Broken Biscuits, a coming of age comedy by Tom Wells which is co-produced by Paines Plough and Live Theatre, will première in Newcastle in October.
Megan, Holly and Ben are definitely not the cool kids. But Megan has a plan: one long summer holiday to change their lives; one sure path to coolness; one amazing transformation, through the power of song.
"The point is: we're losers. Nobodies. Carry on like this, we're losers forever. And we don't have to be. Fresh start, two months to completely one hundred per cent reinvent ourselves. And I know exactly how we can do that."
"Broken Biscuits is a play about three teenagers starting a band,” said playwright Tom Wells. “I wanted to write about the summer you finish your GCSEs, being sixteen, full of big hopes and big worries, figuring things out a bit and trying new stuff. And I wanted to have a go at writing some lyrics, in the DIY spirit of a teenage band, fill the play with music and see what happened.”
Faye Christall will play Megan, Grace Hogg-Robinson Holly and Andrew Reed Ben. Reed, who was born in South Tyneside, trained with Project A at the Theatre Royal Newcastle and was a member of the Customs House Youth Theatre.
The production will be directed by the Co-Artistic Director of Paines Plough, James Grieve.
Broken Biscuits plays at Live from 5 to 22 October, after which it tours to The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth (25 to 29 October), Hull Truck Theatre (1 to 5 November), McCarthy Studio, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough (8 to 13 November), Crucible Studio, Sheffield (15 to 19 November), The Tobacco Factory, Bristol (25 to 26 November) and The Door, Birmingham Rep (29 November to 3 December).