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My five favourite plays, chosen by ...Chris Woodley

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Chris began his teaching career in 2007 at The Ravensbourne School in Bromley. In 2012, he trained as an actor at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London and went on to form Hyphen Theatre Company. A year later, he wrote Next Lesson, a play about the impact of Section 28 legislation on teachers and students.Chris has continued to act and write and took his second play, The Soft Subject (A Love Story), to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017. Chris has worked at The BRIT School in Croydon, South London, where he was previously a student. He currently works at The Bridge Academy in Hackney.
Chris Woodley
Chris Woodley

by Louise Page

Published by Methuen Drama in Page Plays: 1

Cast: 2 women, 1 man.

Themes and Issues: The play is made up of episodic scenes exploring themes of breast cancer. If you have students who've enjoyed naturalism and Brechtian theatre, this is a gateway to exploring those performance styles.

Performance matters: Sally needs to have some big acting chops in order to negotiate the abstract nature of the text and emotional arc of the story. There are a few different locations in which the story takes place so it is worth the concept for the show using actors wearing black and having symbolic costume and props.

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