'A play about coming together and falling apart’, Nina Lemon's new play Losing It is all about relationships and sex education. A pertinent topic, as the new PSHE curriculum has made sex and relationships education mandatory in all schools from this year, so how great it is to have new plays which could be used to both educate and entertain at the same time.
Drama is an amazing educational tool, whether that be through a heavily didactic approach like Brecht's or a more light-hearted one. But unfortunately, I've always thought productions trying to teach audiences about love, sex or relationships to be rather patronising, especially those interspersed with songs about STIs.
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