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Gaming Parody Launched to Support Peer Productions

Today fledgling indie game company Not Games release NGTAV, an affectionate satire of Grand Theft Auto V, last years best selling game. Every member of the NotGames team credits Peer Productions with having had a transformational effect on their lives, and say they are determined that the charity’s amazing work should continue. 100% of the profits from NotGTAV will be donated to Peer Productions.

After learning of Peer Productions recent struggle for funding a resolute group of former students and current staff have come together to create NotGames, an imaginative approach to fundraising.

The team have put their creativity to work developing a humorous, hand drawn, 20 minute gaming romp along the M4 corridor, available to buy for Windows PC (XP upwards). Every element of the game has been created by the team, from the deliberately naive graphics style to the sound effects and music which are all made using only the voices of the team. NotGTAV has several difficulty modes ranging from Wii Mode (the easiest) to Dark Souls Mode (probably impossible).

NotGTAV is available on a “Give what you want” deal. Purchasers can select any price from 10p upwards, although the suggested donation is £1.99.

NotGTAV features three characters – Daffyd, a Welsh farmer with a dodgy caravan site; Darren, a wannabe gangsta who hangs out in the LIDL car park, Swindon; and David Cameron, a Prime Minister of diminishing credibility.When playing as David Cameron, the player will be running over (among others) benefit scroungers, public sector workers, and liberals.

Peer Productions is the UK’s leading peer education arts charity. We work with young people and vulnerable groups to create educational theatre and film focusing on social issues such as teen pregnancy, domestic violence and homophobia. Since opening our doors in 2006 Peer Productions have reached over 70,000 young people, more than 17,000 in the last year alone.

To reach their funding target Not Games need to 15,000 copies of NotGTAV at the suggested donation of £1.99.

NotGTAV is on Sale now at notgames.co.uk.

Thank you for your support

Peer Productions have their pants on fire!

‘Pants On Fire’ & ‘Mobile Phone Show’

Award-winning Peer Productions are back with two new youth theatre shows which will charm, delight and make you reconsider your belief in mobile phones and cupcakes. Woking’s biggest youth theatre are excited to bring to you Jim Cartwright’s ‘Mobile Phone Show’ and ‘Pants on Fire’ by Nina Lemon in an epic double-bill at the Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking from 14th – 16th March.

Young Jennifer June’s world is turned upside down as she begins to “ditch the truth and improvise with teeny weeny little white lies” in the unconventional cautionary tale, ‘Pants On Fire’. This charming musical performed by the Junior Youth Theatre will have your hearts melted, your spirits lifted, and your suspicion of cupcakes indefinitely raised.Peer Productions

Then join the Senior Youth Theatre for Jim Cartwright’s (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Road) ‘Mobile Phone Show’, part of National Theatre Connections, as we gain an insight into how technology has changed the lives of young people. Is it confining our communication? Or is it a tool to evolve our creativity? Is true love destroyed by mobile phones? And what if there were an app to mend a broken heart? Sit back and enjoy the spellbindingly complex production pull your imagination in ways you’ll never expect.

Co-Artistic Director of Peer Productions Nina Lemon said “Peer Productions Youth Theatre have pulled together to create two incredible shows and I am proud of all their efforts. I am confident that this will be a spectacle to behold and a great evening out for all ages. And as always, I’m blown away by what the young people can achieve.”
Performances take place at 7pm on 14th, 15th and 16th March at the Rhoda McGaw Theatre in Woking. Tickets are £12/ £10 concessions with a special discount of £7 for all those under 19 years old. Tickets are available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/peerproductions or by calling 01483 476825.

Editors note –

If you haven’t been to one of Peer Productions performances before then make the time – the last one I saw was excellent, very much a top class performance