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Contents
Game Page
Number Number
Welcome 3
2 Spaghetti 4
24 Challenge Chair 5
40 Team Challenge 6
47 Sonnet On 1 Breath 8
53 3 Events 13
54 Film Trailers 14
57 School Excuses 15
58 7-Word Story 16
59 Oh Kay Magazine 18
61 The Party Game 20
62 3 Sounds 24
65 Beginning and Ending 25
70 The News 27
71 Draw Blind 29
79 Crowd Reactions 34
80 SFX Mimes 48
85 The Other 50
95 The Energy Test 51
97 Emotion Bench 52
99 To Bean or Not to Bean 53
103 Sound Script 54
105 Staging by Numbers 57
107 Staging Plays 64
109 Sound Scene 65
111 Trash TV 66
114 Emotional Roller Coaster 69
118 Motivation Maps 70
119 Emotionally Torn 78
120 Structured Stories 81
123 Channel-Hopping 84
126 Love Story 85
127 The Moral of the Story 86
136 Interpretation Scripts 87
140 The Scottish Play 92
141 Energy Steps 93
142 Fairytales 94
143 7 Deadly Sins 95
144 Show in 30 Minutes 96
145 Fight Scenes 101
149 Story Elements 106
Notes 107
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Welcome
Welcome to the Drama Menu Resource Pack, the perfect partner to the unique three-
course teaching system.
This pack was created alongside the book to allow you to get the very best out of Drama
Menu. If a resource is required, it will be here; so, if you’re short of time or just looking for
some inspiration, the Resource Pack is at hand to help you deliver dynamic and creative
drama sessions in three easy steps…
1) Select your menu by browsing the book or by taking suggestions from our online
community at www.dramamenu.com.
2) Find the required resources (the large numbers at the top of each resource sheet
relate to the game number in the book), and then print the required number of
copies.
3) Follow the guidelines in the book for each activity.
It’s as easy as that! Three simple steps and you have all the ingredients for a fun-filled,
creative drama session. All you have to do is add some energy, enthusiasm, a room full of
eager participants, and a copy of Drama Menu!
With Drama Menu and this Resource Pack, it’s never been easier to provide a positive and
progressive learning experience for your drama group. We’ve done the hard work,
leaving you free to do what you do best: delivering engaging and creative drama
sessions that will inspire and enrich each participant.
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The Drama Menu Resource Pack has been designed for you to download, print and/or
photocopy, and distribute in order to play the games featured in the book Drama Menu and on
the website www.dramamenu.com. The Resource Pack remains copyrighted to its author,
should not be altered, and must not be published or distributed via any other website.
Drama Menu and the Drama Menu Resource Pack first published in 2015 by Nick Hern Books Limited, The Glasshouse, 49a Goldhawk
Road, London W12 8QP
Copyright © 2015 Glyn Trefor-Jones
Glyn Trefor-Jones has asserted his right to be identified as the author of these works
Designed and typeset by Nick Hern Books
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Spaghetti
Here are some favourite Spaghetti emotions / character traits that offer scope for
physical and emotional connection to the spoken word.
ANGRY
IN LOVE
SHY
HEROIC
EXCITED
BORED
AMAZED
COOL
CONFIDENT
POSH
DISAPPOINTED
GIANT
SAD
CONFUSED
CONTENTED
MAGICAL
STRANGE
UNBELIEVABLE
SUPER HERO
INTELLIGENT
ROCK ’N’ ROLL
GEEK
DRUNK
GRIEF-STRICKEN
PARTY ANIMAL
SLOW MOTION
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Challenge Chair
For this challenging exercise, you will need as many subjects as you have players. Here
are some ideas.
CHOCOLATE BARS
FOOTBALL TEAMS
SHOPS
COUNTRIES
BOYS NAMES
ANIMALS FOUND IN A ZOO
CARTOONS CHARACTERS
THINGS FOUND IN A FRIDGE
FEMALE SINGERS
TV PROGRAMMES
SCHOOL SUBJECTS
GIRLS NAMES
MODES OF TRANSPORT
THINGS FOUND IN A BATHROOM
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
ANIMALS FOUND ON A FARM
PLACES BEGINNING WITH ‘B’
AMERICAN ACTORS
TYPES OF CLOTHING
COLOURS
LANDMARKS IN PARIS
FILMS
VEGETABLES
SPORTS
THINGS FOUND IN A THEATRE
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS
CAPITAL CITIES
GREEN-COLOURED FOODS
DISNEY FILMS
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Team Challenge
Team Challenge #1
1) Everyone in the group must touch all four walls in the room.
2) Shake hands with everyone in your group.
3) Find out whose birthday is next and sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to them.
4) Just by using your bodies, make a bridge (for the group leader to walk underneath).
5) Make a tight circle… put your left hands in and hold hands with another person,
now do the same with your right hands!You are now a human knot!! Untie
yourselves (without letting go of each other’s hands).
6) Line up in shoe size order and sit down.
7) Smile!You might have won!
Team Challenge #2
1) Stand in a perfect circle.

2) Saying one letter each in cannon, recite the whole alphabet.
3) Have a group hug.
4) Stand as far away from each other as possible and count down from 20 to 1 (getting
progressively louder).
5) Make a revolutionary ‘people-cleaning machine’ just by using your bodies for the
group leader to walk through.
7) Line up in age order.
8) Sit down.
9) Make an aeroplane out of this page and fly it at the group leader. First to fly… wins!
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Team Challenge
Team Challenge#3
1) Just by using your bodies… make an Eiffel Tower.

2) Do the Hokey Cokey.
3) Make a dog out of your bodies and run over to bark at the group leader.
4) Hide the tallest member of your group with your bodies.
5) Just by using your bodies, make a present for the group leader to open.
6) Give a compliment to every member of your group.
7) Do the conga around the group leader.
8) Return to your Eiffel Tower positions and fly this page (like a flag) from the top. The
first group to fly the flag is the winner!
Team Challenge #4 (Christmas Special)
1) Find out whose birthday it is next and make a nativity picture with them as baby
Jesus. When it’s ready, call the group leader over to award points (out of 10).
2) Name Santa’s reindeer.
3) Make a sleigh for Santa just by using your bodies and slide it over to the group
leader giving him/her a present. How much did they like the gift (out of 5)?
4) Name six things you would eat at Christmas.
5) Sing ‘We WishYou a Merry Christmas’ to the group leader as beautifully as you can.
How much did they enjoy the performance (out of 10)?
6) Make a Christmas candle just by using your bodies and ask the group leader to blow
it out.
7) Sit down and smile.…You just might have won.
8) Dress a member of your group like an alternative Santa. [Note: 5 bonus points will be
awarded for the best dressed / most original Santa.]
Team Challenge #4 – Answers

2) Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Doner, Blitzen, Rudolph
4) Ask each group, in turn, to read out their Christmas dinner items; if another group has written the
same answer, no one scores a point for that item. Each remaining food item will win one point.
[Note: You will need a box of clothing for the players to dress their Santas and it’s a good idea to have a
nominal prize for the winning team.]
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Sonnet On 1 Breath
Print, cut out and take a deep breath!
Sonnet 29
When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man’s art, and that man’s scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts my self almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Sonnet 2
When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty’s field,
Thy youth’s proud livery so gazed on now,
Will be a totter’d weed of small worth held:
Then being asked, where all thy beauty lies,
Where all the treasure of thy lusty days;
To say, within thine own deep sunken eyes,
Were an all-eating shame, and thriftless praise.
How much more praise deserv’d thy beauty’s use,
If thou couldst answer ‘This fair child of mine
Shall sum my count, and make my old excuse,’
Proving his beauty by succession thine!
This were to be new made when thou art old,
And see thy blood warm when thou feel’st it cold.
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Sonnet On 1 Breath
Sonnet 23
As an unperfect actor on the stage,
Who with his fear is put beside his part,
Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage,
Whose strength’s abundance weakens his own heart;
So I, for fear of trust, forget to say
The perfect ceremony of love’s rite,
And in mine own love’s strength seem to decay,
O’ercharged with burthen of mine own love’s might.
O! let my looks be then the eloquence
And dumb presagers of my speaking breast,
Who plead for love, and look for recompense,
More than that tongue that more hath more express’d.
O! learn to read what silent love hath writ:
To hear with eyes belongs to love’s fine wit.

Sonnet 12
When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;
When I behold the violet past prime,
And sable curls, all silvered o’er with white;
When lofty trees I see barren of leaves,
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,
And summer’s green all girded up in sheaves,
Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard,
Then of thy beauty do I question make,
That thou among the wastes of time must go,
Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake
And die as fast as they see others grow;
And nothing ‘gainst Time’s scythe can make defence
Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.
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Sonnet On 1 Breath
Sonnet 97
How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!
What old December’s bareness everywhere!
And yet this time removed was summer’s time;
The teeming autumn, big with rich increase,
Bearing the wanton burden of the prime,
Like widow’d wombs after their lords’ decease:
Yet this abundant issue seemed to me
But hope of orphans, and unfathered fruit;
For summer and his pleasures wait on thee,
And, thou away, the very birds are mute:
Or, if they sing, ‘tis with so dull a cheer,
That leaves look pale, dreading the winter’s near.

Sonnet 70
That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect,
For slander’s mark was ever yet the fair;
The ornament of beauty is suspect,
A crow that flies in heaven’s sweetest air.
So thou be good, slander doth but approve
Thy worth the greater, being wooed of time;
For canker vice the sweetest buds doth love,
And thou present’st a pure unstained prime.
Thou hast passed by the ambush of young days
Either not assailed, or victor being charged;
Yet this thy praise cannot be so thy praise,
To tie up envy, evermore enlarged,
If some suspect of ill masked not thy show,
Then thou alone kingdoms of hearts shouldst owe.
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Sonnet On 1 Breath
Sonnet 33
Full many a glorious morning have I seen
Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye,
Kissing with golden face the meadows green,
Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy;
Anon permit the basest clouds to ride
With ugly rack on his celestial face,
And from the forlorn world his visage hide,
Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace:
Even so my sun one early morn did shine,
With all triumphant splendour on my brow;
But out, alack, he was but one hour mine,
The region cloud hath mask’d him from me now.
Yet him for this my love no whit disdaineth;
Suns of the world may stain when heaven’s sun staineth.

Sonnet 89
Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault,
And I will comment upon that offence:
Speak of my lameness, and I straight will halt,
Against thy reasons making no defence.
Thou canst not, love, disgrace me half so ill,
To set a form upon desired change,
As I’ll myself disgrace; knowing thy will,
I will acquaintance strangle, and look strange;
Be absent from thy walks; and in my tongue
Thy sweet beloved name no more shall dwell,
Lest I, too much profane, should do it wrong,
And haply of our old acquaintance tell.
For thee, against my self I’ll vow debate,
For I must ne’er love him whom thou dost hate.
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Sonnet On 1 Breath
Sonnet 149
Canst thou, O cruel! say I love thee not,
When I against myself with thee partake?
Do I not think on thee, when I forgot
Am of my self, all tyrant, for thy sake?
Who hateth thee that I do call my friend,
On whom frown’st thou that I do fawn upon,
Nay, if thou lour’st on me, do I not spend
Revenge upon myself with present moan?
What merit do I in my self respect,
That is so proud thy service to despise,
When all my best doth worship thy defect,
Commanded by the motion of thine eyes?
But, love, hate on, for now I know thy mind,
Those that can see thou lov’st, and I am blind.
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3 Events
A Wedding A Hospital Visit
A Fight A Death
A Birth An Explosion
An Alien Invasion A Natural Disaster
A Lottery Win A Fire
An Animal Attack A Gunshot
A Celebrity
A Zombie Attack
Appearance
A Surprise Party A Proposal
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Film Trailers
Films by Genre
Action-Adventure
Comedy
Horror
War
Romance
Sci-Fi
Western
Films by Title
The Return of the Killer Zombies
Escape from Dinosaur Island
Alien Attack III
Undercover Cop
Vampire Madness IX
Spy Another Day
Wagons Roll
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School Excuses
You released the school hamster.
You blew up the science lab.
You graffitied on a teacher’s car.
You locked the art teacher in the supplies cupboard.
You set off the fire alarm.
You let your pet crocodile loose in the playground.
You keep attending school in fancy dress.
You lit a firework in the classroom.
You threw eggs at a teacher.
You haven’t done your homework – EVER!
You were seen hitting someone on the school bus.
You threw ink over a teacher.
You smashed five school windows.
You’ve been taking dinner money off other students.
You were seen jumping on the headmaster’s car.
You set fire to the library.
You threw custard over the school cook.
You wrote scandalous rumours on the blackboard.
You set a trap for the caretaker – who broke his leg.
You released a stink bomb during parents’ evening.
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7-Word Story
Version One – Freestyle
Run Ready?
Stop Liar
Argghh! Help
Why? Run
Hurry Brilliant
Leave Now
Bye No!
Please Ouch!
No Stop
Stop Please
Why Sorry
Amazing Why?
Oops Argghh!
Sorry Run
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7-Word Story
Version Two – Titles
The Kidnapping The Murder

Stop What
Smoke Stop
Blindfold Revenge
Why Please
No You
Help No
Quiet Why?
Caught in the Act The Break-up

Now Why
What? Who
Phone Please
Stop Summer
No Listen
Why? Sit
Please No
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Oh Kay Magazine
Allocate one Oh Kay Magazine cover to each

participant and encourage them to be as creative as
possible with their celebrity scandal of the day.

