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2020 Edition Set text for Eduqas GCSE 9-1 Drama exam Based on
Maureen Dunbar's award-winning book and film Catherine: The Story
of a Young Girl Who Died of Anorexia Nervosa. Catherine Dunbar died
in 1984, after a seven-year battle against anorexia nervosa. She
was just twenty-two. Mark Wheeller's potent documentary play uses
the words from Catherine's diaries and also of those most closely
involved and affected. This 2020 edition includes a foreword by the
late Maureen Dunbar, unseen extra scenes and a reflection by Mark,
on the astonishing journey of this widely studied play since its
first performances, including one by OYT on the Olivier Stage of
the Royal National Theatre. Suitable for: Key Stage 3/4, BTEC, GCSE
Duration: 75 minutes approximately Cast: 6 female, 3 male, 22
female/male, or 3 female and 2 male with doubling. "This play
reaches moments of almost unbearable intensity... naturalistic
scenes flow seamlessly into sequences of highly stylised theatre...
such potent theatre!" Vera Lustig, The Independent "Elegantly
structured, highly informative, and imaginatively theatrical. There
wasn't a dry eye in the house." Anne McFerran, Stage and Television
Today
I'd had a conversation specifically with Dan about ecstasy. It's
one of the things you do as a parent, isn't it? Wear your helmet
when you're out on your bike, you know, don't take drugs. To be
honest, I was more worried about him being safe on his bike than at
a party with his friends. The words of the title are the last ones
spoken by sixteen-year-old Daniel Spargo-Mabbs to his mother. One
evening in January 2014, Daniel's parents thought he was going to a
friend's house. He actually attended an illegal rave and later died
after taking MDMA. That fateful evening is told through the words
of his school friends and family, divided into two hard-hitting
acts in Mark Wheeller's verbatim play. I Love You, Mum - I Promise
I Won't Die was commissioned by the charity set up in Daniel's
memory to raise awareness about the danger of party drugs. It is a
fast-paced, tragic, vibrant piece of verbatim theatre, which should
engage teenage readers, audiences and performers alike.
A varied collection of 30 contemporary monologues from Mark
Wheeller's plays. The book includes monologues from Too Much Punch
For Judy, Hard To Swallow, Missing Dan Nolan, I Love You, Mum I
Promise I Won't Die, Game Over ... and many more of Mark's plays...
and musicals. All these monologues are suitable for young people to
use in the classroom, online to camera or Zoom, or for audition
use. Despite many being ostensibly for adult performers they are
all tried and tested for young people to use with amazing results.
Without exception, they were all written for young people to
perform. Being verbatim material, they are all suitable for blind
casting. Mark's monologues have been used in collections before but
there has never been a collection of exclusively Mark Wheeller
monologues - until now.
New revised 2020 version Chequered Flags to Chequered Futures tells
the true story of Chris Gilfoy, the Rookie's World Champion Banger
Racer in 2000. In 2006 Chris was being driven along a public road
in a powerful BMW by a racing friend. She was thought to be driving
at 90 mph in a 30 limit. None were wearing seatbelts and, unknown
to Chris, the driver was uninsured. Disastrously, they crashed into
a wall, narrowly avoiding killing another driver. The consequences
for all three in the car were life changing in very different ways.
The play tells the fast-paced story through the words of Chris and
his family with great opportunities for imaginative ensemble work.
In a parallel strand of powerful monologues, Jane (the mother of
the driver) tells her story of the aftermath of the accident.
Suitable for: Key Stage 3/4/5, BTEC, A-Level to adult Duration: 60
minutes approximately Cast: 5 female, 3 male, 3 female/male "Mark
beautifully crafts and weaves the story of the three friends and
cleverly integrates some stunning monologues." Tim Ford: Artistic
Director Garrick Theatre, Litchfield
Revised 2022 version including additional testimony from Ruth
Dearnley (CEO of STOP THE TRAFFIK) One Million to STOP THE
TRAFFIK tells true stories of people who are trafficked. Sunni and
Whinney, at just six and eight years old, were sold by their
parents and their story inspired the formation of the charity STOP
THE TRAFFIK. Their mantra? ‘People should not be bought
and sold’. One Million to STOP THE TRAFFIK goes on to tell
the incredible true story of the charity’s determined quest to
get 1,000,000 signatures to enable them to go to the United Nations
and call on governments to fight human trafficking. ‘I was
blown-away. It was like watching Slumdog Millionaire only this was
live theatre... the young actors’ hearts are beating and breaking
in front of you. One Million to STOP THE TRAFFIK should be
recognised as Mark Wheeller’s most far-reaching, insightful and
accomplished play to date.’ Paul Mills, Head of Drama,
Westgate School, Winchester ‘The hour long show was
spellbinding and quite disturbing... it was one of the best
productions I have seen in a long time, anywhere.’ Ian Murray,
Chief Editor Daily Echo Duration: 70 minutes approximately
Cast: 20 characters The play is suitable for a large cast and
multi-roling is also possible.
