By Aashiq
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXxHealWI8
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It’s horrible being a teenager sometimes. I should know. I
still feel like a teenager in my head. But some people have more than just the
normal teen problems.
I’m sure Emily, played by Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness, would absolutely love it if she had nothing to worry about beyond prom dresses and boyfriends. That’s all her friends seem to think about and they don’t understand why she’s so moody.
Emily is still at school. She also works as a hairdresser.
She looks after her younger brother and sister. She cleans the house and does
the chores. She lives with her mum (Cat Simmonds) and there’s no mention of a
dad, so it’s reasonable for her to help out… isn’t it?
Odd One Out is written by Creshia Lindo. The story
could have filled a full-length play, but Creshia has compressed it into nine
minutes in a way that doesn’t seem rushed. Emily is a great character whom I
liked instantly and although it’s a sad story, Creshia still finds
opportunities to show a flair for comedy, without derailing or distracting from
the main story.
There’s also a wonderful special effect and there’s a
brilliant ending which comes as a shock, but when it happens, you realise it
has been foreshadowed. Things that seem to happen out of nowhere actually don’t
– it’s just that we don’t know what led up to it. So in a story, you want to
move towards something without making it obvious what you’re moving towards. Creshia
has done this really cleverly. I hope that doesn’t sound patronising. It’s not
meant to be. It’s actually something I hadn’t fully realised till I watched
this play.
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