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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. 

Hard to Swallow

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.

Missing Dan Nolan

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.

Silas Marner

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.

Too Much Punch for Judy

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.

Chicken!

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.

Grey text on a mushroom coloured background.

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.

Chequered Flags to Chequered Futures

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.

Paperback: 9781913630867
Scheme of Work (resource pack)

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. 

Game Over

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

Hidden

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

Losing It

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.

The Snow Queen

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

Play Virtual Live Real

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

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