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Play for performance: Game Over

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Each issue of D&T we bring you a page-to-stage focus on a play for performance with your students. This issue, Ali Warren introduces the hard-hitting, real-life story of the murder of Breck Bednar
The premiere production of Game Over performed and co-created by Beaumont School. Further performances will take place at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2020
The premiere production of Game Over performed and co-created by Beaumont School. Further performances will take place at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2020 - SPLAAT MEDIA

A new Mark Wheeller play is always going to be worth a look; some of his works are now set texts on a number of GCSE courses, and Wheeller is known for his verbatim plays which take on difficult and challenging subjects inspired by true stories.

Game Over is no exception.

The play is a record of the events surrounding the murder of Breck Bednar and the effect on his family and friends. Breck was groomed online – via gaming sites – and brutally murdered by a young man. It is a very new piece, having been premiered in July this year in a production by the Beaumont School in St Albans, directed by Lyndsey Wallace.

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