Package
A | Package
B | Package
C | Package
D
BEGINNER
PLAY PACKAGE A
Includes:
• 'Acting Crabby',
• 'Elementary My Dear Watson' &
• 'Open Sez-A-Me'
'ACTING
CRABBY'
Scene
– on the sea bed
Be
Someone Else – Using the Face and the Body to make a
Character
(The aim of this exercise is to encourage the performers to choose
a sea creature and look at its characteristics. How would these unique
personalities and attributes transfer into a human version of that
sea creature?)
Chorus:
If all the fish were people, what people would they be?
What sort of jobs would they all have if we lived in the sea?
Imagine any normal day, on Collins Street or Bourke,
When all the fish hopped off the train and made their way to work.
(In small groups, each group chooses a sea creature and their
related job. Then, as a group, they enact a small scene remembering
that the focus is on transforming that creature's characteristics
into human mannerisms and expressions. Each scene should be short
and snappy – no more than 10 seconds. Feel free to extend them
or perhaps even think of some more characters if you feel the urge)
Chorus: What if Lobsters were Hairdressers?
Lobsters: (Cutting with their nippers) Oh
I know Mavis! So I said, "Just a little off the sides?" and
when Agnes told me that Jean had told her she'd seen Martha talking
to Eunice - well was I mad? I was boiling.
Chorus: Sardines could work as Elevator Operators.
Sardines: Move to the back of the Elevators please.
There's plenty more room. That's it, squash in just a few more. First
floor, manchester, haberdashery, canned goods.
Chorus: Starfish would have to be Movie Stars.
Starfish: We refuse to go onstage until we have our
name up in lights, flowers in our dressing rooms and a great big gold
human on the door!
Chorus: Sharks? Well, they'd have to be Lawyers.
Sharks: We object, Your Honour! On the grounds the
witness is not a substantial meal!
