Germ Free Adolescent E-Book

Natalie Mitchell

• Herausgeber: Nick Hern Books
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

Ashley is sixteen. She's lived in Medway for fifteen years and six months. She has 2,354 leaflets on sexual health. She knows exactly how many she has, because she's counted them 1,582 times… At 7.48 p.m. tonight, she will have been going out with Ollie for exactly three months, which he thinks means it's time to take their relationship to the next level; especially given her position as their school's resident expert on sexual health. But what if counting leaflets can't protect Ashley from getting hurt when she decides to take her biggest risk yet? Natalie Mitchell's play Germ Free Adolescent is a fierce, funny and irreverent OCD love story that asks: what exactly is 'normal' anyway? It received its first full production at The Bunker, London, in October 2019, having previously toured Kent where the play was researched and developed with young people, youth workers and mental-health services.

Leseprobe

Natalie Mitchell

GERM FREE

ADOLESCENT

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Original Production

Acknowledgements

Characters

Germ Free Adolescent

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

Germ Free Adolescent originally toured Medway, Kent, in October 2015 with the following creative team:

ASHLEY

Amy Bowden

OLLIE

Alex Austin

Director

Jane Fallowfield

Designer

Daisy Young

Producer

Elizabeth Bacon

Germ Free Adolescent was originally commissioned and developed by Script Club, with seed funding from Greenhouse (the House Network) in partnership with LV21, the Brook Theatre, Mid Kent College and Medway CAMHS. It was produced by Epsilon Productions & The Bunker Theatre and performed at the Bunker Theatre, London, on 29 October 2019, with the following cast:

ASHLEY

Francesca Henry

OLLIE

Jake Richards

Director

Grace Gummer

Designer

Lizzy Leech

Lighting Designer

Sherry Coenen

Sound Designer

Nicola Chang

Projection Designer

Heather Pasfield

Production Manager

Zara Janmohamed

Stage Manager

Millie Jones

Casting

Monica Siyanga

Acknowledgements

This play wouldn’t exist without Jane Fallowfield, who has supported, pushed and believed in me for a long time. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the development process: Lauren Heritage and CAMHS; Roy Smith and Medway Youth Services; Robyn Goldsmith and Debs Pinder at Medway Council; Paivi at LV21; Richard Kingdom at Greenhouse and every single young person who came to a workshop or watched the show. Thanks also to Sam Swann, Sandra Reid, Alex Austin, Amy Bowden, Daisy Young, Liz Bacon and Ros Terry. Thanks to Sam Wainwright, Nick Barron and Nicole Schivardi. Thanks to the whole creative and production team at The Bunker who achieve miracles under challenging circumstances – particularly David and Chris who don’t just give it the biggun but actually act – taking a massive punt on me and my little play. And finally thanks to Grace Gummer for never letting me off the hook.

N.M.

Characters

ASHLEY

OLLIE

This ebook was created before the end of rehearsals and so may differ slightly from the play as performed.