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Dennis Kelly

DNA

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Prescribed forEdexcel

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Reading, performance and design
Young adult actors playing the teenage group in DNA on a minimalist stage, gathered under a streetlamp with a bench, bare trees and a central block.
Stage it, don’t just summarise it: one bare playing space, one practical streetlamp, a bench, a low block and a few tree shapes can suggest the whole world of the play. The staging stays minimal, so the actors and their shifting power become the main event.
4 sections

Each returns to familiar locations while the moral pressure increases.

3 main spaces

Street, field and wood can feel very different without needing three realistic sets.

Leadership shifts

Watch authority move from John Tate to Phil, with Cathy growing in confidence.

One central problem

How much harm will the group accept to protect itself?

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