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.