Hayley is a girl in high school, trying to find who she is and who her friends are. She does not know if she is gay or not, but she is put through a lot of stress. To cope she creates a diary about her life to explore her feelings and try to convince her-self that she is not gay. With the drama that goes on at school and how she is being back-stabbed by her friends, she has to live with that fact that she won’t be accepted. Trying to find love is one of her main aims, but finding herself is her main priority.

The play starts when Hayley is moving out to Manchester and she is looking through the old boxes in her dad’s house. The play then shows in flashbacks the struggles that she goes through in school life with her friend Debbie. It then flicks back to the present with her dad during which they talk about her plans with her partner to adopt.

The play was very humorous. There were a lot of sexual references which made the audience laugh. There were also a lot of jokes about the two teenage girls teasing each other. The only sound was the sound coming out the radio, which normally went from quiet to loud and then went in the scene change. The music showed what her current mood was in and how she relieved stress. It also showed us what time it was set in.

Hayley was played by Sarah Emmott. She is a teenager who needs to find herself and needs to know if she is gay or not. With no help from her dad she tries to cope with school and her life by herself. She is a very relatable to, and a loving person, and so you can believe her struggles. Her character is played amazingly well and she really shows the thoughts and feelings.

Michael Forrest played the dad who does not really know how to deal with Hayley. He also is very relatable to as far as the things that we do not want to say yes to, but we feel bad if we don’t. Michael shows the struggles with dealing with a teenage girl very well.

Debbie is played by Catherine Pugh, a teenage girl who wears too much make up and goes out with a lot of men. She tries to help Hayley, but ends up only caring about her-self and ruining the friendship.

Overall, I would say the play really shows the thoughts and what goes on in a school. It dragged on a bit too much, but the characters are well developed and well performed. I would recommend it to the ages 14+ because of the sexual references and it is more relatable to them.

By Fraser Dodds