TEENAGE pregnancy, domestic violence and bullying are being tackled in a play produced by pupils from a Pendle school.

Thirty girls from West Craven High Technology College, Barnoldswick, will work together on the play, which will also look at gender sterotypes.

The year 10 pupils have been commissioned to make the play after being awarded £2,000 from Pendle Community Safety Partnership.

Plans are already in place for the play to be performed at the town’s Rainhall Centre, nursing homes, primary and other secondary schools.

The aim of the scheme is to address a range of problems facing teenage girls in today’s society.

It will also look at the difficulties that shy people have in trying to make friends.

Drama teacher, Mark Gleeson, said the girls have been spending time together for six weeks, working on various aspects of the play.

He added: “The girls are homing in on what problems they perceive that teenagers have.”

Mr Gleeson said while most of the pupils would act on stage, four girls would be in charge of the lighting, sound, directing and continuity.

Jackie Taylforth, chairman of the West Craven Area Working Group of the Pendle Community Safety Partnership, said the girls also helped to prepare the grant bid and wanted to show the play and film to the community to give people a more positive image of girls in the area.

She said: “Girls can feel quite excluded and in the background because lads get a lot of things.

“The girls have brought all the ideas forward. They wanted to try to help make people aware of the issues.”