Point of No Return.
Cast-size: 29, spread across yrs 7-11
20 girls, 9 boys
Run-time roughly 1 hour 15. No interval.
The cast splits into older ex-students, their younger counterparts, and their fellow class-members who also combine with a chorus of ‘ghost’-students.
Cast-size: 29, spread across yrs 7-11
20 girls, 9 boys
Run-time roughly 1 hour 15. No interval.
The cast splits into older ex-students, their younger counterparts, and their fellow class-members who also combine with a chorus of ‘ghost’-students.
Ex-students: (Lary, wrong side of the tracks, on a wild night out. I used a mix of year 10s and 11s who all could look older).
Character Lines Playing age Description
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Jade
Dean Mental Carl Jess Misha Leanne |
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Late teens
Late teens Late teens Late teens Late teens Late teens Late teens |
Good-time girl, hiding a sadness at her ‘wasted potential’
Leader of the gang, biggest and most practical What is says on the tin- default happy Zoned out space cadet, fancies himself as a new-age guru type Naïvely following a downward trajectory, formerly a high achiever Volatile, dark energy, most worldly and aware, hidden damage Hanger-on, closest to Jess |
Younger versions and class-mates: (Early yr 9s. In the event I used a mix of year 8s and 9s.)
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Young Jade
Young Dean Young Mental Young Carl Young Jess Young Misha Young Leanne Harry Toby Keeley Lee Imogen Ella Holly |
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13-14
13-14 13-14 13-14 13-14 13-14 13-14 13-14 13-14 13-14 13-14 13-14 13-14 13-14 |
Sunny, friendly, pretty
Stolid, sporty As above, just younger! Amiable, clownish Brainy, cheery, friends with Jade until Jade falls under Misha’s spell. Newcomer. Sly, manipulative, charismatic Prim and proper, slightly vain. Dreamer, secretly in love with Jade Newcomer. Small, enthusiastic, slightly geeky, asthma sufferer Mouthy, lary Attention deficit Envious, a stirrer Kind, veering towards goody-goody Sensible |
Yr sevens: (A younger pair, who’s function is to confuse Toby, stir things up)
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Janie
Izzy, Jaine’s friend/ whipping girl |
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11
11 |
Bossy, preremptory, small, gradually smitten with Toby
Competitive, but always losing out to Janie |
‘Ghost’-students: (Enacting random traumatic memories, that have kept their adult selves locked in the past)
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Annie
Tilda Nina Gemma Lisa Naomi |
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13
11-12 11-12 11-12 11-12 11-12 |
Their main spokesperson. White-faced, appearing unexpectedly, spooky
Arch, mean-spirited As above As above Shy, nervous Vulnerable |
Notes:
It would be useful (though not essential) for the ex-students to share some obvious physical characteristics with their younger selves (hair colouring etc).
The ex-students double as older (yr11) students, using masks to unify them as a play-ground mob, footballers etc.
It would be useful (though not essential) for the ex-students to share some obvious physical characteristics with their younger selves (hair colouring etc).
The ex-students double as older (yr11) students, using masks to unify them as a play-ground mob, footballers etc.
