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Godchild

  • Deborah Bruce
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Comedy, Contemporary
  • 2M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9781848423688

A sharp, dark comedy that explores the inescapable difference between feeling 19 and being 19.

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama, Comedy

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Young Adult, Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre
A sharp, dark comedy that explores the inescapable difference between feeling 19 and being 19.

Lou is getting on with her life, carefree and without ties. But this abruptly comes to a halt when her 19-year-old god-daughter Minnie moves in to take up a place at university. Minnie's arrival shines a harsh light into the corners of Lou's life – revealing it to be not as it seems. Her relationships are complicated, her neighbours are closing in on her, and the clock is ticking. What does it mean to be a grown up?

Deborah Bruce's play Godchild premiered at Hampstead Theatre in October 2013, directed by Michael Attenborough.

Premiere Production: Hampstead Theatre, London, 2013
  • Casting: 2M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers