Animal
By Vanessa Keogh
Age range
13 – 15, 16 +
Cast size
10 – 15
Approx. running time
30 – 60 mins
Gender breakdown
Male: 3
Female: 11
Female: 11
Note
A fast paced comic drama for a medium sized cast.
First performance
Tallaght Youth Theatre at the Civic Theatre, Tallaght in May 2013. A New Stage Play for 2014.
Synopsis
Kelly, fed up with her nerdy best friend Imogen, wants to be part of the in-crowd; aka Shauna Corrigan and her girl gang. She is prepared to go to any lengths to fit in, even if it means betraying Imogen. Georgie Farrell is hell-bent on exacting revenge on stoner The Discman, although no one knows why, and Shauna has her eye on the hot new boy in school, Mantas. He has set his sights on someone else, much to the disgust of Shauna. Majella is madly in love with a boy she’s never even met, while Stevo just wants to use public transport without fear of being attacked. Ultimately it’s Kelly’s yearning to be accepted that unleashes the wrath of the unhinged Attila Da Hun and the vicious Gorilla Girls that leads to the play’s violent and shocking climax.
Witty and fast- paced with a collection of colourful and unforgettable characters; Animal deals with the real-life issues faced by today’s young people in a no holds-barred manner.
Witty and fast- paced with a collection of colourful and unforgettable characters; Animal deals with the real-life issues faced by today’s young people in a no holds-barred manner.