The Gate EscapeMark Wheeller
The Gate Escape was first performed in a co-production by the
Haymarket Theatre and Solent Peoples Theatre, in Spring and Autumn
Terms 2003.
The play is about truancy, which addresses a social issue
relevant to a contemporary audience. Wheellers intentions were to
inform and educate his audience, thus making this a Theatre in
Education piece. From this my group and I decided that our target
audience should be Year 8 boys at our School, as the characters
themselves are in Year 10, we thought a slightly younger audience
would look up to the characters and would be able to learn from
their mistakes. Therefore, when developing my skill as actor it was
important for me to present a convincing portrayal of [character
name] that Year 8 pupils would relate to.
Cast List
Chalkie WhiteA boy in Year 10M1AliA boy in Year 10M3BeetA boy in
Year 10M2Corey HudsonA new boy in Year 10M4(BertieA boy in Year
10M5)Truants 1- 4M2, M3, M4, M5Coreys TeacherM5VoiceOff stage
recordedM5Year 11 StudentM3MikeCoreys DadM2Chalkies TeachersM2, M3,
M4Mrs PicklewitchChalkies English TeacherM3Peter PerformerStar of
School PlaysM2Deathwish OConnorYear 10 school bullyM2Big
BeanieDeathwishs sidekickM3Little BeanieDeathwishs sidekickM4Terry
GaleSuperstar guitarist, Year 10M2PoliceM2TV Film CrewM2, M3,
M4
Section 1: Chalkies Final BunkMusic plays loudly. Chalkie, Ali,
Beet, Berty run on followed by Corey, who remains slightly behind
the others as they arrive on stage and play with a range of
discarded objects. These might include a lampshade, an old tyre, a
ball, a torn and muddy office chairs on sheets, fold-up chair, a
work out suitcase, a rolled rug and a plastic milk crate.They use
these objects in a range of imaginative ways setting up a high
energy start to the play with mini scenarios generating an idea of
the fun they are having. Finally they use this rubbish to set up
their home/den (cotchment). They settle.
Chalkie:Id love to be in a Big Brother for teenagers, you know,
our age!
Ali:Youd be funny.
Chalkie:Id love it.
Beet:Chalkie, whod want to watch you for 9 weeks?
Ali:Itd be a laugh.
Chalkie:I bet you would watch it Beet
Beet:Id vote you out mate!
Chalkie:Thanks a lot.
Ali:70,000 just think what you could do with that!
Beet:They wouldnt have a big prize like that, itd be more
like
Berty:a ten quid WH Smiths voucher!
Chalkie:Id do it for thatno probsId do it for nothing!
Chalkie:Ive got the video all sorted out.
Beet:What video?
Chalkie:The one you have to send off for Big Brother.
Beet:Youd do a strip or something.
Chalkie:Nothey dont accept them if theyre porny!
Chalkie:Mined be a laugh.Chalkie hands a hand held camcorder to
Ali who films him as he talksthe film is projected on to a screen
live.
Ali, Berty, Beet:Youre going to tell us all about it, arent you
Chalkie?
Chalkie:You bet I am! Id be on a unicycle.
Beet:(Laughing) You cant ride one!
Berty:You cant even ride a bike!
Chalkie:I can learn.
Ali:Shut up, let him do it.
Beet:Its minging!
Ali:Its funny Go on Chalkie
Chalkie:Id be on my unicycle and I'd sayId like to be in the Big
Brother House cos I know Im gonna be a celebrity and this seems a
good way of making it big time! Im a singer in a band
Beet:Since when?
Chalkie:Summer holidays.
Ali:What are they called?
Chalkie:The Ghostly Grasshoppers
Ali, Beet, Berty:Seventies or what?
Beet:You sad git Chalkie!
Chalkie:When I was five I had my palm read..and this old woman
said that by the time I was 24 Id be famous
Ali:Seriously Chalkie?
