Director’s Note
Pamela and I read The End of Eddy when it
was first published in English—and we were
convinced immediately of its potential as
theatre. Soon after we realised it would make
sense to specifically tailor our adaptation
for a young audience. We felt that the issues
the book explores from a young person’s
perspective were under-represented in
theatre for young people: sex, sexuality,
class and violence all filtered through a clear
political lens. It was a challenge, but we felt
this was unusual and exciting territory for a
young audience.
Our first step was to approach our colleagues
at The Unicorn Theatre, the UK’s leading
producer of theatre for young audiences.
Purni Morell was leading the organisation
at that point and she was enthusiastic and
commissioned us to make the show. Neither
Pamela nor I had made work for young
audiences before and the knowledge and
expertise of the team at the Unicorn were
invaluable in our process.
But whilst every decision taken in the creation
of this stage version of Eddy was made with our
target audience in mind, we’ve been thrilled
with the responses from younger and older
audiences alike. — Stewart Laing