POSITIVE STORIES FOR NEGATIVE TIMES ANTHOLOGY – VOLUME THREE

POSITIVE STORIES FOR NEGATIVE TIMES ANTHOLOGY – VOLUME THREE
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Volume Three includes six exciting new plays by some of the best artists working in the UK today written with and for young people. Created as part of Wonder Fools’ international participatory project Positive Stories for Negative Times which has reached over 8000 young people from 16 different countries including UK, South Africa, India, USA, Canada, Italy and Sweden.
Co-commissioned by Wonder Fools and the Traverse Theatre these six plays offer a variety of stories, styles and forms for ages 10 to 25. These original and innovative plays are:
THE DAY THE STAMPERS UNITED by Sara Shaarawi (12+)
A play set in a warehouse. This is a tale of how collective action begins with solidarity within the community.
MS CAMPBELL’S CLASS FIFTH PERIOD by Leyla Josephine (14+)
A group of school students in the bottom set maths class lock their teacher in a cupboard. They all have various motivations that are gradually revealed and are faced with the question: what do they do now?
AND THE NAME FOR THAT IS…? by Robert Softley Gale (16+)
Meeting a date for a coffee is a whole lot of fun when you know even less about yourself than you do about your date! Prepare for ridiculous disability hi-jinx and a good measure of self-discovery.
ARE YOU A ROBOT? by Tim Crouch (10+)
Two groups of children meet. They look the same; they imagine similar things; they make almost the same noises; they dance in almost the same way. But one group is a digital version of the other; they are the face we see reflected back to us online; they’re exciting and demanding and hard to live up to.
REVOLTING by Bryony Kimmings (13+)
A series of tasks and actions that make a narrative to be performed with props. We are agents of the revolution. How do we revolt? How do we not get into trouble? Where do we get power, and then how do we use it for good?
THANKS FOR NOTHING by The PappyShow with Lewis Hetherington (11+)
This is not a play, but a process. It explores what it means to be thankful in this world we live in today. It’s a mix of games, challenges and exercises for you to tell your own stories, in your own way.