OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Nicholas Kelly 

• Notes

  A play for post-primary school students.

• Synopsis

  The play focuses on a young woman's attempts to express herself in as true a manner as possible and the problems this causes for her friends and the people around her. It addresses issues around censorship, and questions society's responsibility to protect the individual from themselves, the group from the individual etc. It explores what motivates creativity and what it means to be a true friend.

• Play Type

  Theatre for Young Audiences
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  3

• Total

  5

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  08 November 2000

• Production Notes

  Shapeshifters was originally presented as a companion piece to 'A Quiet Life' by the same author (listed separately) under the title 'Ways2me'.

• Producer

  Produced by TEAM Educational Theatre Company In association with Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Venue Notes

  First performed as part of a tour to schools.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the teachers' information pack for the original production.