Punk Rock (theatre)

Punk Rock is a British play by Simon Stephens, first performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre in 2009.

The plot centers around seven public school sixth formers during their A Level mock exams, chronicling their various insecurities, and neuroses, and relationships with each other. Until, of course, things go really, really bad.

The play's name has two meanings. Firstly, the straightforward one: each scene is titled after a punk rock song, which is possibly to be played as the introduction to the scene. Secondly, it reflects the general air of youth discontent that permeates the show.

This play contains examples of:


 * Axes At School:
 * The Bully: Bennett
 * Dogged Nice Guy: William
 * Driven to Suicide: Subverted, then played straight; not in the way you might expect.
 * Jerkass: Bennett. And how.
 * Mr. Fanservice: Nick, the lacrosse player. Especially when Lilly asks to feel his muscles...
 * Wham! Line: "Don't come to school tomorrow."
 * Wham! Line: "Don't come to school tomorrow."