The Stomping Ground
By Loughlin Deegan
Age range
16 +
Cast size
Under 10
Approx. running time
90 mins +
Gender breakdown
Male: 6
Female: 2
Female: 2
Setting
A rural village, Ireland, the 1990’s.
Note
A full- length comic drama for older youth theatre members.
First performance
Red Kettle 1997. A finalist in Youth Theatre Ireland’s Stage It! Competition in 1995.
Synopsis
A group of lads are off to spend a weekend in Ennistymon. They want to recreate a weekend of madness they had the previous year, and Tosser’s granny has conveniently left her house empty for a few days. This play explores the fractures that occur amongst school friends as they move on to college and grow apart. It confronts sexuality and the danger of keeping secrets. Shocking, humorous and moving with great scope for physicality, The Stomping Ground promises to be an exciting challenge for an older youth theatre group.