No-one expected what would happen when real people in recovery from addiction performed a short drugs and alcohol awareness educational play for local secondary schools in 1999. It seemed like a good idea! And it was … it had huge, positive benefits not just for the audiences- but also for the actors.

That first production, Scratchin’ the Surface (link), was so powerful it became a runaway success, and was seen by more than 60,000 young people across the south of England...