Oh Kay Magazine
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Oh Kay Magazine Oh Kay Magazine Oh Kay Magazine
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The Party Game
Party Game Characters #1
You are incredibly greedy

You are secretly in love with the host
You are very bossy
You are the most boring person on earth
You are in slow motion
You are God
You are a giant
You are a huge gossip
You are a massive liar
You are very shy
You are a caveman
You are unbelievably heavy
You are very forgetful
You hate the host
You are a baby
You are a party animal
You are a lost tourist
You are a person of the opposite sex
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The Party Game
You have just awoken from one hundred years of sleep

You are an alien
You are a superhero
You get very angry at the smallest thing
You are constantly hungry
You’re gorgeous… and you know it
You’re very lonely and desperate for friends
You think that you are a fantastic dancer and want to show everyone
You are very clumsy

You are very, very drunk
You get lost very easily
You fall in love with everyone you meet
You are a comedian and find yourself very funny
You take everything very seriously
You treat everything as a competition
You are very confused
You are desperate to be the centre of attention
You are a robot
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The Party Game
You are the Queen of England

You have an imaginary friend
You think you’re a car
You’re magnetic
You think you have magic powers
You haven’t slept in days
You are a three-year-old brat
You are drunk and love everyone
You are very ill and think every word might be your last
You are a commentator and can’t help commentating on everything that happens
You are in a hurricane

You have very heavy feet
You have a tennis ball stuck in your mouth
You are a very bad comedian
You think that you are gorgeous
You are the world’s biggest geek
You’re an army sergeant-major
You have a very bad ‘wind’ problem
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The Party Game
You are made of wood

You are a mermaid
You are a werewolf
You are Dracula
You are a mad scientist
You are a fairy princess
You are a mime artist
You are the Devil
You get freaked out by the smallest noise
You are a clean freak
You think you’re on ice skates and want to show off your moves
You are made of springs
You are a genius
You are a spaceman
You are a ‘totally far-out’ hippie
You are a killer on the run from the police
You feel pain from the smallest touch
You are a bird
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3 Sounds
ARRGGGGHHHHHH!
HOOOOOOOOWL! [Like a wolf.]
WOOOOOOOOOO! [Like a ghost.]
NOOOOOOOOO!
HURRAAYYY!
BOOOOOOOOO!
STOOOOOOOP!
HA HA HA HA!
HEEEEEELP!
NEE-NAW NEE-NAW NEE-NAW!
WOOOAH! [As in stopping a horse.]
BOO!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
YIPPEEEEEEEE!
WOW!
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Beginning and Ending
Beginning Lines
‘You go first.’
‘I can’t believe you did that!’
‘That is totally awesome!’
‘What are you doing here?’
‘How long have you known?’
‘I know what you did last night.’
‘I’m scared!’
‘You’re hiding something from me, I know it!’
‘Why didn’t you tell me?’
‘Touch me again and I’m calling the police!’
‘Who brought that in here?’
‘Oh no! It’s coming straight for us!’
‘Are you sure we should be doing this?’
‘Stop right there!’
‘I knew I’d find you here!’
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Beginning and Ending
Ending Lines
‘Congratulations, it’s a boy!’

‘Don’t ever show your face around here again!’
‘I sentence you to fifty years in prison!’
‘And now we say our final goodbye to Billy. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.’
‘I now pronounce you man and wife.’

‘Oh no! She’s… dead!’
‘I’ve got two words for you… April fool!’
‘I don’t ever want to speak to you again!’
‘I’m sorry.’
‘Don’t do it. Nooooo!’
‘I won’t tell anyone, I promise.’
‘Arrrgggghhhh! We’re gonna crash!’
‘Of course I’ll marry you!’
‘You make me sick!’
‘Get out of my house and don’t come back!’
‘I don’t know what I’d do without you.’
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The News
World’s Smallest Person

Found in a Crisp Packet
Mad Scientist Invents Love Potion
Robot Teacher Malfunctions
Talking Dog Found in Cellar
Headteacher Lays Egg
Alien Marries Teenager
Woman Gives Birth to Giant Baby
World’s Oldest Person Celebrates

198th Birthday
Confectioner Invents Exploding Chocolate
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The News
Seven-Year-Old Becomes President
Giant to Fight Pixie for World Boxing Title
Teacher Attacks Student with

Magic Powers
Robot Robs Bank
Granny Wins Olympic 100m
Leprechaun Wins Burger-Eating Contest
World’s Largest Man Gets Stuck in Car
Drunk Woman Attempts 200-Mile

Tightrope Walk
Talking Cow Found in Supermarket
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Draw Blind
Cut out, distribute and encourage the players to

listen as intently as possible. Very challenging but
very rewarding!
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Draw Blind
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Draw Blind
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Draw Blind
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Draw Blind
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Crowd Reactions
Print the following pages, distribute and encourage

the players to listen as intently as possible. Very
challenging but very rewarding!
KICK-
OFF
FOUL
THEY
GREAT
PLAY
FOUL
YOU
INJURY
BAD
PENALTY
TO THEM
GOAL
SCORE
THEY
PENALTY
TO YOU
MISS
SCORE
YOU
YOU
WIN
THEY
WIN
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SFX Mimes
Combination #1
Feeding the ducks, being attacked by one and falling into the water.
Walking through a creaky, spooky haunted house, opening a door and being chased
by a ghost.
Having a firework display in the garden; a rocket explodes and sets fire to the house.
A fire engine arrives to put out the flames.

Combination #2
Swimming in the sea and getting mowed down by a motor boat.

Breaking into a bank, blowing up the safe and escaping (by car) with the money.
Vacuuming the carpet and accidentally sucking up the cat.

Combination #3
Taking off in a rocket, landing on a strange planet and being attacked by an alien.

Driving a car, hitting a passing lion cub, going to check if it’s ok and being attacked
by its angry mother.
Snoring in bed and being woken up by someone throwing a brick through your
window, then getting up and throwing a grenade in return.

Combination #4
Walking in the woods, being attacked by a bear and shooting it.

Sleeping on a park bench and being attacked by an angry dog.
Being fired out of a cannon and landing in a lion’s den.
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SFX Mimes
Combination #5
Falling out of an aeroplane, landing in a muddy field and being attacked by a bull.
Climbing a cliff edge and falling into the sea then being attacked by a shark.
Breaking into a house, hearing police sirens and being shot by a policeman.

Combination #6
Walking through a forest and cutting down a tree with a chainsaw. Unfortunately,
the tree falls on top of you.
Lighting a firework that amazes the crowd but it goes out of control, falls to the
ground and blows everyone up.
Sleeping, then waking up to hear burglars downstairs and setting the dogs on them.

Combination #7
Riding a motorbike that goes out of control and crashes into a chicken shed.
Drilling a hole in the road, walking away and someone falls into it.
Taking off in a helicopter, the engine explodes and you crash land into a swimming
pool.

