Brunton youth have tales to tell
Inspired by snippets of conversation overheard across the country, the piece creates a montage of life in Britain today. The clashes, contradictions, fears, joys and humanity of society all played out in vignettes can be laugh-out-loud funny or heartbreakingly moving.
In one, two women squabble over paying for lunch. In another, a teenager rants down a phone... about thongs. Yet another finds a Polish immigrant getting to grips with her new career as a hairdresser while, later a couple await news from their son away at war.
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Hide AdOriginally these mini-plays each ran as a column in The Guardian’s weekend magazine before being published in book form in 2009.
This weekend, members of the Brunton Youth Theatre’s senior group, all aged 12-18 years, bring their own energy to the works.
Extracts from One Million Tiny Plays About Britain, Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh, Saturday, 7pm, £6, 0131-665 2240