Chalkie:Nobut they wont know that
Beet:They don't like people going in just to get famous
Chalkie:Well I aint gonna lie!
Beet:What about the fortune teller?
Chalkie:Thats different!
Ali:Ignore him Chalkie
Chalkie:Big Brother is my first opportunity to make people
laugh
Beet:Thatll be a first!
Chalkie:To give the girls something to get excited about
Ali:Go Chalkie!
Berty:Yeah, right!
Chalkie:But more than anything Ill guarantee to increase the
viewing figures with me I dont quite know what Ill say herebutwell
what do you think?
Beet:Chalkie it sucks!
Chalkie:(Introducing Beet. The camera focuses on Beet) Then Ill
have a bit where Ill introduce my mates First Beet.
Beet:I aint a mate Chalkie dont flatter yourself.
Chalkie:Beet is a moany old gitalways complaining about
something
Beet:Thats better!
Chalkie:Most people who meet Beet think his name is spelt
b.e.a.t but no b.e.e.t. Adam, that was his real name, was the only
boy we know, who liked beetroot he had loads at his sixth birthday
part (Beet actsout what Chalkie describesthe others react) and then
spewed a vibrant purple vomit all over his cake when he was blowing
the candles out!
Beet:Wicked, eh?
Chalkie:From them on, Adam was known as Beetroot but it got
shortened to Beet. (He takes the camera from Ali and turns it on
him.)Ali Top lad of our school, of out neighbourhood of the
world!
Ali:Shut up Chalkie!
Chalkie:He got into drugs and stuff and I didn't really want to
get involved.This is Berty. His real name is Joe, and his surname
is Bassett, so we call him Berty Bassett. Hes been my mate since we
were born. We have the same birthday.
Berty:Alright Chalkie, dont broadcast it.
Chalkie:This is their cotchment. They come here when theyre
bunking off school it's just a bush but theyve put types, crates
and stuff, like seats in it
Beet:We even double glazed it!
Ali, Beet,Berty:Double glazed!
Chalkie:And this is Corey. Its his first day here.
Berty:Hes a new boy!
Beet:(To Corey) how come to you changed school them?
Chalkie:Not like ours is worth changing to
Beet:You got kicked out for causing trouble, dint ya>
Corey:No!
Ali:You did!
Ali, Chalkie,Berty, Beet:What happened then?
Corey:Nothing
Ali:Must have done.
Corey:It didnt!
Beet:No one comes to this school unless something bads
happened.
Chalkie:And no one bunks on their first day
Corey:Well it hasnt!
Ali, Chalkie,Berty, Beet:It was so obviously not the truth!
Chalkie:(Melodramatic American accent) And.. with my secret
powers I could see straight through this tissue of lies. Corey had
left his school because he had done some
Ali, Chalkie,Berty, Beet:Something dreadful!
Chalkie:(Enacts with Ali, Berty and Beet) poisoned his best
friendfallen madly and passionately in love with
Ali, Chalkie,Berty, Beet:the School Nurse!!
Chalkie:Covered the Senior teachers in earwax and gently set
fire to them(sighs and suddenly reverts to normal voice delivering
the line fairly quickly for comic effect.)..or was it simply
because he had an unusual name and weird hair. Anyway.. thats it..
I hope you choose me for Big Brotheryou wont regret it if you do.
Trust me! (the camcorder is switched off at this point.)
Ali:You going to apply then?
Chalkie:Youve got to be eighteen.
Ali:(to Chalkie) I wish I was like you!
Beet:What do you mean?
Ali:Clever.
Beet:He aint clever,
Ali:Yeah, but good at school
Chalkie:Well I wish I was a bit moreI dunno nothing seems to
bother either of you you dont care what people think.
Beet:Im glad Im me. Wouldnt want to be either of you losers. I
just wish I wasnt leaving!