Combination #8
Sleepwalking and accidentally falling through a window onto a cat.

Fishing; catching a fish and then being dragged into the water.
Walking through a squelchy swamp and getting sucked down into it.
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The Other
1) Study your partner’s eyebrows.
2) Study your partner’s eyes.
3) Study your partner’s hair.
4) Study your partner’s hands.
5) Study your partner’s mouth.
6) Write down what your partner was like as a four-year-old.
7) Write down what you think your partner will be like as an

eighty-year-old.
8) Make your partner laugh and note the physical changes.
9) Shake your partner’s hand and describe this experience.
10) If your partner was an animal, what would they be?
11) If your partner was a piece of furniture, what would it be?
12) Study your partners walk. Describe it.
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The Energy Test
1) Give everyone in the group a high five!
2) Sit in a circle.
3) Have a game of Chinese whispers.
4) All members of the group must touch all four walls in the
room as fast as they can!
5) Have a group hug.
6) Join hands and count down from 10 to 1 as loudly as you can.
7) Lie down and have twenty seconds of sleep.
8) Do the conga.
9) Walk back to your starting positions in silent slow motion.
10) Mark each exercise. Was it a high-, medium- or low-energy

exercise?
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Emotion Bench
Overexcited Depressed Terrified
Panic-
Angry Confused
Stricken
In Love Amazed Heartbroken
Delighted Sad Full of Rage
Disgusted Pumped Terrified
Bitter Awestruck Tearful
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To Bean or Not to Bean
Excited Scared Nervous
Angry Amazed Delighted
Confused Disappointed In Love
Panic-
Disgusted Heartbroken
Stricken
Depressed Bitter Terrified
Amused Petrified Confident
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Sound Script
Sound Script #1 (Two Performers)
ONE Ouch! What was that for?!

TWO Serves you right for being such a liar!
ONE Oi! Who are you calling a liar?
TWO Uuummm … That would be YOU?!
ONE What?! I haven’t done anything.
TWO Yeah, yeah … whatever!
ONE It’s true. Why would I …
TWO Just SHUT UP, will you!
ONE Boo hoo! Why do you have to be like this?
TWO Oh, here we go! Turn on the waterworks!
ONE I haven’t done anything wrong!
TWO Ha Ha! You’re so pathetic!
ONE Don’t laugh at me!
TWO Why not? You’re a joke!
ONE I just wanna be your friend.
TWO Friends … with you? Uuughh! Don’t think so!
ONE Just tell me what I’ve done wrong.
TWO Ohhh, this is SO boring!
ONE What is?
TWO Duh… You know? You and David?
ONE Wooah. Hang on a second.
TWO Ouch! Get off me!
ONE I haven’t done anything with David.
TWO Yeah, whatever. Just get off my arm!
ONE That’s it! I’m gonna find him!
TWO No! You leave him alone!
ONE No way! I’m gonna sort this out once and for all!
TWO Come back! COME BACK!
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Sound Script
Sound Script #2 (Three Performers)
TWO Shhh! Be quiet, will you!

ONE What’s wrong?! Scared of the dark?
TWO No! Of course not!
ONE & THREE He he! She is!
ONE Woooooooooooooo!!
TWO Ouch! Get off me!
THREE Awwww look… she’s fwightened!
ONE & THREE Ha ha!
TWO Uggh, you’re SO annoying!
ONE & THREE Uggh, you’re so annoying!
TWO Oh, grow up, will you?!
ONE Woah!… What was that?
TWO Just stop it! It’s not funny any…
ONE Shhhh! I’m being serious!
TWO I’m not a complete idiot, y’know?!
THREE Wait! I heard it too!
ONE It sounded like it was coming from… (Pointing, ominously.) in there.
TWO Stop it, guys!
ONE Come on! Let’s go take a look.
TWO Woah! Are you serious?
THREE Oh! You’re such a wuss!
ONE Keep it down will you! It might hear us.
THREE Psssst! Did you say ‘it’?
ONE Yeah, now be quiet and get over here!
THREE Well, maybe we should just wait here for a second?
ONE Oh, don’t you start! You’re worse than her!
THREE No, I’m not!
ONE Yes you are!
THREE Just, shut it, will you?!
ONE Don’t tell me what to…
TWO Guys… GUYS!! Don’t look now but there’s something… behind you!
ONE & THREE Aaaghhgghh!!
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Sound Script
Sound Script #3 (Four Performers)
ONE AGHHH!!! That really hurt!

TWO Awwwww, what a shame!
THREE Yeah! A shame that’s she’s still here!
TWO & THREE Ha ha ha!
ONE Boo hoo! Stop laughing at me!
TWO & THREE Stop laughing at me! Ha ha!
ONE STOP IT! You think you’re so clever, don’t you?!
THREE We don’t think…
TWO & THREE WE KNOW!
TWO Ha! In your face!
ONE Right! That’s it!… I’m telling!
TWO Oooooo!! We’re SOOOOOO scared!
ONE You WILL be! (ONE runs off.)
THREE Yeah, go on… go and tell! You big baby!
TWO What a complete loser!
FOUR You two! Over here!
THREE Oh, here we go! We haven’t done anything, Miss!
TWO Yeah! It’s HER fault, she…
FOUR QUIET! I don’t want to hear it!
TWO What?! You won’t even let us speak!
FOUR You’ll get your say soon enough!
THREE (To ONE.) We haven’t done anything wrong. It’s her!
ONE Me?!
TWO Yeah, you! You loser!
TWO & THREE Ha ha!
FOUR Right, that’s it! Detention for both of you!
TWO Groan! She started it.
ONE Yeah right, you muppets!
FOUR Woah! That’s enough from you too, young lady!
THREE Yeah, you tell her, Miss!
FOUR Right! I’ve had enough of this nonsense. Into my office, all of you!
ONE,TWO & THREE(Protesting vigorously.) Awwwwwwww!
FOUR Now!
TWO You’ll have to catch us first.
THREE Yeah, see ya later, losers!
FOUR Stop right there! Come back… COME BACK!
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Staging by Numbers
This exercise is all about familiarising performers with their place of work (the stage) and
acquainting them with the terminology associated with stage directions.
With inexperienced performers, it is a good idea to hand out copies of the illustration
below as it will allow them to accurately follow the stage directions in the ‘Staging by
Numbers’ resource sheets.
Upstage Upstage Upstage

Right Centre Left
Centre- Centre-
Wings
Wings
Centre
Stage Stage
Stage
Right Left
Down- Down- Down-

stage stage stage
Right Centre Left
Audience
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Staging by Numbers
Staging by Numbers #1 (Two Performers)
A enters CENTRE-STAGE RIGHT and sits on a chair

