I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here

Synopsis

You're growing up and you're not quite sure what you know about yourself or anybody else. Exams, dates, best mates - it's a daily scramble across no-man's land. This is the story of ten teenagers as they attempt to make sense of themselves and their world.

Our Review:

15 February 2013

NT Connections is a nationwide festival of new writing and young theatre talent. Ten members of the Royal Exchange Theatre Young Company take part in one of the new plays that the National Theatre has commissioned to be performed across the UK. The Company has bags of enthusiasm and talent; unfortunately Stacey Gregg’s new play does not so much challenge as confuse and so does not make the best use of these qualities.
 
I’m Spilling My Heart Out Here concerns a group of teens spending their time either slagging off, or attempting to cop off with, each other. The arrival of a new member of the gang, who may or may not have a strange relationship with a deceased pupil, acts as a catalyst to a bizarre physical manifestation of their emotions.
 
Although full of ideas the play is unfocused and over-runs badly. The characterisation reflects the influence of teen dramas like Buffy and Dawson’s Creek –  the pretty g...

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