Ali:Its gonna be weird without you Beet. Well weird.(Offering
Corey a joint.) Come on Corey
Beet:Leave himits a waste!
Corey:(Refusing politely) 's alright. I got fags. (He takes out
a cigarette [mimed] and lights it up.)
Ali:Dont you do these them? (Corey shakes his head.)I thought
youd be a laugh.
Beet:Chalkie catch this!(he hurls an object at Chalkie and it
develops into a game [or stylised movement sequence] denoting the
passage of time, with Chalkie, Ali, Berty and Beet throwing
something around and Corey watching on his own)
Chalkie:My moment arrived in a year 7 lesson to ask a highly
charged and original question. I moved with confidence to a place
where everyone could see me. And stood up erect like a like an
erect thing! Miss Whats circumcision?
Beet:(they all laugh) I cracked up when you asked that
Chalkie!
Chalkie:It was in the Bible you hardly expect
Ali:Chalkie it was a Maths lesson
Ali, Berty,Beet:Circumference! (they laugh)
Chalkie:Surprised you were there Ali what was it?
Berty, Beet,Chalkie:First Maths lesson of the year?
Ali:Shut it!
Corey:I wish Id stayed in school!
Beet:Go back then!
Berty:No one is stopping you from leaving.
Corey:I might just unless
Berty, Chalkie,Beet,Ali:Unless what?
Corey:Dunno but this is stupid!
Berty, Chalkie,Beet,Ali:What?
Corey:Babyishthis den
Ali:What do you want to do then, Corey?
Chalkie:Now, I dont consider myself to proper bunk like
regular.. my problem was being easily led you could say I suffered
terminally from that,., and I had a bad dose of it on this day..
because before I know where I was,,,, we were all off, including me
out of the cotch and on our way into town. Not what I intended to
do at all I was trying to avoid trouble not create it!
Berty, Corey,Beet,Ali:Chalkie come on! Don't you ever stop
narrating! (they exit)
Chalkie:As we made our way to town youd be amazed at what wed
see armies of truant
Truants 1, 2:Halt! (they pull up to attention)
Chalkie:Well, not a uniformed gun slinging army exactly, but a
lot some in groups like us
Truants 3-4:Welike terrorising people, throwing things, and if
we see anything good we nick it!!!
Chalkie:(Adopting the manner of a TV reporter) And what do you
do if anyone annoys you?
Truants 1-4:We start a bit of aggro!!
Chalkie:So there we were.. in the town centre not by any stretch
of the imagination the only ones whod bunked off which made what
happened next all the more bizarre!
Voice:(Amplified with echo and high volume)Hello Chalkie.
Chalkie:Hello?
Voice:How are you today?
Chalkie:Im fine. Yeh good. Well, OK.
Voice:How do you feel about what the group is doing at the
moment?
Ali:Chalkie? Did you hear a voice?
Chalkie:No.
Ali:Chalkie you did cos I heard it too.
Berty, Beet,Corey:And me!
Corey:Hello there disembodied voice hos can we help you?
Voice:Hello Corey.
Corey:How the?
Voice:I am here to forewarn you of a dramatic end to your
mornings truancyChalkie:Well, well go back them. (they all turn to
leave, but are stopped in their tracks.)
Voice:Too late.
Chalkie:What do you mean?
Voice:Theres no turning back fate has decided.
Beet:Ive been caught loads of times before it never bothers me
all that happens is:
Teachers 1-2:Where were you?
Teacher 1:Where did you go?
Teacher 2:What on earth were you doing?
Teachers 1-2:You could have been killed!
Teacher 1:People get into all sorts of rouble when they
truant.
Teacher 2:All sorts of trouble!
Teacher 1:And, if theres a fire in the building, we dont know
youre out of school
Teacher 2:Someone may go risking their lives searching for
you..
Beet:Was there?
Teachers 1-2:Thats not the point!
Teacher 1:Now, just to show you how angry I am,m Im going to ask
you to.