CENTRE STAGE, placing head in hands.
B enters UPSTAGE LEFT walks towards A with fists clenched.
A moves DOWNSTAGE RIGHT.
B follows A.
A lies on the floor. B exits DOWNSTAGE LEFT.
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Staging by Numbers
Staging by Numbers #2 (Three Performers)
A enters CENTRE-STAGE RIGHT and sits on a chair

CENTRE STAGE, placing head in hands.
B and C enter UPSTAGE LEFT and walk towards A with fists

clenched.
A moves DOWNSTAGE RIGHT.
B and C follow A.
A lies on the floor. B and C exit DOWNSTAGE LEFT.
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Staging by Numbers
A enters UPSTAGE LEFT and sits DOWNSTAGE RIGHT.
B and C enter UPSTAGE LEFT and walk slowly towards

CENTRE STAGE.
A moves CENTRE STAGE.
B crosses CENTRE-STAGE LEFT and C crosses

CENTRE-STAGE RIGHT.
A exits UPSTAGE LEFT.
B and C exit DOWNSTAGE RIGHT.
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Staging by Numbers
A enters UPSTAGE LEFT and falls to the floor

DOWNSTAGE RIGHT.
B and C enter UPSTAGE LEFT and stop CENTRE STAGE.
B picks up a chair that is CENTRE-STAGE LEFT and places it

down DOWNSTAGE LEFT.
C gets A to stand and takes A to sit on the chair

DOWNSTAGE LEFT.
B and C stand either side of the sitting A.
B and C exit DOWNSTAGE RIGHT.
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Staging by Numbers
A enters UPSTAGE RIGHT and sits down, CENTRE STAGE.
B and C enter UPSTAGE LEFT and run towards A.
A crosses DOWNSTAGE RIGHT.
B and C move DOWNSTAGE CENTRE.
A takes something from his/her pocket and B and C move

DOWNSTAGE LEFT.
A moves DOWNSTAGE CENTRE.
B and C exit DOWNSTAGE LEFT followed by A.
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Staging by Numbers
Staging by Numbers #6 (Four Performers)
A enters from CENTRE-STAGE RIGHT and stands

CENTRE STAGE.
B and C enter UPSTAGE LEFT and walk slowly towards

CENTRE STAGE.
D enters DOWNSTAGE RIGHT and A crosses over to D.
B and C move DOWNSTAGE LEFT.
A, B, C and D cross to CENTRE STAGE.
B and C lie down. D exits CENTRE-STAGE RIGHT.
A exits CENTRE-STAGE LEFT.
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Staging Plays
x
Upstage Entrance
x
Downstage Entrance
x x
x x x
Upstaging
x
Regular Staging Upstaging
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Sound Scene
Track No. ______ Cue _____________________________

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Track No. ______ Cue _____________________________

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Track No. ______ Cue _____________________________

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Track No. ______ Cue _____________________________

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Track No. ______ Cue _____________________________

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Trash TV
If you want to stray from the generic ‘I’ve Got A Guilty Secret’ title,
here is a selection of actual Trash TV titles that you may wish to
experiment with.
Obviously, these titles will not be suitable for all groups, so be
selective and choose your subject matter wisely.
“I married
a horse!”
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Trash TV
“Dwarves are
people too!”
“Guess what?
I”m a man!”
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Trash TV
“You look like

a freak!”
“I’ve been
seeing your
man!”
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Emotional Roller Coaster
Emotion 2:
Emotion 1:
Timeline
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Motivation Maps
x
Motivation Map A (Two Performers)
The denotes the movement of the actor.
The is denotes the point at which the moving actor stops moving.
Try to ensure that the directed movements are as natural as possible and that there is a
definite, defined reason for each movement.
A
x B
1A
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Motivation Maps
Ax B
2A
AB
x A picks
up object
3A
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Motivation Maps
B
x A
4A
Bx A
5A
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Motivation Maps
B A
6A
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Motivation Maps
x
Motivation Map B (Three Performers)
The denotes the movement of the actor.
The is denotes the point at which the moving actor stops moving.
Try to ensure that the directed movements are as natural as possible and that there is a
definite, defined reason for each movement.
B xx A
1B
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Motivation Maps
x
B A
2B
C
x B A x
3B
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Motivation Maps
C
B xA
4B
B xC
5B
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Motivation Maps
BC
6B
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Emotionally Torn
Version One

Excitement Fear
Terror Joy

Joy Sadness
Pain Excitement

Excitement Happiness
Disgust Fear
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Emotionally Torn
Version Two
The Birthday Party Christmas Morning

Excitement Excitement
Terror Disgust
The Funeral The Wedding

Sadness Joy
Excitement Pain
The Exam The Bank Robbery

Boredom Fear
Fear Joy
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Emotionally Torn
Version Three

Excitement Nervousness

Terror Anger
Sadness Amazement

Happiness Boredom

Anger Excitement
Sadness Sadness

Excitement Sadness

Disappointment Shock
Anger Excitement
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Structured Stories
Structured Story #1 – The Bully
Characters
Sam
The bully/bullies
The friend/friends
The teacher
Scene One: Sam is being bullied.

Location: __________________________ [Staging – SR / CS / SL]
Scene Two: Sam is upset and is consoled by a friend.

Scene Three: The friend tells the teacher what has happened.
Scene Four: The bully/bullies and Sam face the teacher.

Scene Five: The conclusion.

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Structured Stories
Structured Story #2 – The Babysitter
Characters
The babysitter, Charlie
The next-door neighbour
The mother
The child
Scene One: Charlie is left to babysit a child but the next-door

neighbour persuades him/her to leave the child and
come over to see them.
Scene Two: The mother returns to find her child alone and in
danger.
Scene Three: The mother goes next door and confronts Charlie and
the neighbour.
Scene Four: The conclusion.

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Structured Stories
Structured Story #3 – Divided Loyalty
Characters
Frankie
Frankie’s friend/friends
Frankie’s parents
Scene One: Frankie gets mixed up with the wrong crowd/person

and they get up to mischief.
Scene Two: Frankie’s parents receive a phone call informing them

of Frankie’s wrong-doings. When Frankie returns
he/she is in big trouble! There is an argument and
Frankie is sent to bed.
Scene Three: Frankie’s parents find the person/people who have

been such a bad influence on their child and forbid
them from seeing Frankie again.
Scene Four: Frankie sneaks off to see the person/crowd and the

parents discover them together.
Scene Five: The conclusion.

