Losing It

A Play about Coming Together and Falling Apart

Nina Lemon

• Publisher: Salamander Street Ltd.
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781913630553
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Drama
• Index: Literature

Recommended Year Group: 9+Show Length: 90 minsAll the boys at school seem to be only interested in one thing, so when naive Charlotte meets an older guy online who promises her a fairytale romance, she is sure it's true love. It's up to her friend Ash to try and stop her from making a terrible mistake but Ash has worries of their own. When a drunken year 11 house party gets out of control, Tim makes a decision which will affect both him and Seren for the rest of their lives. Meanwhile Mike's become hooked on internet pornography, David's still a virgin and Rob's fallen in love. 'Losing It' is a musical play which tells the story of a group of 18 year olds as they look back on their 7 years at secondary school. "Because there's a bit more to it than sperm meets egg.Teachers' PackIn addition to the play we provide a complimentary Teachers' Pack, a guide for educators on how best to discuss the difficult topics examined by the play in a classroom environment, in addition to containing a range of comprehensive teaching resources and student worksheets.We update the Teachers' Pack each year in accordance with the play.

SCENE 1

DAVID: Year 7.

POPPY: We are 11 years old.

ASH: The first year of big school and none of us have a clue.

POPPY: I feel grown up.

DAVID: I feel small.

ASH: I feel sick.

POPPY: The three of us knew each other from before.

ASH: So we stuck together.

DAVID: Helped each other out until…

A group of older kids barge past and the trio are separated. Four year 7 girls MELANIE, SALLY, MADDIE and CHARLOTTE appear.

MADDIE: Is he your boyfriend?

POPPY: What?

SALLY: Are you and him together?

POPPY: What? Err No way. Yuck.

MADDIE: Don’t say it like that. I would.

MELANIE: Would ya?

SALLY: Yeah. Wouldn’t you?

CHARLOTTE: Oh yeah, yeah. I totally would.

POPPY: You’d what?

MADDIE: He’s cute

POPPY: What would you do?

MADDIE: I’m just saying I would and she would. We would.

POPPY: You would what?

MELANIE: What?

ASH: You keep saying I would, she would, we would. Well you would what?

MELANIE: There’s no need to be like that about it.

ASH: Like what?

MADDIE: Maybe she fancies him?

ASH: I don’t.

SALLY: Just as well ’cause I don’t think he would with someone like you.

ASH: Thanks.

MADDIE: No offence. You’re just not…

POPPY: What’s she not?

SALLY: You know…

POPPY: Not really.

MELANIE: Look we’re just saying we would with him but he wouldn’t with her ’cause she’s not…

ASH: Is anyone going to complete a sentence?

SALLY: Ssshh he’s coming…

DAVID: Oh err hi.

The girls run away giggling.

DAVID: What was that about?

ASH: I literally have no idea.

DAVID: Girls are weird.

ASH: Yeah.

POPPY: No we’re not.

DAVID: What’s going on?

POPPY: Err nothing. Look, we should go.

ASH: What?

POPPY: We don’t want them to think we would.

DAVID: Would what?

POPPY: (To ASH.) Come on!

Back in modern day.

POPPY: I was one of the innocent ones. People would say stuff like that and I’d have no idea what they meant.

SEREN: To be fair, you’re still a bit like that.

POPPY: Oi.

ASH: I didn’t want to know.

POPPY: I just went along with it so I didn’t look stupid.

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Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Characters
• Prologue
• Scene 1
• Scene 2
• Scene 3
• Scene 4
• Scene 5
• Scene 6
• Scene 7
• Scene 8
• Scene 9
• Scene 10
• Scene 11
• Scene 12
• Scene 13
• Scene 14
• Scene 15
• Scene 16
• Scene 17
• Scene 18
• Scene 19
• Scene 20
• Scene 21
• Scene 22
• Scene 23
• Epilogue
• Back Cover