OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Damian Gorman 

• Notes

  A play with songs for 14-18 year olds.

• Synopsis

  Davy Mental is fed up with being normal. He wants to stand out from the crowd. He wants to be admired. He wants to be special, not like his workaday father. But is alcohol the answer? Despite warnings from those around him, nineteen-year-old Davy keeps trying to be different until one day, following a scene he has created at the funeral of a friend, he disappears. Months later, his father is still missing him, despite everything, but Davy simply knows he had to go.

• Play Type

  Theatre for Young Audiences
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  3

• Female

  2

• Total

  5

• Cast Notes

  Cast members also play a range of other characters.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  21 September 1992

• Producer

  Produced by Replay Theatre Company

• Venue Notes

  This play was first performed at Royal School, Armagh, as part of a tour to schools and venues.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme. Additional information was supplied by Replay Productions from information contained in the company files.