1999 School Magazine

ORIGll\IAI WORK

Sunken junk by Thea Oakley I2 Mockay SCENE I

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IA family is at the beach. Curbin closed and spotlight is on UR stage. Enter Mum, Dad and two daughters - IOUise, a sulky teenager, and Lily, Younger and more child-like - from UR and cross to UL looking for a spot 10 sit with beach gear. I All right troops, this looks like a good spot Dad ISO"casticallyj Oh great! Louise What Is it now, Missy? Mum Why is it we always have 10 90 right in the middle o1 happy families land? Louise Because we're a ... IMum loins in I ... HAPPY FAMILY Dad You guys are so embarrassing! Louise IFamily sits down & sets up. lily sbris making sandcasilesi Look it's right in front o1 the flags for Your sister. Anyway, what's the big deal? 11's all beach Mum, have You ever seen any hot surfer guys hanging out with their families? We've brought You 10 paradise and You're still complaining! Let's not fight, we're on holiday - come over here, IOUise, and 1'11 do Your face IMum squirts suncream on hands and wipes it on IOUise's face Mum Louise Dad Mum

Anno Williams 12 0'Connor PAINTING ELECTIVE

IOUise squirmsj I'll do it myself Okay then. Lily, suncream. IWiping it on Lily's facej Anyone mind if I turn the radio up? IDCd turns the radio up and sings along with the song using the suncream bottle as a microphonei Oh brother, I'm going 10 gel a coke 11ighis dim and light up when Louise gets backj We'd better head home, Roy, the kids ore going 10 get burnt All right kids, pack up Your gear, let's go home and have lunch IFamily packs up I ICOlling behind heri Check You didn't leave anything behind, Lou ILOuise looks behind her and sees that she has left the empty coke bottlei Noh, nothing important IFamily exits. Spotlight on coke bottle. SFX o1 waves, as curtain is swept back and forth towards the audience. The bottle is swept under the curtain as if swept into the sea. I

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SCENE 2

ICUriains open to an 'under the sea' SFX ... Reeds - played by actors - are scattered around the stage. One in centre stage, labelled "Mullet Reed" with Mum fish beside it. Blue lighting Enter Dad fish. I Mum Fish Dad Fish How was Your day o1 work, hone On a scale of one to ten IWhenever a fish pun is made a chorus o1 fish laughl I'd say an eight. All this new unbreokabie equipment from above is making our lob of the plant a piece of fish cake. ichorus laughsi

ITwo fish children enter with a life-size coke bottle - played by an actor) Well, look what the cultsh dragged in I Mum Fish Mum, Dad, look what we found Fish Kids

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