{"product_id":"act-normal-mark-wheeller-9781913630607","title":"Act Normal","description":"Act Normal includes 31 contemporary monologues from Too Much Punch For Judy, Hard To Swallow, Missing Dan Nolan, I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won’t Die, Game Over … and many more of Mark’s plays and musicals.\nWritten with young performers in mind and available for classroom or audition use, they offer a range of characters and topics – both comic and serious - along with acting notes for each monologue. Many of the monologues are verbatim, providing a unique opportunity for actors and directors to explore this exciting form. Act Normal is the first exclusive collection of Mark’s monologue work.\n‘Surprise your teacher, your friends, your family, your audience and last but not least, yourselves!’\n– Mark Wheeller\nMonologue topics:\n True stories and verbatim pieces\nBritish World War II evacuee experience\nTestimony of world champion blind athlete Graham Salmon\nAccount of sisters involved in a drink-driving accident\nStory of a woman’s battle with anorexia\nA young woman’s struggles breaking into the football world\nTwo pieces on the life-changing consequences of a car accident\nRecounting of a prison assault\nDan Nolan’s 2002 disappearance\nGrooming and human trafficking\nStudents excluded from the mainstream education system\nAccidental drug overdose\nYoung people and self-harm\nOnline predators\nFiction\nAbsurdist, allegorical tale about a fantasy King\nUnplanned teenage pregnancy\nFandom and mourning an idol (reference to David Bowie)\nTheatre in Education piece on road safety\nFeatured plays, with character options and ages\n(NB: all are suitable for performers of any age and gender)\nBlackout - Operation Pied Piper - Jean, aged 9\nGraham – World’s Fastest Blind Runner – Junie, pre-teen\/ Graham, adult\nToo Much Punch For Judy – Judy, young adult\/ Duncan, adult\nHard to Swallow – Anna, young adult\/ John, adult\nSweet (W)FA \/ Lethal In The Box – Miss Vallas, adult\/ Spanner, adult\nChicken! – Nut-Job, teenager\/ Chris, teenager\nLegal Weapon 2 – Andy, young adult\nWacky Soap – Storyteller, adult\nMissing Dan Nolan – Pauline, adult \/ Sarah, young teenager\/ Andy, adult\nOne Million to Stop The Traffik – Mary, adult\nKids Who Look Out of the Window – Tonisha, teenager\nChequered Flags to Chequered Futures – Jane, adult\/ Driver, adult\nI Love You, Mum – I Promise I Won’t Die – Jack, teenager\nScratching the Surface – Louise, adult\nThis Is For You – Susan, adult\nCan You Hear Me Major Tom? – Mark, adult\/ Jasmine, adult\nGame Over – Lorin, adult","brand":"Salamander Street Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50496634945824,"sku":"9781913630607","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781913630607.jpg?v=1781016462","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/act-normal-mark-wheeller-9781913630607","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}