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Channel-Hopping
TV Shows
Cop Show Science Fiction
Hospital Drama Situation Comedy
Talent Show Superhero Show
Confessional
Makeover Show
Talk Show
TV Commercials
Toothpaste Power Tool
Holiday Kitchen Appliance
Beauty Product Fast Food
Shampoo Insurance
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Love Story
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The Moral of the Story
All that glitters is not gold.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Don’t judge a book by its cover.
One good turn deserves another.
United we stand, divided we fall.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Honesty is the best policy.
Don’t count your chickens before they’re

hatched.
Money is the root of all evil.
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Interpretation Scripts
Interpretation Script #1 (Two Performers)
ONE No.
TWO Yes.
ONE No.
TWO Why?
ONE What?
TWO Why?
ONE I’m leaving.
TWO No.
ONE What?
TWO Please.
ONE Don’t!
TWO Please.
ONE I’m sorry.
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Interpretation Script #2 (Three Performers)
ONE No.
TWO Yes.
ONE No.
THREE Why?
ONE What?
THREE Why?
ONE I’m leaving.
TWO No.
ONE What?
THREE Please.
ONE Don’t.
THREE Please.
ONE I’m sorry.
TWO No.
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ONE Are you sure about this?

TWO Don’t worry.
ONE What if something happens?
TWO Nothing’s going to happen.
ONE You don’t know that.
TWO Where are you going?
ONE Away from here.
TWO This is crazy.
ONE I’ve never done anything like this before.
TWO There’s nothing to worry about.
ONE How can you say that?
TWO Just relax.
ONE I can’t!
TWO Please.
ONE I’m sorry.
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Interpretation Script #4 (Three Performers)
ONE How long has it been?

TWO Six months.
ONE Six months? Why didn’t you tell us?
TWO I don’t know.
THREE I can’t believe you kept it a secret.
TWO I’m sorry.
THREE You don’t have to be sorry.
ONE What happens now?
TWO I’m not sure.
ONE You’ve got to tell Paul.
TWO I can’t!
ONE You have to!
TWO He’ll find out soon enough.
THREE I guess so.
TWO So for now… it’s our secret, okay?
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ONE Why?
TWO It’s for the best.
ONE You can’t be serious?
TWO Why not?
ONE Just listen.
TWO No.
ONE We need to talk about this.
TWO There’s nothing to say.
ONE Stop… Please!
TWO I’m doing it!
ONE Not now!
TWO I’m sorry.
ONE No.
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The Scottish Play
FIRST WITCH When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
SECOND WITCH When the hurlyburly’s done,
When the battle’s lost and won.
THIRD WITCH That will be ere the set of sun.
FIRST WITCH Where the place?
SECOND WITCH Upon the heath.
THIRD WITCH There to meet with Macbeth.
FIRST WITCH I come, Graymalkin!
SECOND WITCH Paddock calls.
THIRD WITCH Anon.
ALL Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
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Energy Steps
Opening Lines
‘I can’t believe you made us come here. It’s so boring.’

‘I’m so tired… I wish we didn’t have to go tonight.’
‘How much longer do we have to wait here?’
‘Well, that was depressing.’
‘This has got to be the worst day of my life.’
‘This sucks. Can we go home now?’
‘It’s getting dark… shouldn’t we be getting back?’
‘Do we have to go in there?’
‘Goodnight, see you tomorrow. Zzzzzzz.’
Closing Lines
‘Wow! That was amazing!’

‘Quick! It’s gonna blow!’
‘Don’t do it! Noooooo!’
‘Help! Somebody, please!… Ahhhhh!’
‘Oh no! It’s coming straight for us!… Nooooo!’
‘We did it! I can’t believe it we actually did it!’
‘Put the gun down!… Don’t do it!… Arrgggghh!’
‘You’re gonna pay for this… with your life!’
‘Not in there. Don’t put me in there!… Nooooo!’
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Fairytales

The action begins in a far-away kingdom where
there is a princess in a large building (e.g. a castle).

The princess finds reason to leave the
large building.

In the outside world, the princess meets a
villain/villains and something bad happens.

A hero enters to confront the villain.
The conclusion, where, as we know, everyone will

