Johnny Baluba - Teenage Detective
By Ronan Carr
Age range
13 – 15, 16 +
Cast size
15 +
Approx. running time
30 – 60 mins
Gender breakdown
Male: 7
Female: 7
Also: At least five more people to work in chorus and play small parts.
Female: 7
Also: At least five more people to work in chorus and play small parts.
Setting
A school.
Note
A comic play about a school detective for a medium sized group.
First performance
Letterkenny Youth Theatre, 2013.
Synopsis
Johnny Baluba is a teenage detective with his sidekick and sandwich maker, Oisin. Hired by femme fatale, Johnny is sent up to the older years to solve a crime of the heart.
Authors Note: Johnny Baluba- Teenage Detective is very much to be taken as a casual piece. It is not meant to be a serious play. Therefore, the staging can be as simple or as complex as your youth theatre wishes. (I have purposely kept stage directions to a minimum).
Authors Note: Johnny Baluba- Teenage Detective is very much to be taken as a casual piece. It is not meant to be a serious play. Therefore, the staging can be as simple or as complex as your youth theatre wishes. (I have purposely kept stage directions to a minimum).