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Pandemexplosion
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Commissioned by The International School of London. An actor (Top
Boy), a rapper, a group of school students, a university scientist
and two NGO activists from Beirut have little in common but their
lives are all affected by Covid-19. Mark Wheeller’s new verbatim
play tells their stories. It is explosive and fascinating in
turns… it is not only their story… it’s ours too. These
recollections offer positive journeys through the pandemic,
contrasted with the horror of the 2020 Port of Beirut explosion,
included as one of the student’s family decided to return to
their Lebanon home during lockdown. This story provides the most
heartbreaking moments. Pandemexplosion offers a diverse ensemble
cast ample opportunity for imaginative theatrical interpretation
typical of a classic Wheeller play. Duration: 75 minutes approx
Cast: 20 (8f, 9m, 3m or f) The style of the play enables performer
gender flexibility. It works with a larger cast or with doubling a
smaller cast. ‘The script is a prime example of what a powerful
medium theatre can be… sharp ensemble worked seamlessly together,
choreographed like a modern day Greek chorus… slick theatre
conventions were visually striking… transported between a party
and a grizzly accident scene with just a few banged up car doors
and props.’ Catherine Smith - Timaru Herald - New Zealand
Mountview High School’s production of Mark Wheeller’s Too
Much Punch For Judy
A varied collection of 30 contemporary duologues from Mark
Wheeller's plays. Compiled at a time when social distancing is a
consideration, these duologues all lend themselves to Zoom/Social
Distance friendly performances. It includes duologues from: Too
Much Punch For Judy Hard To Swallow Missing Dan Nolan I Love You,
Mum - I Promise I Won't Die Game Over ... and many more of Mark's
plays... and musicals. It also includes a previously unpublished
self-contained short Sibling Saviours. All these duologues are
suitable for young people to use for classroom or audition use.
Despite many being ostensibly for adult performers they are all
tried and tested for young people to use with amazing results.
There has never before been a collection of exclusively Mark
Wheeller duologues.
New revised 2020 version It's Christmas. Tammy and Chris, cousins
and best mates, are both thrilled to get cool new bikes. Give or
take the odd unworn cycle helmet everything is great... that is
until one morning when Chris has a puncture and Tammy agrees to
walk with him. They're late and in a hurry. They decide to race.
Chris runs out across a busy main road and then flips open his
smart phone to dare Tammy to do the same in front of a
fast-approaching car... Chicken! has been performed 5,876 times,
averaging nearly one performance a day since the original version
was written in 1992. This new 2020 version includes many updated
references, a brand-new foreword by Adrian New, of StopWatch
Theatre Company, more funny lines and a new decision for the actor
to make at the end! Suitable for: Key Stage 2 audience. Key Stage
3, 4, 5 performance, BTEC course as part of the TiE unit (a
companion DVD/download showing the complete professional TiE
programme is also available) Duration: 45 minutes approximately
Cast: The play has 9 main characters: 4 male, 3 females and 2+ of
either sex. It can be doubled by 2m 2f "A powerful play with a
surprising twist." Charles Vance, Amateur Stage "[The] performance
was lively, skilful, well-paced and enjoyable. Excellent
participation, explored lots of issues pertinent to Year 7,
including bullying and peer pressure as well as road safety." Mrs S
Scantlebury, Head of Year 7, Chipping Norton School, Oxfordshire
New revised 2020 version Set text for OCR GCSE
9-1 Drama exam This play tells the tragic true story of
Dan Nolan, a teenage boy who went missing on the 1st January 2002
after a night out fishing with his best friends. The play explores
the mystery of Dan’s disappearance and the tragic events that
occurred that night; raising issues concerning personal safety and
the importance of looking out for each other. A verbatim play, it
uses only the words of his family, friends and the Detective
Superintendent in charge of the police investigation. This revised
2020 edition of the play includes a new foreword reflecting on the
original production by Mark, a new interview with the original cast
and a new note on the original lighting design by Danny Sturrock.