ALL:Dun dun dahr!!!!
Teachers 1-2:Give me your planner!!!
Teacher 2:And if you think you are going out at Break and
lunchtime
Teachers 1-2:Youve got another think coming!! (add appropriate
laugh!)
Beet:And thats all that happens just a little bit of bother.
Voice:Oh no! Today will be. Big Bother!
ALL:Big Bother?
Voice:Big Bother.
Beet:Well it wont bother me.. Im leaving!
Corey:Were all going to get really done?
Voice:Not all of you.
ALL:What?
Voice:One of you shall face this Big Bother alone.The members of
the group should make thir nominations.
Chalkie:Beet, cos hes really annoyed me today..and hes leaving.
And Corey, cos hes new.
Berty:I would so vote for Corey and Ali. They are well dull.
Ali:Chalkie, not because of anything hes done.. its just that I
dont want anything to happen to Beet, hes like my best mate.. and
this is his last day. And Corey, cos hes new.
Corey:Beet and Berty cos theyve been horrible to Chalkie, and he
aint that bad.
Beet:Chalkie, I really hope its Chalkie, hell be well gutted!
(does a one fingered salute) and Corey cos hes wet!
Voice:The nominations are complete. The decision has been
made.
Chalkie:Come on who is it?(silence)
Ali:Come on!
Voice:The two characters nominated to play for the right to
avoid the Big Bother are in alphabetical order: (silence)
Chalkie:Get on with it.
Beet:Dont know why youre all getting so stressed it cant be that
bad!
Ali:So come on then!
Chalkie:Yeh whos it going to be?
Berty:Come on, tell us!!
Voice:Chalkie and (silence)
Beet:Wicked!
Corey:Please dont let it be me!
Voice:Corey.
Corey:(sarcastically.) Oh great!
Chalkie:Its unfair
Voice:All of you chose to be herefate can only choose from those
who present themselves.
Chalkie:I didnt
ALL:You did Chalkie
Chalkie:(To Ali, Beet and Berty) You talked me into it!
Beet:But you chose to come with us!
Ali:Of your own free will.
Berty:No one forced you.
Chalkie: (to Voice) Beet and Alitheyre always bunking anywaywhat
is this ending?
Voice:All will be revealedwhen you complete the task.
Chalkie:Come on then lets get this over and done with.
Voice:You first Chalkie!
Chalkie:OK and I hope the Voice notices this Im going first
please take that into consideration when making your decision!
Right!
Section 2: Chalkies First Bunk
ALL:(adopting new position/characters.)Chalkies first bunk!
Chalkie:I had problems with swimming dating back to when I was
fourmy dad decided to teach me.
Chalkies Dad:I just grabbed him and
ALL:Threw him in the deep end!
Ali:Thus a rubber ring became our heros embarrassing companion
in the water
Chalkie:So when I heard we had swimming one day in Year 61well I
had no choice.
Corey:Bunking
Beet:Skiving..
Ali:Chipping off
Berty:Wagging it
Chalkie:Or to give it its proper handle
ALL:Truanting.
Chalkie:I kept on thinkingIm going to get grounded for this is
my parents fine out! but it was worth it my secret rubber ring
relationship was safe.I was dependant on bunking it was one
super-sure way of avoiding problems.
Ali:Enter Problem (Physically blocks Chalkie.)
Beet:So what does Chalkie do?
Corey:(Chalking hammers at Ali) Try to batter it down?
ALL:No!
Corey:(Chalking converses at Ali) Tries to talk it into
submissions?
ALL:No!
Berty:(Chalking makes Ali look in one direction and runs off in
another.) Plays a trick on it and runs off?
ALL:No! No! and No again!
Corey:So Chalkie what so you do?
