Almeida On Screen: Spring Awakening

Verbal and visual references are made to domestic abuse, including sight of welts on a teenage girl's arm. A woman forces her teenage daughter to have an abortion. There is a scene of corporal punishment in which a domineering teacher pokes a student in his torso using a switch.

Occasional strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as moderate bad language ('bitch', 'slut'), use of the middle finger gesture and milder terms such as 'shit', 'bugger', 'ass', 'God' and 'Christ'.

There are scenes of implied masturbation, including one in which a group of teenage boys begin playing a game with their backs towards the audience. A teenage girl has sex with her love interest, with brief thrusting detail. There are also euphemistic moderate sex references and a crude chalk drawing of breasts on a surface.

A pair of characters are shown sharing a cannabis joint.

A song features upsetting references to child sex abuse. A female character reveals she once woke up to discover a man holding a gun to her breast.

A character takes their own life in a stylised depiction. There is focus on the grief and suffering of the character's loved ones in the aftermath. In another scene, a teenage boy experiences suicide ideation; however, other characters intervene to convince him to live.

It is implied that a pregnant character dies after being taken to a back-alley abortion clinic. Characters are shown grieving at the funeral of a loved one.