Suitable for: Key Stage 3/4, GCSE, BTEC, A-Level to adult
Duration: 60 minutes approximately
Cast: Up to
18, or 2 female, 2 male with doubling.
"Heart-rending, bold, direct and simple. Even on the bare page this
is a powerful piece of drama...”
Paul Fowler, GODA
2003
"This play is not just about Dan Nolan, it's about
all of us and our responsibility to and for each other."
David
Dykes, Head of Creative and Performing Arts, King Edward VI School,
Southampton (Dan's former school)
In this book Mark Wheeller reflects on his ongoing career as a
secondary school drama teacher after 30 years in the profession.
The book is interspersed with some fascinating biographical detail
which will make this an interesting read and a useful resource for
both those already familiar with Mark Wheeller's output, and those
discovering his work for the first time. Drama Schemes also
features a section in which Mark discusses the crucial role of the
much-maligned school production. Throught this chapter he shows how
he developed many of his plays, which have become staple parts of
the curriculum, both in the UK and overseas. Two of the schemes
also focus on his use of drama across the curriculum, including his
growing admiration for the Mantel of the Expert system of learning.
This new verbatim play is based on the testimony of Hungarian
Holocaust survivor Susan Pollack MBE, aged only thirteen when she
was sent to the notorious Auschwitz -Birkenau in the summer of
1944. Interwoven with complementary narratives and layered with
Holocaust history, this is a powerful new piece for Drama and
History teachers alike. Commissioned by Europe's only specialist
Holocaust theatre in education company, Kindness offers tremendous
challenge to Drama students. It allows the stories of survivors, as
well as the voices of some of the millions more who did not
survive, to not be lost as living memory increasingly becomes
becomes a history that must never be forgotten. "I sincerely felt
very moved and grateful that the play so accurately represented my
experiences, and the mood and political situation of the time is so
accurately shown. It is most wonderful and I give you my legacy
most willingly. Thank you so much." Susan Pollack MBE Duration: 60
minutes approximately Cast: 21 female / male, or 2 female and 2
male with multiroling Suitable for: Key Stage 3/4, BTEC, GCSE, A
Level
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Silas Marner (Paperback)
George Eliot; Adapted by Mark Wheeller
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This classic short novel gets a classic Mark Wheeller treatment. An
adaptation of a George Eliot novel might seem something of a
departure, but as the play contains only words used in the novel
the production exhibits narrative characteristics of other Mark
Wheeller plays. He has created a beautifully taut and compelling
script with immense skill. Karen Robson. Southern Daily Echo. Silas
Marner, a member of a strict religious community, is wrongly
accused of theft and is forced to move to the faraway village of
Raveloe. A robbery at his new home leaves Marner without his hard
earned gold and in the depths of depression. A mysterious, drug
addicted woman is later found dead in the woods outside Marner's
cottage. That same night he thinks his gold has returned... but it
proves to be something very different... Silas Marner was
originally performed as a Promenade production. It offers
opportunities for imaginative staging that has become the hallmark
for all the best known Wheellerplays. It will serve as a great read
around the class script in English lessons because of its narrative
style. The book is one of those allowed on various English GCSE
Syllabi and is a set text for Edexcel GCSE English.
Game Over tells the harrowing true story of teenager Breck Bednar,
who was groomed over the internet and brutally murdered on 17
February 2014 by a supposed 'friend' that he met online. Breck's
story is told in Mark's potent verbatim style, using the words of
his family, friends and the killer. It's a shocking but deeply
powerful play, with a unique 21st-century message. The play is
particularly suitable for 'socially distanced' or online
performances in students' own homes and can be easily adapted to
suit this medium. Suitable for: Key Stage 3/4, GCSE, BTEC, A-Level
to adult Duration: 75 minutes approximately Cast: 24 characters
total. 8 male, 9 female and 7 male or female. The play is suitable
for a large cast and multi-roling is also possible. "[A] chilling
and harrowing tale, skilfully written using the words of Breck's
family, friends and his killer. It deals with the potentially
disastrous effects of social media and how to keep safe online by
recognising the signs of grooming and exploitation." Vivienne
Lafferty, Trustee National Drama
New edition with bonus features This hard-hitting verbatim play is
based on a tragic drink drive accident that
results in the death of the vehicle’s front seat passenger, Jo.
