Looking Ahead

Way back in the gloom of December 2019, I was - with many others - depressed about the result of the general election. not just that it didn’t go my way (there’ve been plenty of those) but that victory seemed to have nothing to do with the realistic future of the country. More important, it had no consideration for the generation of youngsters who are going to have to pick up the pieces.

My response was “Looking Ahead.” This is a set of plays for teenagers to act or read, and discuss and think about. There’s ten short plays, very deliberately targetted at current concerns - social media in football, knife crime, policies on drugs, surveillance capitalism. they sound heavy stuff, but I’ve tried to make it lively and accessible, and offer kids contrasting viewpoints on the various issues.

Finally, after interruptions from the pandemic and a lot of work by people other than me, this collection is coming out into the big wide world of schools. It’s published by ZigZag, a firm with whom I’ve worked happily for twenty years, and you can find it at https://zigzageducation.co.uk/synopses/11023-looking-ahead-10-original-scripts-with-activities?pod=11023?utm_source=Online&utm_medium=online&utm_campaign=ZZTA