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Dancing Bears

  • Sam Holcroft
  • Short Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 1M, 3M or F
  • ISBN: 9781848421295

A short play laying bare the twisted loyalties and violence in teenage gangs.

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18)
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
A short play laying bare the twisted loyalties and violence in teenage gangs.

Sam Holcroft's Dancing Bears was first performed at Soho Theatre, London, as part of Clean Break's Charged season in November 2010.

It is available in the collection Charged.

REVIEWS:

"Very good indeed... a tense and moving piece on teen love, hate and violence, as much boy-gang meets girl-gang as girl-meets-boy."

 Time Out

Premiere Production: Clean Break at Soho Theatre, London, 2010.
  • Casting: 1M, 3M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for younger performers