Based upon a true story, this play was written in 1977 by Olwen Wymark. It is an interesting and gripping play about a girl called Verity Taylor who was charged by police with damaging a chair by fire in the mental hospital where she was a patient. Learn More

If you want an exciting, contemporary monologue to use with female sixth formers, this could be it. From the writer of Skins and Shameless this monologue follows a day in the life of sixth former Kate, who watches her boyfriend being attacked on the street and the events that follow this incident. Although there is some offensive language, it would make an original and contemporary choice for your oldest students-a possible audition piece Learn More

An incredibly funny play written specifically for young people. It focuses on a group of six youngsters, all patients in an institution who are trying to rehearse the handbag scene from Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Throughout their rehearsal squabbles and tensions develop and it becomes clear that all of these young characters have many dark and underlying problems.
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This book, from Europe’s leading Mask director and co-founder of the Trestle Theatre Company, provides a fascinating demystification of the process of using masks.

Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Routledge; New Ed edition (23 Oct 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415414377
ISBN-13: 978-0415414371 Learn More

A great way to extend your teaching of devising. Learn More

The perfect text to inspire your students' devising work. Learn More

Adam Cork uses the melodic and rhythmic speech patterns captured on playwright Alecky Blythe's extensive recorded interviews with the people of Ipswich to create an experimental and challenging work which reveals the ways in which even the darkest experiences can engender a greater sense of our mutual dependence. Learn More

Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Nick Hern Books; 2nd edition (1 May 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 185459527X
ISBN-13: 978-1854595270 Learn More

A play set in a society divided by racial bigotry and terrorism, it shows two children separated by the intolerance of their society and explores how love can conquer divisions.
This has now been named as one of AQA's set text for the new 2016 GCSE drama specification. Learn More