{"product_id":"kill-jill-reloaded-2026","title":"Kill Jill (Reloaded 2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eCommissioned by the Birmingham REP, \u003cstrong\u003eKill Jill (Reloaded 2026)\u003c\/strong\u003e is a bold, inventive and surprisingly funny play for secondary school students that asks two provocative questions in contemporary life: how far should reality television be allowed to go and does a man have the right to defend his own castle?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eJill Wentup is fourteen years old when she is selected, without warning, without consent, as the subject of The Lottery Reality Show. For one month her life is everyone's entertainment. When her growing relationship with Jack MacBeanstalk leads them to a castle at the top of a beanstalk, they encounter George, a man who has been robbed ten times, ignored by the police, and has reached the end of his patience. The Camera Operators are filming everything. But should they intervene? And when George defends his home, where does protection end and punishment begin? The consequences are irreversible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eRooted in the real-life Tony Martin case, Kill Jill (Reloaded 2026) places nursery rhyme characters inside a contemporary moral landscape where everyone bears some responsibility and no one is entirely innocent. It is a play that will generate debate long after the curtain falls; about self-defence, institutional failure, the voyeurism of reality television, and the price of entertainment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Default\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eWritten with Mark Wheeller's characteristic theatrical freedom and moral seriousness, this 2026 reload deepens the characterisation and sharpens the dramatic architecture of a play that has been thrilling and challenging young audiences since its original production in 2002. It is ideal as a GCSE, BTec or A Level text and equally suited to school, youth theatre, sixth form, higher education or amateur dramatic production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Default\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThis play is an updated version of 'Kill Jill' first published in 2005. Originally commissioned by The Birmingham REP for the Young REP 2005.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Wheeller","offers":[{"title":"Preview E-Script","offer_id":56525796639106,"sku":"PW-1063","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-Script","offer_id":56525796671874,"sku":"SE-1063","price":4.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Printed Script (A5)","offer_id":56525796704642,"sku":"SA-1063","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Script Copying Licence","offer_id":56525796737410,"sku":"SL-1063","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7003\/0466\/files\/Danny_s_Kill_Jill_Image.jpg?v=1775153136","url":"https:\/\/www.stagescripts.com\/products\/kill-jill-reloaded-2026","provider":"Stagescripts Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}