speak

in a parallel universe they try to

words

but the words exactly they just

stop

when they try to speak they just

stop

as you say yes they

stop

not so much stop as

start

start when it starts yes he

wakes

on floor yes wakes up from the

party

night before there was a yes

drink

drink of course yes he

drunk

at the party yes and there he is

still in shorts

shorts he is yes

golden shorts

lying on the floor in golden shorts he

writhes

writhes exactly he

asks

he asks yes exactly he

last night

what happened with the

chav

yes

slapped a chav

round the face in favela

spat

did he spit

yes he spat

on the

on the chav yes exactly he

out

of the car yes he

got out

of the car yes he walked

walked over yes to the

chav

favela chav and gave him a

smack yes I think then

he spat

did he spit

yes he spat been through this he

spat in his face yes he did but not all

more

violence

what violence you

a fatal car crash

call your drug dealer

no

call your drug dealer

no

call your drug dealer

no

call your

he got out

yes

of the car he got out and he

spat

in the face of a

chav

//Bright lights//

his mother

what

to his mother he

goes I remember yes he

went to his mother after he woke

on the floor in golden shorts he

stands

stands up yes and

goes

the next scene

the next yes scene with his

embrace

not with his embrace but

mother and him they

embrace and forgive

she forgives exactly

in white swimming yes she forgives

he’s young

young yes he’s

mistakes he can

make

of course make but just don’t

car

shouldn’t stop out as you say in favela

says it’s dangerous

favela is dangerous we all know

then a kiss

yes a kiss

on the mouth

with his mother

a kiss on the mouth with his mother then

//Bright lights//

a new social order

what

you remember

remember I don’t

yes you do

don’t

new social order

remember I don’t

yes you must

new

not new but

social

yes social it is

order

the coup

the coup yes

you remember the coup

it a memory but yes I think I

not new as a I say but

old

in the past

in the past yes exactly

the coup

you remember

something not the whole

there was a coup

a memory uncovered

keys

what

give me the keys

why

going for a drive

no you

driving now I want to

not like this you not you

keys

you not having the keys

in hand I need to

no

//Bright lights//

a story

yes

can you see

a story I see yes

like a thriller

geo political

geo political yes thriller

about what

know I not but there’s themes

clear themes yes there is

like what themes you mean

reality is violence

what

reality is violence

no

reality is violence

no

reality is

//Bright lights//

back to the story

story back yes

not my mother

no

we all then just

not orphans just

what

different parents we all have

not my mother so who is she

find out we can

how

favela if we look

how you know she is not

not me say but

the coup

the coup you remember yes the coup

the tents

what

the tents in favela

in favela we went

by the road

in the favela we go

not now but last night

no now

no I don’t want

if you would just

not thinking like that

if you just let me

not a word more you stop

stop

yes exactly stop

not stop now you want to know more

no

need to tell you I do

hearing you say makes me

solution there is

what

there’s a solution if you just

listen

listen yes exactly if you just

//Bright lights//

a gun

yes

the solution’s a gun

out of a box a gun yes she outs

of the box and he squirms

squirms exactly he

not want to shoot

but he must

she says yes he must

in the mouth he must

or the head I will

don’t

I will shoot in the head if you don’t

for the coup

yes the coup

for the memory of the coup I will

yes

justice for our parents I will

//Bright lights//

an old man

point gun at him

don’t shoot

tell us

let explain me

you have ten

the revolution there was

nine

tents there were tents in the

eight

favela you see there were tents but

seven

your mother she was

six

all the women they were

five

had to stop them so we

four

stitched up their mouths

what you did

their mouths and their eyes and their cunts

what

stitched up their cunts and it stunk

shoot him

the smell of a thousand cunts can you

shoot him

not yet need him to

hah confess I will not

confess or I shoot

your mother

shoot him

your mother was the worst

shoot

your mother was worst of them all

I want to shot the old man

stunk more than

let me shoot the old man

//Bright lights//

back favela to

by road

in the car yes by road

called the dealer

on the phone called the dealer he

came

not sure if that’s real

//Bright lights//

can you hear that

hear yes I can what it is

sounds like a

song

like a yes it could

or not a song but an

angel

angel yes could be a

no

could be

not an angel a

song

shorts

golden shorts

sunglasses

you will

that is a false

can you hear

we all then

you see

an angel

lean forward

phantom angel

try to work out

but not

words not working

wake me

give me

kiss me

hurt me

take me

shoot me

kill me

stop

 

Show 6 is at Summerhall until 17 August. For more information and tickets visit the EdFringe website.