With sex, masturbation, suicide, ghosts and teen pregnancy dealt with in extraordinarily powerful scenes, I felt like I was watching a hardcore episode of Skins.

But that was 122 years away from the truth.

I’d gone to see Spring Awakening at the Brockley Jack Studio Theatre last Tuesday night (July 10).

The debut show from new company OutFox Productions, is an exceptionally courageous play to burst onto the scene with – there’s no denying this boundless group of actors are a force to be reckoned with.

Written in 1890 by German Frank Wedekind, it’s no wonder this teen angst-ridden play was banned and shut down left, right and centre when it began life on stage in 1906.

The often disturbing story is heavily laden with Wedekind’s personal experiences – two of his classmates committed suicide whilst at school thanks to such oppressive childhoods.

Light-years ahead of its time, this thought-provoking piece really highlights the importance of sex education and giving teenagers the freedom to pursue their dreams, even if they aren’t academic.

The intimate setting of the Jack is the perfect environment for such an emotional, and at times beautiful, play.

I felt like I was part of the action, able to see every expression, hear every breath and feel the tension rising in the young characters’ frustrated bodies.

From child abuse to disturbingly real-seeming scenes of masturbation, the play forces its audience to acknowledge issues we don’t openly discuss.

The cast is faultless – full of incredibly talented actors who became their characters with unbelievable credibility.

I found myself wanting to befriend them and tell them everything would be alright.

We watched a school of sexually frustrated teenage boys growing up in a time when academia was of the highest importance to their parents – and nobody talked about the strange new urges they found themselves consumed by.

Academically weak students, like the loveable Moritz (played by the beautiful Joe Sowerbutts) showed us what overwhelming pressure can do to a young man’s soul.

It was heartbreaking to see this teenager, who dreamed of nothing but making his parents proud and kissing girls, fail at school and ultimately blow his brains out for disappointing his family.

As tragic Moritz returned as a ghost, I’ll admit I had to hold back the tears – a truly haunting and dazzling performance from Sowerbutts.

We saw his best friend Melchior (played by David Palmstrom) get thrown out of school and placed in a correctional facility – firstly for drawing detailed sexual diagrams for Moritz and secondly for getting the 14-year-old Wendla pregnant.

What started off as happy kids running riot around their teachers, had suddenly become an irreversible mess of adult-themed disaster.

Innocent Wendla (played by stunningly cute Ana Luderowski) begged and begged her mother to tell her where babies came from – only to be told about the fictional stalk over and over again.

Oblivious and frustrated, the teen has no idea of the consequences when reckless Melchior takes advantage of her in one of the play’s most uncomfortable scenes to watch.

Unknowingly pregnant, Wendla is given abortive pills which lead to her untimely demise.

The only character who escapes tragedy is artistic Ilse (played by Ellie Morris).

Free and bohemian, she becomes a muse to artists and learns the joy of alcohol-induced fun.

The message is clear, the acting was incredible – I cannot wait to see what OutFox does next.

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