“…And we watch American men play with knives on the internet For entertainment… Flicking, Spinning, Twisting…they say, That, is a thing of beauty…”
Balisong charts the journey of four friends through the final weeks of school. They’re facing a dilemma. What should they do now that one of their friends is carrying a knife?
Balisong is a play written for schools as part of the No Knives Better Lives Programme promoting positive and active citizenship among young people.
Recommissioned twice, Balisong has toured schools in every local authority in Scotland. It was nominated for the Partnership Award at the Herald Society Awards and the Collaboration Award at the Creative Edinburgh Awards in 2018. Balisong by Jennifer Adam was produced by Fast Forward in collaboration with Strange Town. The tour ran for three consecutive years with three different cast delivering 225 performances to an audience of over 44,000 young people.
