- We enter a room lit by fairy lights There is the smell of joss sticks in the room. It sib both childhood and teenage.
- There are 25 bunny rabbits kneeling, standing, lying on the floor
- They are in a special space that is marked out by Jaffa cakes and party rings
- The bunnies have a glass of transparent water; in front of the glass is a piece of fruit; a strawberry, a blue berry, an apple.
- They sooth the water across their eyes, ears, noses, mouths and their haras. They are cleaning, cleansing.
- "We clean our fingertips so we can touch"
- "We clean our eyes so we can see"
- "We clean our ears so we can hear"
- "We clean our nostrils so we can smell"
- "We clean our mouths so we can taste"
- "And we clean our hara’s to connect with ourselves"
- "With you"
- We eat fruit for the first time. We mannequin challenge (MC)
- Some one cleans their teeth. And explains the power of samedhi
- We stretch our bodies to clean our bones and muscles
- And there is music that goes through us and we move
- As octopus swimming alone
- As dolphins we swim together
- And as moonfish we swim as one
- We MC in this
- What if the music stopped?
- A girl appears she is wrapped in a twister mat
- She plays on her own.
- No one else joins in
- What if childhood dies?
- We stand around her breathing
- It is the funeral of childhood.
- We eat a Jaffa or party ring.
- We do the okey kooky
- We are aeroplanes
- We are shot from the sky
- We play the number game
- We play. A bicycle circles the room
- We play. There is an MC
- We play the game
- We play like teenagers on a beach to Good Vibrations.
- We are called to sleep by a siren
- We fall in asleep in a long line of warm cuddles. The last to cuddle is a bunny that moves to the killers when we were young. We all fall asleep.
- A screaming siren wakes us
- We reach for our mothers
- Mummy can you help me
- We hold each other. There is intimacy.
- Wouldn’t it be nice?
- We separate and find each other with our fingertips in the dark. In the dark we find each other with our touch
- A boy Bunny talks about his family and Carole Kings some kind of wonderful plays.
- There is intimacy (there is an MC)
- We brain hold
- We understand the magnificence of the brain
- We are not in the play but on a tube. A bunny talks abut the difference between the real world and the theatre world
- A harmonica plays we move to this
- A Hendrix tune comes from out of the darkness
- Some guitars play we move to this we find fake love for a party moment
- What if the music stopped?
- We come together as one..alive..a ritual of youth, music and future and now.
- We get the audience to play the hokey kokey with us.
- We sit and talk and eat the Jaffa cakes and party rings
- The circle is broken but it will last forever.
We then performed the piece to an audience of red tags. I was nervous about their opinion, as the piece had never been shown to an audience that had not been in some way involved in the process, so I did not know if they would understand. However, their feedback was very positive. They enjoyed the audience involvement, we kept them interested and immersed in the piece. They understood the themes of childhood, music, mental health and the idea we must reconnect with our innocent selves. They loved our commitment, they understood that this was what made the piece enjoyable to watch.
Chris
In Chris' lesson we worked in the science lab to block the opening of our show in a site specific environment. Me and some other actor's played the part of strippers in science coats taking bribes of rulers from fellow actors, this played out as the audience arrived. We then staged our respective pieces around the room. By the end of this rehearsal our show was ready for performance.
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