Chalkie:I simply approach the problem (Approaches Ali.) and if I
cant see a resolution I side step it and calmly walk away. (The
others clap and cheer.) So you see I was lucky nothing to do with
my background or whatever it was always down to a situation I found
myself in and Id only choose to bunk if I needed to avoid some
embarrassment or trouble
Corey:Whereas me
Section 3: Coreys story
Corey:Bunking was my drug. This risk of getting caught provided
the buzz if you walk round the corner and see the police your heart
does and its like a mad rush.. but when you get away with it its
just youre even more determined to do it again.
ALL:(over the top)So Corey, how did it begin?
Corey:In year 6 my friend was doing it but I was so scared of
what my mum and dad would say that I didnt do it again. I proper
started bunking whole days of at Secondary school.
Ali:Its harder at Junior School cos you only have one teacher so
youre noticed more easily.
Corey:But when you get to Secondary School its we its so
easy
Chalkie:Nobody knows you
Corey:Its so tempting just to
Chalkie:All it needs is for
Corey:Something to happen
Chalkie:Could be anything
Teacher:Have you done your homework Corey Hudson?
Corey:The bird escaped last night Sir and then, while we were
out looking for it, the neighbours dog messed on my homework sirI
didnt think youd want it all sticky and stinking of dog-pooh.
Teacher:Dont try and pull the wool over my eyes.
Corey:Do what?
Teacher:You havent done it, have you?
Corey:No Sir.
Teacher:If it happens again, youll have a detention
Corey:OK Sir thank-you Sir.
Teacher:Now be on your wayCorey (sensing danger)...be
careful
Chalkie:But he was too lateA year 11 student escaping from a
supply teachers nightmare (Enter like an out of control aeroplane)
piles down the corridorat what seems like a hundred miles an
hour!
ALL:Aaaargh!!!
Chalkie:The crash of year 11 muscle into a fragile year 7s bones
echoes along the corridor.
ALL:Coreys first flying lesson.
Chalkie:He soars through the air and falls to the cheap marble
effect floor with a mildly entertaining
ALL:CRASH!
Chalkie:Heads poke out of doors to see whats going on as the
year 11 turns to speak to our hero.
Year 11:Thatll teach you to watch where youre going!
Chalkie:And Corey Hudson is left alone to moisten the cheap
marble effect floor with the wetness of his tears. Then, like a
monster emerging from the dust he risesand the silence is shattered
by a desperate shrieking
Corey:I hate this bloody placeI hate itnobody cares!
Chalkie:Corey wanted to be anywhere but here
Berty:Anywhere
Chalkie:Home
Beet:Town
Ali:An orchard
Chalkie:Inside sea shell
Beet:Stuck to the slippery floor of an unwahed pig-sty
Chalkie:At his Grans having some rock-hard fruitcake.
Corey:(warning.) Chalkie!
Ali:Corey wanted to be anywhere
ALL:Well almost anywhere
Ali:but here!
Chalkie:He thought things could never get any worse
Corey:(Beet swiftly adopts the role of Coreys very elderly
Granny. Corey looks up.) Gran? What are you going here?
Beet:Ive brought you some of that lovely fruitcake you like when
you come round to mine!
Corey:Beet!!!
Beet:With cake and fruit in it
Corey:Beet! Take that ridiculous costume off and
Beet:Only having a laugh.
Chalkie:Corey thought things could never get any worse
ALL:but they did.
Chalkie:At the start of year 8, an announcement was made.
Corey:I couldnt believe it we were all being put in different
classesgrouped according to our ability Id done well in my SATs
back in year 6 so I wasnt worried then..
Teacher:Corey Hudsonyou will be in the Muppet class.
Corey:But Sire I want to be with Dave..Ive been with him since
reception!
Teacher:Dave Swottalot, your best friend for the last seven
years in to be in the Boffins classwell done Dave but dont worry
Coreyyoull probably still see him every now and thenPEDramaif he
wants to be seen with a Muppet that is!
Corey:I just thoughtif theyve decided Im a Muppet well whats the
point?
