ONE-ACT YOUTH DRAMAS
THE EDGE
"A fine play. This is surely one of the finest challenges to the talents of two teenage actors that I have read for some time." (Charles Vance, Amateur Stage)
Winner of the Youth Section of the 2006 Scottish Community Drama Association Play on Words competition. Alistair Cording, the judge, wrote "...a cleverly controlled situation, with grimly comic moments, about the saving of a would-be suicide - by a genuine suicide - a deeply serious, ultimately tragic tale of teenage angst versus genuine anguish"
"A rather devastating piece of writing" (Russell Whiteley, GoDA Festival Adjudicator)
A young man is on the roof of a high building, contemplating throwing himself over the edge. A young woman finds him there and initiates a conversation, but her readiness to slip into fantasies sounds a warning note. Eventually the young man leaves the roof - but the young woman is fixated with death and has a dark secret.
1m 1f
Multiple festival award winner.
BEST OF ENEMIES
A sequel to FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS
Fraser is in prison, having stabbed his former friend Rab in the mistaken belief that Rab had betrayed him to the police. Bugs, Lexy and Delia were involved in the events leading up to the stabbing incident, and a year later they unexpectedly meet. Arguments and accusations follow – until they hear that Fraser has escaped. Fraser’s attempts to track them down and discover the truth lead to unlikely alliances, violent confrontations and ultimate heartbreak.
3m 2f - Fraser, Bugs, Lexy, Rab, Delia
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS
"...an exceptional play. This is indeed powerful drama, and particularly cogent at this time of the rapidly developing gun culture amongst the younger generation." (Amateur Stage)
"an excellent play ... a strong message ... a terrifying ending ..." (Scene)
Fraser is the ultimate bully, leading his teenage gang in racial attacks and hounding anyone who dares to challenge him. Then Rab meets Delia, an incomer to the area who encourages him to challenge Fraser's racist views. Bugs and Lexy, Rab's ex-girlfriend, are forced to examine their own beliefs when Fraser stabs an immigrant. Thinking Rab has betrayed him to the police, Fraser rushes headlong towards confrontation and tragedy.
3m 2f - Fraser, Bugs, Lexy, Rab, Delia, non-speaking victims
*Writing Award Winner* - third in the Youth Section of the 2004 Scottish Community Drama Association Play On Words competition
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