this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2024
4 points (100.0% liked)

The Radical Storytelling Crew

18 readers
1 users here now

The Radical Storytelling Crew is an Anarchist Theatre Collective. We are interested in telling stories with materials and space that do not require us to ask permission. We want to be accountable only to the land and our grassroots communities. This is our place for discussion and knowledge-sharing. We haven't yet made any decisions about what permissions non-members should be granted on this Lemmy community.

founded 8 months ago
MODERATORS
4
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by jugularmalloy to c/thersc
 

*2043, Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court (a well established subsidised "new writing" theatre in Sloane Square). It has been frugally adapted for living. There might be a compost toilet in the back, something for cooking. Three elderly squatters surround a heat source, eating Pigeon On A Stick, reminiscing. *

ARF: Prawn Mayo sandwiches!

		SHERBOURNE and OFFALY recoil in disgust

SHERBOURNE: We were vegans.

ARF: So was I... CORNETTOS!

OFFALY: They’re back now.

ARF: What?

OFFALY: They’re back now.

ARF: But- not with sugar and cocoa

OFFALY: Yeah, with sugar and cocoa.

SHERBOURNE: Yeah, but it’s Cadbury’s now, coz they were Quakers. So, like, socialist ice cream.

ARF: how. where did they get the sugar and cocoa from?

OFFALY: South America. It fell like two months ago.

ARF: South. South America... The whole of South America? Or just former Brazil?

SHERBOURNE: The whole of South America Arf. Fuck, I’m so sorry, we thought you knew

ARF: I NEVER FUCKING GO OUT DO I?!

OFFALY: I’m sorry.

ARF: Tell me what happened.

OFFALY: The SRUSA&C took it from the air. Fucking dropped robots from helicopters. Cleared people out, put them to work.

ARF: What was the justification?

		(pause)

SHERBOURNE: The American people wanted ice cream.

OFFALY: Fully Automated Luxury Communism

ARF: Fully automated luxury fucking communism.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] jugularmalloy 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've given up trying to sort out the formatting blip below. "he's a very mad man" can be replaced with "she's a very mad mam" if ya want.


JADED rummages through the pockets of his huge coat, before finding his VAPE PEN AND JUICE, amongst the various bits of rubbish and lint, is a small, portion-control-sized pot of jam.

SHERBOURNE: Why have you got a tiny pot of jam?

JADED: Oh… it’s er, it’s for the bees.

OFFALY: It’s for what?

JADED: It’s for the bees.

ARFUR: What bees?

JADED: Well exactly, you barely see them at all now, and when you do, they’re always struggling, and sometimes all they need is a little bit of sugar and they’re off on their way

Pause

SHERBOURNE: singing, quietly and slowly at first He’s a very mad man

OFFALY: He carries around a pot of jam

ARFUR: He told me that it’s for the bees

SHERBOURNE: But I saw him rub it on his knees!

OFFALY/ARFUR/SHERBOURNE: starting to dance around JADED
He’s a very mad man

					He carries around a pot of jam

					He told me that it’s for the bees 

					But I saw him rub it on his knees

					
					*dancing with increased fervour*
					He’s a very mad man		
					He carries around a pot of jam
					He told us that it’s for the bees 
					But we saw him rub it on his knees

OFFALY/ARFUR/SHERBOURNE: dancing with increased fervour still He’s a very mad man He carries around a pot of jam He told us that it’s for the bees But we saw him rub it on his knees

OFFALY/ARFUR/SHERBOURNE: dancing with increased fervour still HE’S A VERY MAD MAN HE CARRIES AROUND A POT OF JAM HE TOLD US THAT IT’S FOR THE BEES BUT WE SAW HIM RUB IT ON HIS KNEES

OFFALY/ARFUR/SHERBOURNE: dancing with increased fervour still HE’S A VERY MAD MAN HE CARRIES AROUND A POT OF JAM HE TOLD US THAT IT’S FOR THE BEES BUT WE SAW HIM RUB IT ON HIS KNEES

JADED: I’M A VERY MAD MAN! (pulls his trousers down) I CARRY AROUND A POT OF JAM I TOLD ‘EM THAT IT’S FOR THE BEES (rubs jam on his knees) BUT I REALLY RUB IT ON ME KNEES!

OFFALY/ARFUR/SHERBOURNE: muffled, licking the jam off JADED’s knees, alongside CHEESECAKE HE’S A VERY MAD MAN HE CARRIES AROUND A POT OF JAM HE TOLD US THAT IT’S FOR THE BEES (releasing their mouths from JADED’s knees) THE PALS: But he reaaaaaaally rubs it on his kneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

							Lights down.
[–] jugularmalloy 1 points 7 months ago

Heads up everyone, because formatting is a nightmare on here we've started sharing our writing on a riseup pad instead. The link is in the Signal group. xxx