You've Got It Wrong Again, Gabriel
A skit on the traditional Nativity Play in which flat-footed Gabriel keeps on forgetting his lines while a modern girl called Everyperson asks all the awkward questions.
'This is an extremely funny but searching play' - Junior Teacher
'Very funny, very moving, very original and, perhaps most important of all, thought-provoking' - Writers News
There are 24 scripted parts, some of which may be doubled, and scope for plenty of extras. Two acts, punctuated with traditional carols for audience participation. Permission is given to perform the play in front of a non-paying audience.
Published by National Society, 1988, ISBN 0-7151-4773-0 (out of print). Website: www.chpublishing.co.uk
The script is available from Alison. The price, including permission for photocopying and performance, is £20 (€30, $30). For more information send her an email at the address on the home page. In Germany it is published by Deutsche Theater Verlag as 'Gabriel, Du Hast Es Wieder Falsch Gemacht'.
Artist: Jane Brideson
www.darkmoondesigns.net
Carrie and Wid
Winner in the Sacred Earth Drama Trust competition, this is a modern re-telling of the Welsh Ker and Ceridwen myth (similar to the Greek Persephone and Demeter story) in which a young woman goes into a dark cave and realises that life is not - and should not be - all sweetness and light.
Carrie defies her fearful mother to go motor-biking with the gang, and ends up crashed and in hospital. There she's cared for by the fierce Sister Wid, and realises that this fierceness is part of her healing. In the end Carrie and the gang have to face the question: is there life outside the world of bikes? And how does biking affect the world around us?
There's a cast of 10 plus lots of extras. The set and costumes are minimal but there's plenty of scope for inventive lighting and musical effects. Suitable for secondary school age, or mixed age-groups.
The script is available from Alison, price £5 (including permission to photocopy and perform). For more information send her an email at the address on the home page. The Sacred Earth Drama Trust website: www.wildthings.org.uk