WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THEM?
April 1990
 

Cumbernauld News – April 11^th 1990 

Cumbernauld Youth Theatre highlights the growing problem of teenage homelessness in their latest production.

“What About The Rest of Them?” which appears at Cumbernauld from tomorrow (Thursday) to Saturday, looks at the problem through black comedy and a futuristic setting.

Its writer is 19-year-old Theatre member Paul Osborne.  Paul explained:  “The web is a warehouse development where the youngsters are sent to get them out of the government’s way”.

“The web is run by Spider, who’s quite a mean, cruel kind of character.  The play looks at how they cope getting stuck in the web”.

What made Paul, whose only previous writing credit was on he soap spoof “destiny”, choose to write about homelessness?

“It came about after reading an article in a magazine about homelessness in London.  It’s a growing problem in Scotland, too particularly Edinburgh.  And with the poll tax, I am sure it is going to get a whole lot worse.”

Paul says he tried not to write with fellow youth members in mind for the parts, although he will be acting in the play himself – as a character called Paul!

Paul Osborne

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