In this episode, I am joined once again by Pip Williams and Nancy Netherwood, this time to discuss the intimate and explosive play about teenage-hood, Punk Rock by Simon Stephens.

Punk Rock is set in 'a fee paying grammar school' as a small students deal with the ever increasing pressures of A-levels and social interaction. Brutal and heart wrenching, this play lives up to its title in a hundred different ways and none. A play for anyone who is or has been young.

Next episode I chat to costume and cosplay extraordinaire Eleanor Morton-Smith about the hilarious farce Noises Off by Michael Frayn.

RECOMMENDED READING:
- The Breakfast Club (1985)
- Black Mirror S4 E1 ('USS Callister)
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens
- Motortown by Simon Stephens
- Morning by Simon Stephens
- A Working Diary by Simon Stephens
- DNA by Dennis Kelly
- 2020 by Suuns (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB8GPhDjPSo)
- Faith in Strangers by Andy Stott (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BIYV3BLcno)
- Nocturama by Annie Baker
- Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind (our favourite translations: Edward Bond/Margarete Forsyth & Julian Forsyth)

PUNK ROCK'S PUNK ROCK PLAYLIST
- Kerosene by Big Black
- Eric's Trip by Sonic Youth
- Loose by the Stooges
- The Woman Inside by Cows
- Fell in Love With a Girl by The White Stripes
- Touch Me I'm Sick by Mudhoney
- Desperate Man Blues by Daniel Johnston

BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Punk Rock by Simon Stephens
- Broadway Baby Review: https://broadwaybaby.com/shows/punk-rock-by-simon-stephens/708183
- New York Times Review: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/theater/punk-rock-by-simon-stephens-at-the-lucille-lortel.html
- theatreview Review: https://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=8280
- Variety Review: https://variety.com/2009/legit/reviews/punk-rock-1200476337/
- Resource pack from Fortune Theatre (no longer available)
- Crikey.com Review: https://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2012/08/08/review-punk-rock-atyp-studio-1-sydney/
- The Guardian Review: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/10/punk-rock-simon-stephens