live happily ever after… Or will they? This is, after
all, a never-before-seen fairytale, so it’s up to you!
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7 Deadly Sins
Wrath (anger)
Sloth (laziness)
Pride (arrogance)
Lust (hunger for something/someone)
Envy (jealousy)
Gluttony (greed for food)
Greed
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Oliver Twist
Part 1
The pale-faced, hungry children of the workhouse enter the food-hall for their daily ration of gruel. Mr
Bumble, the pompous, self-important head of the workhouse enters and orders the children to be quiet
and line up! Once order (and quiet) has descended, Mr Bumble instructs Widow Corney to begin the
service. Widow Corney slops the disgusting mixture into the children’s bowls as they file past and she
warns them not to ask for any more! The children sit to eat their gruel and decide to draw straws in
order to decide who will go and ask for ‘more’. Oliver Twist, the new workhouse boy, draws the short
straw and is encouraged by the other workhouse children to accept the challenge. He takes his bowl to
Mr Bumble and asks, ‘Please, Sir, I want some more.’ Mr Bumble and Widow Corney are enraged by this
insolence and chase after Oliver in order to beat him!
Part 2
Mr Bumble is so angry with Oliver that he grabs him by the ear and takes him out onto the streets to sell
him. A crowd gather to bid for the boy in an auction but no one is prepared to pay enough for him
(much to Mr Bumble’s disgust). However, Mr and Mrs Sowerberry, the undertakers enter and bid £5 for
the boy. Oliver is taken to the undertakers where he is picked on by Charlotte (the Sowerberry’s
daughter) and Noah (their apprentice), they call him ‘Work’us’ and tease him for having no mother.
Oliver is fed scraps and forced to sleep in a room full of coffins. He is frightened as he goes to sleep. He
is alone, tearful and wonders if anyone will ever love him. When Charlotte and Noah come to tease him
in the morning, he sees red, pushes them to the ground and runs away.
Part 3
After a long journey, Oliver finally arrives in London. On arrival, he meets the Artful Dodger who sees
that Oliver is lost and frightened and decides to befriend him. He introduces Oliver to his gang and they
welcome him to London, telling him to ‘consider himself at home’! They take him to their hideout to
meet Fagin (the gang leader), he is an old, mischievous man who trains boys to steal from the gentry.
Fagin asks Oliver if he would like to learn how to relieve the noble folk of their handkerchiefs and other
luxury items, Oliver says ‘yes’, upon which, Fagin and the gang teach him how to pick a pocket (or two).
Following this, Fagin welcomes Oliver to the fold and says that he is now a fully fledged member of the
gang. Oliver is delighted and as a special treat, he is allowed to sleep by the fire next to Fagin.
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Part 4
The next morning, Oliver wakes by the fire and sees Fagin retrieving his treasure chest from a secret
hiding place and counting his riches. Fagin sees that Oliver is awake and is extremely angry. He hides
the box and grabs Oliver aggressively, making him swear that he won’t tell anyone about what he’s just
seen. Oliver, in fear of his life, promises that he won’t and when satisfied that the child won’t squeal,
Fagin calls the gang to congregate. He gives them a little pep talk and sends them out into the streets,
encouraging them to ‘be back soon’. The gang persuade Oliver to pick a gentleman’s pocket but as he
lunges for the wallet, he is discovered! The gentleman grabs Oliver and calls for the police. The police
arrive and arrest Oliver as the rest of the gang scarper into the distance.
Part 5
The gang return to the lair, out of breath after escaping from the police. Fagin enters, concerned about
the gang’s early return and demands to know what has happened! Dodger informs him that Oliver has
been captured by ‘The Beak’ (police) and put up by a rich man (Mr Brownlow). Fagin is very worried. He
tells Bill Sykes the news. Bill Sykes is a dangerous man and is furious. He decides to resolve the situation
himself and calls for Bet and Nancy. He informs them that he needs their assistance to re-capture
Oliver. They agree and exit with Bill. On the streets, Oliver is found delivering books for Mr Brownlow
and is grabbed by Nancy. Oliver screams and a concerned crowd gather. Nancy tells the gathered crowd
that Oliver is her delinquent brother who has run away from home and that she’s come to take him
back. The crowd take Nancy’s side and tell Oliver to go home quietly and to stop misbehaving at which
point, Nancy drags him away.
Part 6
Nancy regrets capturing Oliver and decides to deliver him back to Mr Brownlow. She secretly agrees to
meet Mr Brownlow on London Bridge at midnight but Bill Sykes discovers her plan and goes to the
bridge to kill her. After the deed is done, Bill snatches Oliver but as he goes to take him away, armed
police enter and tell him to give himself up. Bill shout’s that he’ll never give himself up and is shot dead
by the police. Oliver is given back to Mr Brownlow who, as it turns out, is his own grandfather and
resolves to look after him always.
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A Christmas Carol
Part 1
It is Christmas Eve in London. Carols are being sung in the churches but Ebenezer Scrooge thinks
nothing of Christmas. He is working, counting all his considerable wealth. His one employee, Bob
Cratchit, begs Mr Scrooge to let him have Christmas Day off and after lots of grovelling and pleading,
Scrooge agrees.
After Bob Cratchit leaves, Mr Scrooge’s cousin enters to ask if he would like to join him for Christmas
dinner, Scrooge says no and sends him on his way. Next come some charity workers who ask for money
for the poor, Scrooge is furious with them for disturbing him at work and tells them to go away.
When Scrooge goes home that night, there is a strange sound when he opens his door. He walks slowly
into his house and finds the ghost of Jacob Marley waiting for him (Marley once worked with Scrooge
but is now dead). Scrooge is terrified! Marley says that he has come to warn Scrooge about the error of
his ways. He opens the window and shows him all the lost souls who are in pain and being punished for
being greedy in life. Marley tells Scrooge that he will be visited by three ghosts that night who will try to
get him to change his ways before it’s too late.
Scrooge tells Marley to leave him alone. Marley says very strongly… ‘Listen to the ghosts, do not ignore
them or you will end up like me; for ever!’
Part 2
Scrooge is sitting alone and shivering after having met Marley’s ghost. Suddenly, there is a rap on the
door. Scrooge jumps out of his skin. Then the sound of singing is heard, it is a group of carol singers
outside his door. He flings the door open and shouts at them to go away. They ask for money and
Scrooge almost combusts with rage and they leave (in a hurry) with nothing. Scrooge slams the door
and goes nervously to bed.
Scrooge is sleeping when a sound is heard in the darkness; he wakes with a jolt. He quivers as out of the
darkness comes the Ghost of Christmas Past. The ghost instructs Scrooge to leave his bed and informs
him that he is there to heal him of his miserly ways! On that, the ghost takes him on a trip back in time.
Scrooge is taken back to his old school. We see the other children picking on young Scrooge, calling him
names and pushing him to the floor. Next, the ghost takes him to his early years of working. He is in his
office when his boss enters and says that he is giving him a pay rise. Scrooge is absolutely delighted. We
see how Scrooge is becoming obsessed by money. So obsessed that his fiancée finds him hugging and
kissing all his money and breaks off the engagement.
On this, the ghost takes Scrooge back to his house, throws him back onto the bed and informs him that
another ghost will visit him in one hour! Scrooge begs to be left alone but the ghost has disappeared
into the darkness.
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Part 3
Scrooge is unable to sleep; he is trembling with fear. He hears a knock on the door and is terrified out of
his wits but when he answers it, it is only a poor child wanting a Christmas farthing (coin), Scrooge
bellows at him for disturbing him so late at night and tells the child (in no uncertain terms) to leave him
alone. He creeps slowly back upstairs and as he climbs into his bed… the clock strikes two.
Out of the gloom comes the Ghost of Christmas Present. The ghost proclaims that Scrooge must see
the light tonight or he will be a lost soul for ever. The ghost takes Scrooge to see Bob Cratchit (his
employee) and his family on Christmas Day. The Cratchit family are sitting around their Christmas table
upon which sits a turkey the size of a sparrow. Tiny Tim (Bob’s son) is coughing; he is very frail and will
die if he does not receive good food and medicine.
Despite this poverty and the way Scrooge has treated him, Bob Cratchit raises a toast to Ebenezer
Scrooge. His family all join in a toast to Mr Scrooge. A poor woman comes to the door of the Cratchit
home and asks if they can spare anything for her on Christmas Day. Despite having almost nothing, Bob
invites her in to share the dinner. The old woman weeps with joy at this kind act.
Scrooge is starting to see the error of his ways and tells the ghost that he is sorry, but the Ghost says
that sorry is not enough; he will have to meet the third ghost at three o’clock… Scrooge begs to be left
alone but the ghost takes Scrooge back to his room and says that he will be visited by the third ghost…
Part 4
Scrooge is hiding under his blanket. He flinches and screams at every noise. He finally falls asleep but
then, the covers of his bed are pulled slowly back as the third Ghost, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to
Come, awakens Scrooge.
Scrooge screams! He is in tears and begs to be left alone. The Ghost says no; there are things that must
be seen. Scrooge tries to hide under the bed but he is pulled out by the ghost who says that he is going
to take Scrooge to see the Cratchit family. This puts Scrooge at ease as, the last time he saw them, they
seemed such a contented and happy family. When he sees the family they are all gathered together,
heads bowed. We hear words of remembrance being uttered and the solemn tableau opens up to reveal
the funeral of Tiny Tim. Scrooge is saddened and blames himself for Tiny Tim’s death.
The ghost says that ‘this is not all, there is another death you must see’. On that, he takes Scrooge to
another grave. People are gathered around the grave, speaking ill of the dead… ‘Good riddance’, ‘The
world will be a better place without him’, and so on. Scrooge wonders who could have been so terrible
in life that people wished so ill of them in death; they move aside to reveal the grave of Ebenezer
Scrooge.
The ‘mourners’ exit, raucously celebrating the death of Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge falls to the floor
crying and eventually collapses in an exhausted sleep.
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Part 5
The wind is howling and eerie sounds are heard when suddenly, all is quiet and the lifeless body of
Ebenezer Scrooge lies, motionless, on the floor. Suddenly, Scrooge wakes up. He is confused and calls
for his housemaid to come to him. He quizzes her as to what day is this. She looks at him, bewildered
and replies, ‘Why, it’s Christmas Day of course!’
Scrooge jumps up in delight. He hugs the housemaid then gives her a generous Christmas bonus and
the day off. He calls to a child in the street and asks if the prize turkey is still in the butchers. The child
replies, ‘Yes’ and Scrooge instructs him to buy it and take it over to the Cratchit house (giving him the
money to purchase the bird along with a huge tip).
We go to Bob Cratchit’s home, where the family are sitting around the bare dinner table, making the
most of Christmas Day. Mrs Cratchit is complaining about having to make a toast to Mr Scrooge each
year when it is Mr Scrooge that has kept them so poor. All the family agree when… there is a knock on
the door. On opening the door, Mr Cratchit is astonished to see a child holding a prize turkey. The
Cratchits are all delighted. Bob Cratchit stops them all cheering and asks, ‘Who bought this joy to our
family?’ and Scrooge appears at the door: ‘I did!’ The Cratchit family stand back in absolute shock and
amazement.
Scrooge apologises for how he has treated Bob, promising that the Cratchit family will never go hungry
again and pledging that he will pay for the treatment of Tiny Tim’s ailments. Mr Cratchit calls out three
cheers for Mr Scrooge and they all have the happiest Christmas ever!

