This DVD recording of the Beaumont School production of Game Over, performed at the Trestle Arts Base, St Albans, is an excellent reference for theatre makers and teachers preparing to stage this potent play.
Suitable for: Key Stage 3/4, GCSE, BTEC, A-Level to adult
Duration: 75 minutes approximately
Cast: 24 characters total.
‘The young performers worked as an ensemble…they were engaged and engaging. Matthew Sims, who played LD (Lewis), was brilliant: creepy, scary, insidious. When he put his arm round Breck and his face up close to him it made me shiver with the gullibility that Tom Fletcher (Breck) showed. It was typical controlling behaviour. I found the choral speech very powerful and was impressed at how the students portrayed deep emotions.’
Vivienne Lafferty, Trustee National Drama Reviewing the Beaumont School production.