Originally commissioned by Max Stafford-Clark for the Royal Court in 1982, caused a sensation on its first performance for its frank portrayal of child sexuality in a northern town; the fact that the play was based on the writer's own experience only added to the furore. Eighteen years later, Stafford-Clarke returbaned with a group of actors to the Bradford estates that Andrea knew. by Robin Soans is a record of what they found. 'A genius straight from the slums' - Shelagh Delaney (on Andrea Dunbar) 'This is life, the facts are there... these things do go on - maybe not in every circle, but certainly in mine' - Andrea Dunbar, , 1986. Out of Joint's production of and premiered at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre in October 2000.