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Fight Scenes
Fight Scene #1 (Two Performers)
ONE Hey! What do you think you’re doing?

TWO It’s none of your business.
ONE What did you say?!
TWO You heard!
ONE You’d better watch your mouth!
TWO Oh yeah?! Are you gonna make me?
ONE I will if I have to!
TWO Oh… Dream on.
ONE Get out of here, now!
TWO No!
ONE I said…
TWO I know what you said!
ONE Right! You’ve got five seconds to leave.
TWO 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… oh, look… I’m still here.
ONE You asked for this!
FIGHT!

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Fight Scenes
ONE Where were you?! I was waiting for over an hour!

TWO Uuummm… Well… you see… I just…
ONE What?… Lost track of time? Couldn’t be bothered to tell
me?!
TWO No! I texted you!
ONE You didn’t!
TWO I did!
ONE Don’t lie!
TWO So it slipped my mind, what’s the big deal?
ONE The big deal is, you made me look like an idiot!
TWO Lighten up, will you.
ONE Lighten up?! Do you know how embarrassed I was?!
TWO That’s not my fault!
ONE Whose fault is it then?
TWO I just forgot alright!
ONE Well, try forgetting this!
FIGHT!

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Fight Scenes
ONE Tell me!

TWO No!
ONE I said, tell me!
TWO I heard what you said!
ONE Don’t get smart with me! We’re not leaving here until you
start talking.
TWO Well, you’d better take a seat ’cause you’re in for a long
wait.
ONE Oh, stop being pathetic! If you don’t start talking, I’m
gonna…
TWO What?!… What are you gonna do?
ONE You’ll see!
TWO Come on, show me!
ONE Don’t push me!
TWO I’m not scared of you!
ONE Really? Well, maybe you should be!
TWO What’s that supposed to mean?
ONE It means this!
FIGHT!

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Fight Scenes
ONE Where have you been?

TWO Nowhere!
ONE Don’t lie to me.
TWO I’m not lying!
ONE I know what you’ve been doing!
TWO You don’t know anything!
ONE Oh, really?
TWO Just shut up!
ONE Don’t talk to me like that!
TWO I’ll talk how I like!
ONE Do you want me to call the police?
TWO You do that and I’ll…
ONE What?! What are you gonna do?
TWO You don’t wanna know.
ONE I do! Come on, tell me!
TWO You asked for this!
FIGHT!

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Fight Scenes
Fight Scene #5 (Three Performers)
ONE Where have you been?

TWO Nowhere!
THREE Don’t lie to us.
TWO I’m not!
THREE We know what you’ve been doing!
TWO You don’t know anything!
ONE Oh, really?
TWO Just shut up, will you!
ONE Do not tell us to shut up!
TWO I’ll do what I like!
THREE Do you want us to go to the police?
TWO You go there and I’ll…
ONE What? What are you gonna do??
TWO You don’t wanna know.
THREE Oh, we do! Come on, tell us!
TWO I’m not telling you anything!
ONE Just like we thought… you’re full of it!
TWO You asked for this!
FIGHT!

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Story Elements
Easter Elements
Drinking alcohol
A murder
A kiss
Rising from the dead
A parade
Christmas Elements
A visit from a non-human
A birth
A visit to an inn
Receiving fantasic gifts
A bright light is seen

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3) Follow the guidelines in the book for each activity.

Buy your copy of Drama Menu from www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

1) Stand in a perfect circle.

1) Just by using your bodies… make an Eiﬀel Tower.

Team Challenge #4 (Christmas Special)

Team Challenge #4 – Answers

A Wedding A Hospital Visit

An Alien Invasion A Natural Disaster

A Lottery Win A Fire

An Animal Attack A Gunshot

A Surprise Party A Proposal

The Return of the Killer Zombies

Escape from Dinosaur Island

Alien Attack III

Spy Another Day

You released the school hamster.

You blew up the science lab.

You graﬃtied on a teacher’s car.

You locked the art teacher in the supplies cupboard.

You set oﬀ the ﬁre alarm.

You let your pet crocodile loose in the playground.

You keep attending school in fancy dress.

You lit a ﬁrework in the classroom.

You threw eggs at a teacher.

You haven’t done your homework – EVER!

You were seen hitting someone on the school bus.

You threw ink over a teacher.

You smashed ﬁve school windows.

You’ve been taking dinner money oﬀ other students.

You were seen jumping on the headmaster’s car.

You set ﬁre to the library.

You threw custard over the school cook.

You wrote scandalous rumours on the blackboard.

You released a stink bomb during parents’ evening.

The Kidnapping The Murder

Caught in the Act The Break-up

Allocate one Oh Kay Magazine cover to each

You are incredibly greedy

You have just awoken from one hundred years of sleep

You are very clumsy

You are the Queen of England

You are in a hurricane

You are made of wood

‘Congratulations, it’s a boy!’

‘I now pronounce you man and wife.’

World’s Smallest Person

Mad Scientist Invents Love Potion

Robot Teacher Malfunctions

Talking Dog Found in Cellar

Headteacher Lays Egg

Alien Marries Teenager

Woman Gives Birth to Giant Baby

World’s Oldest Person Celebrates

Confectioner Invents Exploding Chocolate

Seven-Year-Old Becomes President

Giant to Fight Pixie for World Boxing Title

Teacher Attacks Student with

Robot Robs Bank