A theatre company is set to perform a new play set in a secondary school.

Pipeline Theatre's latest project, which is a work in progress, is about a newly qualified teacher and a Year 9 pupil who "latches on to her".

The company is known for producing new writing and this new play set in a school is set to be no different.

Performances will take place at The Ladder in Redruth on Wednesday, October 30, at The Old Chapel in Helston on Thursday, October 31, and at the Tolmen Centre in Constantine on Friday, November 1.

All performances will start at 7.30pm.

Jon Welch, Pipeline’s writer and director, said: "Last year I spent some time teaching drama in a local state secondary.

"It was, it has to be said, an out-of-body experience.

"Now, I might not be the last word in best practice, but this time things felt different, and not always in a good way.

"Schools pop up on TV - Waterloo Road, Bad Education - but this is TV-land, where the plot twist and the set-up and the sight-gag reign supreme.

"The real world is both smaller and bigger.

"And theatre is the place to explore that world, and dig out the truth of it."

(Image: Pipeline Theatre) Jude Munden, co-artistic director, added: "Ultimately we want it to be everything you’ve always loved about Pipeline shows: indelible characters, eviscerating stories, pin-sharp dialogue and plenty of laughter."

The audience is invited to share their thoughts and feedback in a post-show conversation to help the company develop the project further.

Alan Munden, co-artistic director, said: "The most important thing for us to invest in for the future is our children, how we raise and teach them and the schools we put them in.

"Schools that are now sites of a post-pandemic mental health crisis; smartphone addiction; crumbling concrete.

"Places where you will also find humour, bravery, doggedness, fresh thinking, on-the-fly problem solving, support, kindness, even love.

"But once those children are on site, what do the rest of us really know?"

Tickets are available online or on the door at all venues.