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MARK WHEELLER
HARD TO SWALLOW
EDUQAS GCSE 9-1 DRAMA EXAM TEXT
Potent verbatim play about Catherine Dunbar’s battle with anorexia nervosa. CAST: 6 female, 3 male, 22 female/male, or 3 female and 2 male with doubling.
Paperback: 9781913630249 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630256 £10.99
DVD: Production and interviews £19.99
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.
Paperback: 9781913630287 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630294 £10.99
DVD: Production and interviews £19.99
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: 4 male, 3 female with doubling.
Paperback: 9781913630805 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630799 £10.99
MARK WHEELLER
TOO MUCH PUNCH FOR JUDY
Drama GCSE EXAMPLE TEXT
Internationally admired verbatim play about a tragic drink drive accident.
CAST: 6 male, 6 female, or 2 male, 2 female with doubling.
Paperback: 9781913630300 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630317 £10.99
DVD: Production and interviews £19.99
Digital: The story behind … £20.00
MARK WHEELLER
CHICKEN!
Eduqas GCSE 9-1 DRAMA EXAM TEXT
2020 version of popular play about
road safety.
CAST: 4 male, 3 female and 2+ of any gender or 2 male, 2 female by doubling.
Paperback: 9781913630331 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630324 £10.99
DVD: Production and interviews £19.99
MARK WHEELLER
PANDEMEXPLOSION
Positive journeys through the pandemic, contrasted with the horror of the 2020 Port of Beirut explosion.
CAST: 20 (8f, 9m, 3m or f). The style of the play enables performer gender flexibility.
Paperback: 9781914228841 £10.99
MARK WHEELLER
CHEQUERED FLAGS TO CHEQUERED FUTURES
2020 version of popular play about
road safety with great opportunities for imaginative ensemble work.
CAST: 4 male, 3 female and 2+ of any gender or 2 male, 2 female by doubling.
Paperback: 9781913630355 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630348 £10.99
DVD: Production and interviews £19.99
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
GAME OVER
Harrowing true story of teenager Breck Bednar, who was groomed over the internet and brutally murdered.
CAST: 24 characters. 8 male, 9 femaleand 7 male or female.
Paperback: 9781913630263 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630270 £10.99
DVD: Production and interviews £19.99
Scheme of Work (resource pack) £10.00
NINA LEMON
HIDDEN
Debunking unhelpful myths around
self-harm to enable teenagers to get the help they need, developed by Peer Productions in consultation with clinical experts.
CAST: 6 female, 3 male
Paperback: 9781913630584 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630577 £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: 7 female, 4 male, 1 non-binary
Paperback: 9781913630560 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630553 £10.99
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: 2 female, 3 male and various.
Paperback: 9781913630478 £10.99
eBook: 9781913630485 £10.99
MARK HARRINGTON
PLAY VIRTUAL, LIVE REAL
Designed for special needs and lower ability children to introduce online safety and grooming awareness. Based on the tragic experience 14-year-old Breck Bednar. For children with the cognitive age of 12+.
CAST: 3 female, 4 male
Paperback: 9781913630720 £10.99
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: 9781914228391 £10.99
JENNIFER ADAM
BALISONG
Written for schools as part of No Knives Better Lives programme.
CAST: 2 female, 1 male
Paperback: 9781914228391 £10.99
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
Paperback: 9781914228902: £10.99