Her sister Judy, driving the car, escapes physically unhurt – but
can never escape the consequences of her own reckless behaviour.
Since its initial performances in 1987, Too Much Punch for Judy has
toured non-stop all over the world to schools, colleges, prisons,
young offenders’ institutes and army bases. Astonishingly, it is
now one of the most performed contemporary plays, with 6058
licensed performances between 1987 and 2020. The play has been
cited in Chief Examiner’s reports for GCSE Drama to
be an example of a play that gives students ample opportunity to
achieve across the criteria. Suitable for: Key Stage 3/4,
BTEC, A-Level to adult Duration: 60 minutes approximately
Cast: 6 male, 6 female, 1 male or female, or 2 male, 2 female
with doubling. "The audience I sat in was patently out for some
whooping Friday night fun watching their mates on stage. At the end
there was a horrid silence."
Nick Baker, Times Educational
Supplement
Revised and expanded 2021 edition Race To Be Seen was nominated as
the Scottish Evening News Critics Choice Best Play and Pick of the
Fringe by Radio Forth at the 1984 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Race
To Be Seen tells the story of how an award-winning play came to be
written about the amazing World Champion Blind Athlete Graham
Salmon MBE, who tragically died in 1999. It charts his parents
story when, as a baby, Graham had to have both eyes removed due to
an incurable eye cancer. It follows his schooldays and how he was
expelled for running a book as well as his trials in trying to
secure a job and finally, his incredible sporting success! Graham
went on to play golf for the international visually impaired team.
He hit the headlines again for hitting a "hole in one". His final
battle was against cancer. Graham surrendered first his leg and
then his life ... but never became downcast ... he wanted his
autobiography to be called "Wide Eyed And Legless"! Graham Salmon
is the most inspiring athlete I have met; I say this without a
moments hesitation even though I have enjoyed the rare privilege of
sharing the company of Muhammad Ali, Stanley Matthews, Gary Sobers,
Martina Navratilova, Nadia Comaneci, Arnold Palmer and countless
others in the course of my job. - Robert Philip Daily Telegraph. A
remarkable play ... a story of great courage and dedication; It is
also entertaining and good Theatre, with plenty of scope for
imaginative direction. - Amateur Stage Book Review (of the original
Race To Be Seen). Snappily written episodes ... a moving, eminently
performable show. Get this book if you are looking for something of
real substance. - H. Wright National Association of Drama Teachers
Broadsheet (of the original Race to Be Seen). Duration: 55 minutes
Cast: 6 (3m 3f with doubling). Can be performed with a cast of up
to around 30. (10m, 8f & 12 m or f)
Widely studied, frequently staged—verbatim theatre is everywhere.
In this new book, Mark Wheeller, the author of verbatim
hits Too Much Punch for Judy, Hard to
Swallow, Missing Dan Nolan and Game Over, and the
most performed living playwrights in the UK, takes a personal
journey through the form, and demystifies the making
process. For Mark, his verbatim theatre journey all began
with a man called Graham Salmon – the world's fastest blind
runner. Verbatim: The Fun of Making Theatre
Seriously is a perfect handbook for teachers, educators,
students and anyone interested in the creative process.
I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won’t Die tells the tragic
true story of the death of Daniel Spargo-Mabbs following an MDMA
overdose. I hadn’t realised how much scope for creativity there
was with a play taken completely from other people’s
words. Jacob Spargo-Mabbs - Daniel’s elder brother. Fiona
told her story like a piece of music. I remember crying as I
related it to my wife - not because it was sad, but because it was
brimful of love. Paul Ibbott - Composer of the underscore for
the OYT production This book offers a unique and fulsome
guide for teaching/studying this play and includes a detailed
scheme of work for teachers using the play as a set text in the
GCSE Drama examination. When Harry (playing Dan) left the cast I
remember thinking ‘What are we going to do
now?’ The hoodie symbolising Dan was such an amazing
concept to show everyone had a part of Dan in them and they were
also a part of him and… Dan could be anyone. Alysha Jade
Patis - OYT performer This poignant and eminently readable
biography of the play is drawn from interviews with Dan’s family,
friends and the OYT company.
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