Gone Too Far! - Plays for Young People

Gone Too Far! - Plays for Young People Synopsis

Winner of the 2008 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre.

Nigeria, England, America, Jamaica; are you proud of where you're from?
Dark skinned, light skinned, afro, weaves, who are your true brothers and sisters?

When two brothers from different continents go down the street to buy a pint of milk, they lift the lid on a disunited nation where everyone wants to be an individual but no one wants to stand out from the crowd.

A debut work produced at the Royal Court's Young Writers Festival, Gone Too Far! is a comic and astute play about identity, history and culture, portraying a world where respect is always demanded but rarely freely given.

Gone Too Far! premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2007 where it was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, 2008.

It is published here in an abridged form as part of Methuen Drama's Plays For Young People series, aimed at 16-18 year olds.

The play is now a set text on the Edexcel GCSE Drama syllabus.

A Preview of Gone Too Far! is available here.