"There's definitely something in the woods. And it's getting closer..."
On the news, war seems a million miles away, but Stella is missing her solider brother, and Worm isn't sure he should be playing with war toys. Meanwhile, there's something in the woods and it's threatening to invade...
POWDER MONKEY is a play about being at war and making peace, about friendship and territory, about children in an adult world and children in a world without adults. It's very warm, funny and thought provoking.
“If I had a bomb right now, I tell ya…..”
DID YOU KNOW?
POWDER MONKEY is a British naval term given to children who made up the gun crews on board ships in the 1600s. Their job was to ensure a continuous supply of gunpowder during battle, and was very dangerous.
THINK...
DR KORCZAK'S EXAMPLE meets TRACEY BEAKER.