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‘Chelsea’s Choice’ visit and perform to Senior Pupils - a hard hitting message! ‘Chelsea’s Choice’ is a hard-hitting Applied Theatre Production that has proven highly suc- cessful in raising awareness of the issues surrounding Child Sexual Exploitation. The play, which has now been seen by hundreds of professionals and over 220,000 young people throughout the UK, is followed by a Q&A/plenary session exploring the issues raised. The play tells the story of a group of three students who discover the diary of a girl called Chelsea. Chelsea was a young girl who, having fallen out with her friends and family, was approached by a man called Gary. Gary was older, owned a car, had a fat and treated her like an adult. Unfortunately Gary was not what he seemed to be! Chelsea's story is played out and examined by the three students who, along with their teacher, attempt to under- stand what happened to Chelsea and how it could have been prevented. THE BELLFORT SUMMER 2015 63