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Five great plays… for diverse casts

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Each issue of D&T we bring you five suggested plays for studying or putting on with your students. This issue we look at plays that accommodate diverse casts – in terms of both gender and ethnicity. All five are published by Methuen Drama

Cast: 8–30

Synopsis: A girl is locked in a room; a boy brings another boy flowers; a girl has tied herself to a railing; a boy doesn't know who he is; a girl worries about catastrophe; a woman jumps in front of a train; a boy's heart falls out of his chest; a butterfly has a broken wing. Together this series of chaotic scenes builds to show a variety of characters searching for meaning in a complicated and unstable world.

Why it's great for diverse casts: With a flexible and diverse cast that does not specify genders, pronouns or group size, Laura Lomas’ play has had proven success in schools as part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections series. Described as a ‘symphony of dislocated and interconnected scenes’, characters range from numbers to individual names and groups.

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