Sitting in the National Theatre's Gorvy Rehearsal Room full of GCSE students clapping and laughing, it is hard not to be moved by the new short play from New Views co-winner Luke Fields.
New Views is a year-long in-school playwriting programme for students aged 14-19. Each school is paired with a professional playwright who supports students to write their own original 30-minute plays. The programme includes teacher CPD, tickets to one of our productions and entry into a competition where selected plays are performed at the National Theatre.
Luke Fields, aged 17 from Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School in Belfast, won the competition alongside 19-year-old Emyr Strudwick from Merthyr College in South Wales. House on Fire, Fields' text, follows recently elected Head Boy and Girl, Stephen and Caitlin, as they are called to the headteacher's office. Following their contentious rise to power, the school has broken into a riot in this comedy which also comments on the politics of today.
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