The It
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She has something growing inside her. She doesn't know what it is, but she knows it's not a baby.
It expands in her body. It starts in her stomach, but quickly outgrows that, until eventually it takes over the entirety of her insides. It has claws. She feels them. Does it have teeth, skin, and hair as well, or are those feathers or spikes she can feel, butting up against her organs? What is it? It makes a noise, like a lizard or a snake. No one must know about it. She has to keep its presence, its possession of her, concealed. She cuts an isolated weird figure at school, trying to live her life normally but battling to keep The It inside of her. She pulls away from her friends. She refuses to speak in case The It is heard. Then the It tries to escape from her body. She can't let that happen but she can't contain it forever.
Presented in the style of a direct-to-camera documentary, this is a darkly comic state-of-the-nation play exploring adolescent mental health and the rage within, written very specifically for today.
Brave, clever and thoroughly engaging
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