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Stuff
'It's good to have mates who are like you, isn't it? But then it's also good to have mates who are really different.'Vinny's organising a surprise birthday party for his mate, Anita. It's not going his choice of venue is a bit misguided, Anita's not keen on leaving the house, and everyone else has their own stuff going on. Maybe a surprise party wasn't the best idea?Tom Wells's Stuff is a play about friendship and loss – and the way people try to do the right thing for their mates when there isn't really a right thing to do.Written specifically for young people, the play formed part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival and was premiered by youth theatres across the UK. It offers rich opportunities for an ensemble cast of teenagers.'It's good to have mates who are like you, isn't it? But then it's also good to have mates who are really different.'Vinny's organising a surprise birthday party for his mate, Anita. It's not going his choice of venue is a bit misguided, Anita's not keen on leaving the house, and everyone else has their own stuff going on. Maybe a surprise party wasn't the best idea?Tom Wells's Stuff is a play about friendship and loss – and the way people try to do the right thing for their mates when there isn't really a right thing to do.Written specifically for young people, the play formed part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival and was premiered by youth theatres across the UK. It offers rich opportunities for an ensemble cast of teenagers.
66 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 4, 2021
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March 18, 2022
4.5, rounded down.
I've read every play Wells has published and enjoyed them all. I was skeptical of this one, since it's a play for young performers (his previous one in that vein - Drip - is my least liked of his works), but this is really a small gem. The characters are all well-drawn and the dialogue seems spot-on for that generation (though I DID have to Google a few of the more arcane expressions - mainly since they are UK-based). And it was nice to have two teenage boys discovering their sexuality without it being overly traumatizing nor cliched - although I would have liked to have seen more resolution there.
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I've read every play Wells has published and enjoyed them all. I was skeptical of this one, since it's a play for young performers (his previous one in that vein - Drip - is my least liked of his works), but this is really a small gem. The characters are all well-drawn and the dialogue seems spot-on for that generation (though I DID have to Google a few of the more arcane expressions - mainly since they are UK-based). And it was nice to have two teenage boys discovering their sexuality without it being overly traumatizing nor cliched - although I would have liked to have seen more resolution there.
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