Synopses & Reviews
Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down—not to anyone or anything. Gemma wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, somehow, finally, you have to come down.
"Retallack's excellent adaptation of ... Burgess's controversial Carnegie Medal winning novel is splendidly unpatronizing ... a truly cautionary tale."—Independent
"Junk is perhaps the clearest sign yet that British theatre for children and young people is beginning to grow up."—Guardian
"Melvin Burgess is a writer of the highest quality with exceptional powers of insight."
—The Sunday Times
Review
"John Retallack's excellent adaptation of Melvin Burgess's controversial Carnegie Medal winning novel is splendidly unpatronising…a truly cautionary tale"—Independent
Synopsis
New volumes in the Methuen Modern Plays series, now celebrating 40 years of publishing the most distinguished new plays that are being performed on the British stage.
This stage version of the prize-winning novel by Melvin Burgess is a graphic and unstinting portrayal of teenage drug addiction, underage sex and violence. Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down -- not to anyone or anything. As Tar says to the audience: "It was a love story -- me, Gemma and Junk".
Synopsis
Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down - not to anyone or anything. Gemma wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, somehow, finally you have to come down. Commissioned and produced by Oxford Stage Company, Junk premiered at The Castle, Wellingborough, in January 1998 and went on to tour throughout the UK in 1998 and 1999.
Synopsis
junk = heroin = bliss = despair = a love affair you'll never forget
'It was a love story. Me, Gemma and junk.' Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down -- not to anyone or anything. Gemma wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, somehow, finally, you have to come down.