#dp 5

All actors are frozen in dramatic positions that have dramatic meaning.

Actor 1: Out of all the children in the world, over 72 million go uneducated.

All change freeze and make rhythmic noise using body/mouth.

Actor 2: The mouths of children are our future. From our words and thoughts, our world will grow. The only way to develop all our thoughts is to make education compulsory for all children, worldwide.

All change freeze and make rhythmic noise using body/mouth.

Actor 3: Of all history's greatest children, the most ingenious have been given an extraordinary education. Imagine what could happen if all the worlds children were educated. Think of the potential.

All change freeze and make rhythmic noise using body/mouth.

Actor 4: Babes, children, youths, we are all entitled to an education. No matter who we are, where we come from, we all deserve knowledge.

All repeat sentences over each other. Actors can be speaking the whole sentence, parts, or just single words. moving around the space.

Actor 1: Out of all- (continues line but is talked over by actor 2)

Actor 2: The mouths of chil-(continues line but is talked over by actor 3)

Actor 3:Of all-(continues line but is talked over by actor 4)

Actor 4: Babes, children, youths, we are all entitled to an education. No matter who we are, where we come from, we all deserve knowledge.

Descends into chaos and then silence.

Actor 2: The mouths. The mouths. The mouths. The mouths. (continues rhythm)

Actor 4:Babes. Babes. Babes. Babes. (said in between Actor 2, contiues)

Actor 1: Out of. Out of. Out of. (continues between actor 2 and 4)

Actor 3: Of. Of. Of. Of.

All repeat lines over the top of one another, speeding up, changing volume and pitch. Until eventually the speech slows down and the sentence formed is-

Actor 1: Out of

Actor 2: The mouths

Actor 3: Of

Actor 4: Babes

All: Out of the mouths of babes.

Create a scene in which a group of children deliver a totes epic presentation to the United Nations General Assembly on the issue of child labour or compulsory education for children worldwide.

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All four actors have their backs facing the audience in strong positions with their legs apart. Actor one spins around and is using the prop as a microphone. She walks towards the audience looking over their heads with a serious face. She then starts beat boxing and after two bars, actor two starts rapping.

Actor two:

Children worldwide (like pittbull)

Actors 3 and 4 are adlibbing lines such as ‘yooooo’ or ‘wicky wicky’ whilst also contributing to the beat but still with their backs to the audience. Actor one is still beat boxing.

So did you hear ‘bout the places all ‘round the world

Where deprivation of education is handed out to all boys and girls

Where a child in Africa could hold the cancer cure

But instead she is shunned because her countries poor

When I think about it, that could have been me

And then I wouldn’t be givin’ this totes epic prezzie.

Actors 3 and 4 turn to face the audience coming in with the chorus.

Actors three & four:

All the Children in the world

Every boy and every girl

All of them deserve to learn

Don't deny them a turn

Both actors 1 & 2 are really feeling the music as you can see on their faces and through their movement.

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