I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die (Plays for Young People)

I'd had a conversation specifically with Dan about ecstasy. It's one of the things you do as a parent, isn't it? Wear your helmet when you're out on your bike, you know, don't take drugs. To be honest, I was more worried about him being safe on his bike than at a party with his friends. The words of the title are the last ones spoken by sixteen-year-old Daniel Spargo-Mabbs to his mother. In January 2014, Daniel's parents thought he was going to a friend's house. He actually attended an illegal rave and later died after taking MDMA. That fateful evening is told through the words of his school friends and family, divided into two hard-hitting acts in Mark Wheeller's verbatim play. I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die was commissioned by the charity set up in Daniel's memory to raise awareness about the danger of party drugs. It is a fast-paced, tragic, vibrant piece of verbatim theatre, which should engage teenage readers, audiences and performers alike.

• | Author: Mark Wheeller
• | Publisher: Methuen Drama
• | Publication Date: Feb 09, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 80 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Drama
• | ISBN-10: 1350011282
• | ISBN-13: 9781350011281