{"product_id":"chicken-new-revised-2020-version-paperback","title":"Chicken!: New Revised 2020 Version - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Wheeller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew revised 2020 version\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt's Christmas. Tammy and Chris, cousins and best mates, are both thrilled to get cool new bikes. Give or take the odd unworn cycle helmet everything is great... that is until one morning when Chris has a puncture and Tammy agrees to walk with him. They're late and in a hurry. They decide to race. Chris runs out across a busy main road and then flips open his smart phone to dare Tammy to do the same in front of a fast-approaching car...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChicken!\u003c\/em\u003e has been performed 5,876 times, averaging nearly one performance a day since the original version was written in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis new 2020 version includes many updated references, a brand-new foreword by Adrian New, of StopWatch Theatre Company, more funny lines and a new decision for the actor to make at the end!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable for: \u003c\/strong\u003e Key Stage 2 audience. Key Stage 3, 4, 5 performance, BTEC course as part of the TiE unit (a companion DVD\/download showing the complete professional TiE programme is also available)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDuration: \u003c\/strong\u003e 45 minutes approximately \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCast: \u003c\/strong\u003e The play has 9 main characters: 4 male, 3 females and 2+ of either sex. \u003cbr\u003e It can be doubled by 2m 2f\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A powerful play with a surprising twist.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eCharles Vance, Amateur Stage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[The] performance was lively, skilful, well-paced and enjoyable. Excellent participation, explored lots of issues pertinent to Year 7, including bullying and peer pressure as well as road safety.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMrs S Scantlebury, Head of Year 7, Chipping Norton School, Oxfordshire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Wheeller's most recent plays, \u003cem\u003eCan You Hear Me Major Tom\u003c\/em\u003e (Verbatim Bowie fan tribute play) and \u003cem\u003eThis Is For You\u003c\/em\u003e (Immersive, Ronson inspired fictional, unplanned teenage pregnancy story) are now available.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eHard to Swallow\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMissing Dan Nolan\u003c\/em\u003e are set texts on Eduqas \u0026amp; OCR GCSE 9-1 Drama. In 2015 his final (and best) verbatim Road Safety play was released. \u003cem\u003eChequered Flags to Chequered Futures\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2019 \u003cem\u003eGame Over\u003c\/em\u003e was released telling the dreadful true story of the murder of fourteen-year-old Breck Bednar.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Story Behind Too Much Punch For Judy and Hard to Swallow - Easy to Digest\u003c\/em\u003e offer the incredible stories behind his most well-known plays and also offer ideas for study\/rehearsing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mark has been commissioned by (amongst others) The Birmingham Rep, (\u003cem\u003eKill Jill\u003c\/em\u003e) the Haymarket Theatre Basingstoke (\u003cem\u003eThe Gate Escape\u003c\/em\u003e) The DSM Foundation (\u003cem\u003eI Love You Mum - I Promise I Won't Die\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e Together with Rachel, his wife, Mark wrote the stories for \u003cem\u003eTufty's Adventures\u003c\/em\u003e and the twelve editions of the \u003cem\u003eTufty Tales\u003c\/em\u003e comic (RoSPA 1994).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mark offers workshops to schools here and abroad.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mark's plays are increasingly being released on DVD including his award-winning OYT productions of \u003cem\u003eToo Much Punch For Judy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMissing Dan Nolan\u003c\/em\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cem\u003eI Love You Mum - I Promise I Won't Die\u003c\/em\u003e. The professional production of \u003cem\u003eCHICKEN!\u003c\/em\u003e is now available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.12 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43777142947903,"sku":"9781913630331","price":20.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/chicken-new-revised-2020-version-paperback","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}