Immortal: A One Act Play

For AQA GCSE Assessment Options 1, 2 or 4


This script explores friendship, drug addiction, peer pressure, responsibilities and conflict. A variety of techniques and exercises develops students’ practical and performance skills. The teaching notes offer specific guidance for research and improvisations.
  • Approximately 20 minutes with a cast of 7
  • Minimal staging and no scene changes

Gives a great deal of opportunity for KS4 Drama students to explore issues and use a range of drama strategies

B Sibley, Drama Teacher & Peer Reviewer
Emma begins a dangerous relationship with Micky, a drug dealer. Her best friend Jane is desperate to turn her away from him and the world of drugs. The play is told in a series of flashbacks, choral work and testimonies from people who suspected what was going on but did not act. Who is to blame for Emma’s decline?

''I think it gives a great deal of opportunity for KS4 Drama students to explore issues and use a range of drama strategies... The script could be used as a performance text but could also be used to provide stimulus for students to create their own work.'
B Sibley, Director of Arts, Drama Teacher and Independent Reviewer

What do teachers say about this resource? (3230)

I liked the play and the teaching pack was good. It is a self contained resource that is not prescriptive; it points teachers towards a quality outcome. The links to the drugs websites were good. It is really important to have follow up material for young people when the stimulus has provoked questions. It is a really good resource on many levels

N Phillips, Drama Teacher & Peer Reviewer

I think it will appeal to students. There are a number of issues which they will find easy to relate to and identify with. In particular, I think the relationship between Jane and Emma provides a lot of opportunity to work off text. I think it gives a great deal of opportunity for KS4 Drama students to explore issues and use a range of drama strategies although the resource could offer more pointed opportunities, particularly for forum theatre activities, to support less experienced teachers.

B Sibley, Drama Teacher & Peer Reviewer

I liked its authenticity [and] the opportunities it gives to students to research the theme. It introduces a taboo subject in a dramatic, non-moralistic way... Provides excellent starting material for an examination group

N Taylor, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

I thought that it was a well rounded project and very flexible for use either within the drama classroom or as a PSHE/Theatre In Education piece... I like the flexibility, the emphasis on mood and atmosphere, the helpful suggestions for technical students... It provides stylised opportunities for performance and technical production skills

K Cairns, Drama Teacher & Peer Reviewer

I like the mix of flashback, monologue, direct address etc. I also think that there's a variety of language use, including some choral work, which will keep the ear interested in performance

M Haining, HoD & Peer Reviewer