Speech&Debate

by Stephen Karam

They may go to the same high school, but misfits Solomon, Diwata and Howie have never met and their peers just don’t take them seriously…. until a sex scandal involving one of their teachers brings them together. By creating a Speech and Debate team they finally have a chance to be heard, but will they be able to get their interpretive dance version of The Crucible ready in time for the big day?!

An hilarious play that grapples with serious modern social issues — homophobia, teenage alienation and the limits of online privacy.

 

The Team

Director:  Tom Attenborough
Design: Francesca Reidy
Lighting Designer: Christopher Nairne
Sound Designer: Simon Slater
Video Designers: Duncan McLean & Stan Orwin-Fraser
Producer: Trish Wadley

Cast: Charlotte Lucas, Patsy Ferran, Tony Revolori, Douglas Booth

★★★★

Empowering, inside-out view of yet-to-be-formed lives.

 Time Out

★★★★

Booth is supremely gifted…Patsy Ferran couldn’t be better

 Daily Telegraph Critics Choice

★★★★

This is a very funny play, a joy to watch.

The Times Critics Choice

★★★★

A bright, lively comedy.

The Guardian

★★★★

Laugh Out Loud Funny.

  LondonTheatre1

This play is modern, cool, fast, and real.”

A Younger Theatre