas GCSE 9-1 DRAMA EXAM TEXT
2020 version of popular play about
road safety.
CAST: 9 characters (4 male, 3 female and 2+ of any gender) or 2 male, 2 female by doubling.
SMALL CAST PLAYS
JENNIFER ADAM
BALISONG
Written for schools as part of No Knives Better Lives programme.
CAST: 3 characters (2 female, 1 male)
Paperback: 9781914228391 £10.99
DUNCAN KIDD
STORM LANTERN
A play about the integrity and courage of a young woman resisting in Nazi Germany.
CAST: 3 characters (2 female, 1 male)
Paperback: 9781738429370 £10.99
