Persecuted for being different, Andrea and Riva are forced to flee their homeland and learn to live in a country very different than their own. Successfully produced in the UK, Holland, Germany and Croatia, this play is suitable for schools, colleges and youth theatres.

." . . shows us the extent to which children are capable of taking control of their own lives and conquering the absurdities of bigotry and hatred."--Berlin Theatre Festival

A Girl with a Book and Other Plays brings together four plays for young people by acclaimed playwright Nick Wood. Topical and wide-ranging, they concern refugees, friendship, loss and courage.

Original by Arthur Ransome Adapted by Nick Wood Father is away and mother brings Roger, John, Susan and Titty to stay at Pin Mill where they can spend the summer messing about in boats. Their adventure begins when they go out with Jim on his boat Goblin. But disaster strikes when the boat is becalmed and Jim goes ashore to fetch petrol. Fog descends over the Harwich estuary and, as the tide turns, the boat begins to drift away ...

* Stage adaptation of Mick Jackson's celebrated novel (1997), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Award and winner of the Royal Society of Authors' First Novel Award. * Adapted by Nick Wood, critically acclaimed playwright and bestselling author of A Girl With A Book and Other Plays; his works are performed extensively in the UK, USA and Europe. * Co-produced by Nottingham Playhouse (co-producer of the critically acclaimed stage version of 1984) and Nick Wood's AJTC (A Girl with a Book).

It is the year 2030 and fifteen-year-old Kerem moves to Cape Town with his mother and father. Shy and anxious, he is finding it hard to make friends and fit in at his new school. A vicious gang, with bodies genetically altered to look like animals, is taking over the neighbourhood. Together with his pet chameleon, Kerem faces his fear of the gang. And with his new friends, Phulani and Lindiwe, he hunts for an extraordinary stone that may save them all - but the gang is looking for it too! Kerem knows he must find the stone chameleon first.