A group of teenagers, their lives shaped by billions of seemingly random events going back to before they were born, come together onstage to share stories about their past, their present, and what might lie ahead. “When This Is Over” is a uniquely personal, theatrical celebration of hope, possibility and imagination. It's about how we can work with chaos, and embrace our collective imagination as we prepare for a deeply uncertain future—together. Originally conceived by Company Three—and developed alongside more than fifty other youth theatres across the UK—"When This Is Over” is a play designed to be created and performed by teenage casts, drawing directly on their own life experiences and the stories they want to tell. As with Company Three's widely performed youth-theatre play Brainstorm, the script is a blueprint for an amazing theatrical adventure. This published edition contains a series of exercises and activities for schools, youth-theatre groups and community companies to create and perform their own unique productions.
"'A good choice for a small-cast production with teenagers. The style is direct address storytelling theatre, with fun, innovative use of props and space, and lots of audience interaction/agency... This book can be used as a tool for making theatre with young people, either by working through the exercises and stages of the blueprint to create a full original show, or by staging the existing scrip
