Zoo Playground Archives - North West End UK

What should we do with violent young men? Lock them up and ‘throw away the key’? Or try to rehabilitate them? ‘Sessions’ is the story of 17-year-old George, a violent offender, who is fortunate to avoid a prison sentence. Instead he is given community service and ordered to attend weekly sessions with a social worker. This timely play comes amidst a longstanding concern about violence amongst disaffected youth. The show starts with the sound of news bulletins about youth crime, austerity cuts including a reduction in youth services, and the links between those spending cuts and crime. Our incarceration rate is higher than that of most other European countries. The new Labour Government is releasing offenders early because of a shortage of prison places. What’s the solu...

This humorous confessional makes light of child abuse in order to win over the audience. The subject matter is made palatable and, therefore, people listen. In response to a traumatic childhood, Cheyenne claims to have developed an App to protect children online. It was removed from use. If true, this should concern us all. But I only have one side of the story. Cheyenne’s. What goes on behind closed doors is rarely revealed easily and then there’s the difficulty of building a case. But, online exploitation, now that’s a public thing and a dirty thing and an underground thing that needs policing. I would have thought any efforts in this field would be welcomed with open arms. This was the part of the show that hit me. And it was meant to. The other parts, are there to pull ...

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Sessions – Zoo Playground

Cults, Startups and Pornstars: How I (almost) Won My Dad’s Approval – Zoo Playground