Positive Stories For Negative Times: Five Plays For Young People to Perform in Real Life or Remotely

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Sabrina Mahfouz Stef Smith (Author)

Positive Stories For Negative Times

Five Plays For Young People to Perform in Real Life or Remotely

Sabrina Mahfouz, Stef Smith (Author), Chris Thorpe (Author) , Bea Webster

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Methuen Drama
26 November 2020

Plays & playscripts; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Playscripts (Children's&YA)

Series: Plays for Young People

Five exciting new plays for young people written specifically in response to a world in the midst of a pandemic, accompanied by a handbook from Wonder Fools theatre company with guidance for staging the plays either online or live in the space.

Commissioned as part of Wonder Fools' national participatory project Positive Stories for Negative Times, these five plays offer a variety of stories, styles and forms for ages 8-25. These original and innovative plays are:

Is This A Fairytale? by Bea Websater A new play that rips apart the traditional fairy tale canon and turns it on its head in a surprising, inventive and unconventional way. Ages 8+

Hold Out Your Hand by Chris Thorpe A dynamic text asking questions about place, where we are now and the moment we are living through. Ages 13+

The Pack by Stef Smith A playful and poetic exploration about getting lost in the loneliness of your living room and trying to find your way home. Ages 13+

Ozymandias by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse A contemporary story inspired by Percy Shelley’s 19th century poem of the same name, exploring power, oppression and racism through the eyes of young people. Ages 16+

Bad Bored Women of the Rooms by Sabrina Mahfouz A storytelling adventure through the centuries of women and girls who have spent a lot of time stuck in a room. Ages 18+

The accompanying handbook includes step-by-step guidance on how to produce the plays either online or live in the space, and bespoke exercises and instructions on how to approach directing each play.

By: Sabrina Mahfouz, Stef Smith (Author), Chris Thorpe (Author), Bea Webster, Jack Nurse
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 172g
ISBN: 9781350233362
ISBN 10: 1350233366
Series: Plays for Young People
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 26 November 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Editor's Note 2. Credits and Biographies 3. Handbook 4. Is This A Fairytale? by Bea Webster 5. The Pack by Stef Smith 6. Hold Out Your Hand by Chris Thorpe 7. Ozymandias by Jack Nurse and Robbie Gordon 8. Bad Bored Women of the Rooms by Sabrina Mahfouz

Wonder Fools are a theatre company and charity based in Glasgow that creates contemporary new work based on a diverse range of current and historical real-life stories. They have taken theatre productions, performance installations and workshops to over 10,000 people across Scotland, with over 15,000 more engaging with their digital work online. Productions include: McNeill of Tranent: Fastest Man in the World (2014-2015), The Coolidge Effect (2016-2020), and 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War (2018–2020).

Reviews for Positive Stories For Negative Times: Five Plays For Young People to Perform in Real Life or Remotely

The thing I love most about this selection of plays ... is the variety of themes, stories, styles and the diversity of the cast size; you can pick up this anthology and find something for a lesson, a series of workshops, an exam piece, and even a full scale production. * National Drama * If you are looking for something that will really revitalise a mid-Key Stage 3 drama unit, and require more than a desk study of a play script, then these [plays] could well be the answer. * Teaching English *