SICKNESS AND DESPAIR – A PLAY

ACT ONE (The kindergartener enters the office pre-recess. We see her speaking with the secretary. We see the secretary give her a sympathetic look and dial a phone. The kindergartener shuffles onto a chair in the office and sits still, eyes wandering the room.) VOICE OFF-STAGE: She’s not feeling well? SECRETARY: NO, she says her [...]

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FERAL CREATURES…

“Look Daddy, Bubbsy’s a poo-licker! Poo licker poo licker pooooooooo licker!” We both laughed, the K-girl and I, because as crude as it sounded, she wasn’t wrong. Our cat Bubbles, aka Bubbsy, was (and is) indeed a poo-licker. That is is to say that he can flip his hind leg over his shoulder, arc his [...]

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GLITTER AND CUTS…

If I see one more piece of glitter, any color, any shape, any size, I will not be responsible for my actions. Of course, even saying something as stupid as this sets me up to be a raging asshole for the forseeable future, because I WILL see glitter, I WILL see it on my eyebrow, [...]

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YOU DON’T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARK SIDE…

I have been here before, twice in fact, but it’s still as sweet as ever. The first time, as a breathless 10 year old, I trogged up to the Odeon Leicester Square with my parents, held my souvenir program and dropped my jaw when he first hit the screen. The Imperial March, then the breathing, [...]

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YOU DON’T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARK SIDE…

hit the screen. The Imperial March, then the breathing, then the cape, then the helmet, christ that helmet/mask/whatever blew my tiny mind. Then the voice. Deep, rich, all-knowing, all-powerful. Yes Darth Vader was ‘evil’ but show me a boy who didn’t think he was cool and I’ll show you a smarmy little pressed-shirt goody-two-shoes bore-buddy. [...]

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