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The space is sometimes a radio studio and sometimes an 'actors holding room', complete with carpeted area and paving. |
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It mutates between the two also with the use of microphones. |
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There is a red/green recording light, a small refreshments table with kitsch old fashioned mix – matched cups and saucers, an assortment of biscuits as well as soundproofing. |
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Chairs and sofas may be present along with some items for foley work. |
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The Studio has not been updated with the times and has an old fashioned feel to it. |
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In one corner is a suggestion of Christmas in the form of a decorated tree, a nativity crib and a free standing Saint Nicholas figurine. |
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For the performers: there are two worlds created here – the reality of the actors recording a radio play, which should be naturalistic and snappy, and the other world that often separates the scenes in stylistic vignettes is the surreal, eccentric world of fantasy. |
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These lines will progressively blur as seen in |Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|. |
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Scene 1 |
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The opening scene happens in silence. |
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As the audience arrive in the studio, NICK STEED is sat CS. |
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He makes easy contact with the audience, acknowledging their presence. |
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He checks his phone occasionally {arguments with Ming, his wife}. |
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A red recording light is on. |
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He encourages the audience to keep quiet as they take their seats but takes this prime opportunity to silently sell his recent album. |
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There should be as much silence as possible. |
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Once the audience are seated, enter GAEL LOBO. |
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NICK immediately indicates the red recording light and the two shake hands in silence. |
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GAEL sits making easy contact with the audience and NICK. |
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Some time passes. |
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Enter ELIN-ROSE PHILLIPS. |
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NICK and GAEL indicate the red recording light, kissing or shaking hands with ELIN-ROSE. |
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ELIN-ROSE sits, making easy contact with the audience, NICK and GAEL. |
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Some time passes. |
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Enter TOBY GREY. |
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NICK and GAEL indicate the red recording light and the three shake hands. |
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TOBY greets ELIN-ROSE. |
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TOBY makes easy contact with the audience, NICK, GAEL and ELINROSE. |
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Some time passes. |
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TOBY rises from his seat and moves towards the refreshments table. |
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He begins to make himself a cup of tea. |
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He has a disability in one of his hands. |
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Everything on the table is tricky and proves an obstacle for him: polystyrene cups in a long tube casing, stiff coffee lid, sugar cubes that are removed with special tongs, a plastic ring pull on the milk carton and an unusually large industrial kettle. |
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As he begins to tackle each obstacle the others look on, unsure of what to do as he struggles with each item. |
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GAEL tries to intervene and provide help, which is quickly but politely rejected. |
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The others watch in discomfort. |
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As the sequence reaches its unbearable climax – enter FABIAN PADMOORE-PONDS. |
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FABIAN is carrying an armload of papers and is half greeting the room and half finishing a conversation with his boss, Head of Radio Drama ALISON, who is in the corridor. |
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Scene 2 |
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The cast give a little polite applause. |
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ELIN-ROSE hands out beautifully wrapped presents, complete with ribbon and carefully selected Alice in Wonderland themed wrapping paper. |
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They open their presents. |
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TOBY seems to be having trouble opening his. |
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The ribbon is proving fiddly for him. |
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The others watch until he finally gets it open, he looks up and they quickly resume with their own gifts. |
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ELIN-ROSE nods and Toby takes a quick photo with his phone. |
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NICK and GAEL have the same as Toby but Nick's is a little squashed. |
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ELIN-ROSE repeatedly hits herself hard in the face. |
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GAEL and TOBY eat their cakes whilst still chatting. |
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ELIN-ROSE is transfixed on them, almost hypnotized by the ritual of eating. |
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This is her thing. |
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NICK puts his away and looks at his script while FABIAN opens his present. |
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FABIAN lets everyone have a sniff then wafts it like a fart into the audience. |
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ELIN-ROSE is still fully transfixed on GAEL eating his cake. |
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She snaps out of it. |
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He takes out the pen and the actors pass it around. |
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It ends up in the audience. |
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He picks up his script. |
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Nick fidgets around |
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Pause. |
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A phone goes off in the audience to the ring tone of Take That's 'Shine'. |
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The ACTORS and FABIAN look up. |
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The phone stops after a short period, they resume. |
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Silence. |
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Gael misunderstands and thinks he's part of the improvisation, getting into position. |
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He sits at the back once he realises he's in fact not. |
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FABIAN gauges the audiences' response. |
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NICK settles back down lightly singing a number from Jesus Christ Superstar. |
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Silence. |
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During NICK'S narration the ACTORS anticipate being stopped by Nick and start feeling the pressure to perform, none more than ELIN-ROSE, who gets very nervous and agitated knowing her first bit of Alice dialogue is coming. |
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She fidgets and is unsettled. |
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TOBY and ELIN-ROSE position themselves centre stage ready for their bits. |
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FABIAN looks at the audience. |
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Stand off between TOBY and NICK.. |
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FABIAN breaks it. |
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FABIAN takes a tray of biscuits and heads over to the audience. |
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Gael goes to take one. |
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NICK sings 'I'm Dreaming of Home' from |Joyeux Noel| for the audience. |
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FABIAN stares at him for a moment suddenly feeling threatened. |
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He then heads into the audience with his tray. |
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They chat discreetly upstage behind a shower curtain. |
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What at first seems like a conversation turns into something sexual, depicted through a silhouetted image. |
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Hand running down Gael's body. |
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Pencil rises like a penis. |
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Gael is masturbated but then the curtain is suddenly opened and we are back in the room. |
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GAEL is making notes in his notepad. |
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FABIAN takes the tray meant for the actors and swaps it with the tray he gave the audience and hands the plate to GAEL. |
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FABIAN goes to his booth to make notes. |