Title: Gone
Written / Devised By: Duncan Kidd
Genre: Drama.
Length: 55 minutes approx.
First performed & at which venue: Drama Studio, Leith Academy, 18th June 2009 by StrangeTown Youth Theatre Cast Breakdown: 27. 13 girls and 13 boys (aged 11-14) plus 1 very small part for a younger child. Synopsis: A large ensemble piece developed from workshops on `Lord of the Flies` and updated for contemporary Scottish schoolkids. `Gone` tells the story of a group of children left to fend for themselves at an Outwards Bounds centre in the mountains when the adults mysteriously disappear. The play follows the various sets of characters through discovery, freedom, boredom, deprivation, violence and the possibility of escape.