The Nottingham New Theatre produced a production in their 2014 Autumn Season, directed by Bridie Rollins and Lara Tysseling. Patalog Theatre Co. [16] premiered the play in Melbourne for the first time professionally at fortyfivedownstairs in December 2019. The play received wide critical acclaim with critics calling it "A masterful re-working. Unmissable.". [17]

Director Trip Cullman guides his cast to performances that are as intense as all get-out. Particular standouts include the spellbinding Robbins, who effectively silences the bullies through a frightening monologue about the apocalypse; Pullen, who's just plain scary as a guy literally exploding with anger; and the alarmingly calm Smith, a kid who has visions of his classmates as robots and animals as pulsating music by Sonic Youth and The White Stripes play in his head. They all impress; even the irredeemably awful characters reveal shreds of humanity, and the actors embodying them find appealing balances between the cruelty and compassion. The Fortune Theatre (Dunedin, New Zealand) produced this play, opening 27 June 2015, directed by Lara Macgregor. [13] Some critics have criticised Stephens for unoriginality, however. For example, Leo Benedictus, writing for the guardian in 2009, said "The critics spot various possible influences such as The History Boys, Another Country, Lord of the Flies, Elephant, If…, Skins, and The Catcher in the Rye." [18] Legacy [ edit ] Identity Crisis [ edit ]

The New Wolsey Young Company performed the play from 3 to 7 December 2013. Tom Chamberlain played William Carlisle and Gemma Raw played Lilly Cahill. I directed his play Port at the Exchange, and I think it's one of the best things I've ever done. His writing is so detailed, so psychologically rich, so daring in terms of his emotion. He's not very English in that way." Marianne Elliot, director He achieves his goal in spectacular fashion in a play that initially appears drawn from the History Boys/ Spring Awakening stable.

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The Exploited (widely believed to be the ones who popularized the mohawk as part of the "punk style") This is a tender, ferocious and frightening play, all at the same time. There is something seriously wrong with its six main characters. Six miserable people suffering from the condition of being teenagers with its ups and downs, its lights and its shadows. And in their case there are too many shadows. He writes so passionately and soulfully for ordinary people who are in really difficult predicaments. People who are violent, or whatever, can have immense humanity in them as well - Simon writes about that very well." Daniel Mays, actor Nightingale, for example, feels that "Stephens doesn't prepare for [the play's closing atrocity] too well" (ie it's a bit far-fetched). Coveney and Billington both take issue with some of the characters' cris de coeur, citing "a defence of the young which sounds too like an authorial statement" to Billington's ears, and "horribly like David Cameron" to Coveney's. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.