Broken Biscuits

by Tom Wells

Megan, Holly and Ben are definitely not the cool kids. But Megan has a plan. One long summer holiday to change their lives. One sure path to coolness. One amazing transformation, through the power of song.

Holed up in Megan’s garden shed, three old friends try to change their fortunes in a heart-warming, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story for our times. Rock on.

Genres: Plays, Drama

96 pages, Paperback

Published January 30, 2018

Reviews

[iz✨]

A solid three stars

I really like the first scene apart from the fact that Meghan never shuts up and I need to learn her lines and then the quality slips a bit and it became a bit meh and boring. I really liked the ending though, but the whole song thing wasn't really doing it for me because the lyrics were so bad that it just detracted from the point. Wouldn't buy just to read, but I suspect it would be fun to perform the whole thing and I'll remember it fondly because we get to eat biscuits while we're rehearsing it.

[Doug]

If not for the fact that this play is strongly reminiscent of Wells' last work (Folk), both being about three misfits who band (no pun intended) together musically, and that it treads some rather well worn clichés (bossy fat girl, fey gay boy, etc.), it might have warranted five stars. Still charming and funny, as are all Wells' plays.

[Tori Taylor]

I loved this so much. So touching and beautiful

[James G]

I did enjoy this a lot, but I definitely have some gripes.

Megan is such a selfish character, she is so unlikeable, that I don't think her friends would genuinely be with her at the end. The story resolved far too quickly at the end in my opinion too. And sadly, because I'm reading and not watching it on stage, the songs don't really land as much as they may do in real life (because I've no idea how they go).

But saying that, I liked it, and I would read it again.

[Megan]

"Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits raised on a diet of broken biscuits"

This was a funny, lyrical and poignant play about 3 friends who start a band to become one of the 'cool kids'. Reading this definitely has made me want to perform this play, along with eating a few broken biscuits.

[Rach Roberts]

Just didn’t set my imagination and director brain alight or even spark a smallness of idea development. Somewhat safe and often mundane, where really there was some lovely options and opportunities to develop character and relationships more than as found here… not my cup of tea (pardon the pun!)

[Emma Egan]

monologue searching :/