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Plays for Performance: Drip

In each issue of D&T we bring you a page-to-stage focus on a play for performance with your students, written by someone who has directed it themselves. Here, Ali Warren considers the one-man musical comedy Drip, a charming monologue piece with an interesting approach to teenage self-esteem

Drip By Tom Wells, with music by Matthew Robins

It's that time of year again, with Drama teachers up and down the country on the hunt for material for their classes to perform for their performance assessments. Will they go with old favourites? Will the old favourites work with the learners in their class?

One particular challenge is finding a monologue for boys, particularly for those boys who may not be the shining stars of the class but who still need a challenge. In this instance, Drip could be a good option.

Drip is a sweet little musical comedy with 15-year-old Liam at the centre. Liam's best friend Caz recruits him to help her with her enthusiastic desire to win the school Project Prize. The trouble is, she has decided on synchronised swimming and Liam can't swim … but he doesn't want to let his friend down.

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