Chris Woodley was a secondary school drama teacher until he became an actor-writer. The one-man show based on his personal and professional challenges enjoyed a run at the Edinburgh Fringe, and has subsequently toured schools. Next Lesson was his first play, and is now published by Aurora Metro Books.
The story starts in the year that Margaret Thatcher imposed her shamelessly discriminatory Section 28 on schools, and depicts a number of relationship conflicts that unfold over the course of the 18 years that follow.
Section 28 criminalised the promotion of homosexuality in schools and by local authorities. At a time when the LGBTQ community was dealing with the AIDS epidemic, it was a law specifically designed to persecute and oppress.
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