Out of the Wings

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Crecer (c.2008), Maxi Rodríguez

Titles
English title: Growing Pains
Date written: c. 2008
Keywords: family, family > adolescence, identity, love > friendship, family > parents and children
Genre and type: comedy
Pitch

The life of a teenager is never simple. There are friends to see and text messages to send. But for sixteen-year-old Adrian, things are about to get a lot more complicated, as his long-lost father Alex enters his life. Alex is a man who has never grown up, and soon all the adults in Adrian’s life are behaving like children. Growing Pains brings out the child in all of us, while showing us that grown-ups – and growing up – can be a right pain in the arse.

Synopsis

Adrian lives with his mother Rosa and his father Pepe. He is a typical sixteen-year-old. He loiters in the park with his best friend Danny and is addicted to his mobile phone. Adrian’s ... (Read more...)

Sources

Peter Pan Syndrome.

In scene 12 Danny explains the childish behaviour of Adrian’s family as being symptomatic of Peter Pan Syndrome. This is not a recognised psychological disorder, bu... (Read more...)

Further information

Crecer (Growing Pains) was written for the Basque Teatro Paraíso Antzerkia. This theatre has a specific educational interest in staging plays aimed at children and young people. The pl... (Read more...)

Entry written by Gwynneth Dowling. Last updated on 4 January 2011.

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