Chalkie:So Corey was riperipe for bunkingeverything in place he
just needed a a catalystsomething or someoneto trigger it into
actionPhone call from school
Mike:Hello
TeacherGood morning Mr Hudson. This is Mr Smith, head of year
8.
Mike:Good morning Mr Smith. How can I help you?
Teacher:Im afraid that Corey has been found taking drugs
Mike:Drugs?
Corey:I didnt take nothing.
Mike:Not what they said.
Corey:No proof theyre lying
Mike:You admit you were there.
Corey:Yeh.
Mike:Why?
Corey:I wasnt feeling well.
Mike:You should have been in the sick room.
Corey:It was too boring.
Mike:And taking drugs was going to make everything alright was
it?
Corey:I dont do that stuff. The police found usfound a bongthey
took it awaynoted down our names
Mike:I dont know what Ive done to deserve all this?!
Corey:Chuck me out thenI know thats what you want o do go on
chuck me out!
Mike:(Quietly) You know thats not what I want.
Corey:But I got chucked out all the same.(Silence)
Section 4: Chalkies Life in Secondary School
Chalkie:When I went on to Secondary School some of the teachers
felt that they already knew me as they knew my older brother,
Marvin. Miss Picklewitch thought I was my brother but on a really
bad day!This made life worse for me because Miss Picklewitch was
organising the School Play which would, I hoped, launch me showbiz
career! I went to the audition full of confidence to be greeted
by:
Mrs P:Chalkie White? You must be in the wrong room!
Chalkie:The auditions Miss?
Mrs P:Yes.
Chalkie:The audition for Stanley Smang Slipped on a Banana Then
Got Up Again!
Mrs P:You will be auditioning for my play?
Chalkie:Yes Miss
Mrs P:If you must there take a seat at the front by Peter
Performer.
Chalkie:Id been ignored completely, but I sat there in silence
sharing Peter Performers book envying his every line, and
occasionally having to inhale his silent but deadly ones after his
dodgy curry last night. Then the unforgivable happenedduring the
speech which led to the tragic climax of the play Stanley Smang
slipping over
Peter:(Reading) Tiddley Smangcome herenow listenwhen you finish
that banana put the skin over there in the bin (Peter then appears
to make a loud farting sound. He continues to read as though
nothing has happened.) or there could be a most terrible
accident.
Mrs P:Chalkie White stand up.Chalkie:(Standing.) Yes Miss.Mrs
P:If you think you can come to these auditions to distract Peter
Performer by making such a disgusting noise while hes reading the
most important speech in my play youve got another think
coming.
Section 5: Corey versus the Whole World.Deathwish:Not so fast
Corey Hudson.Corey:Deathwish OConnor?Deathwish:The same.Corey:I
aint scared of you.ALL:Everyone was scared of Deathwish
OConnor.Deathwish:And why was thatALL:Because you was very, very
scaryCorey:Deathwish was in the Year below me, and not particularly
big..Chalkie:What had you done to upset him then?Corey:He said
IdDeathwish:been sarcastic to my mate BeanieBig
Beanie.Corey:(Laughing.) Big Beanie? I dont even knowBig Beanie:You
do Corey HudsonCorey:All I said was was to stop
staring.Deathwish:No-one tells Big Beanie to stop staringCorey:Well
I did!Deathwish:You want to say that now cos hes staring at you!Big
Beanie:Yeahtell me know!Deathwish:Come on Corey Hudsontell him to
stop staring.Little Beanie:Im staringand Im getting really grossed
out!Deathwish:Thats cos what you're staring at is..Big
Beanie:Gross, DeathwishDeathwish:Hes stupid and if he don't tell
you to stop staringCorey:I aint scared of you..Deathwish:Go get
him!Corey:I ran out of school.Chalkie:So what happened then?Corey:I
went back to MumsWell it was Dad who really pushed to have me back.
He said he wasnt happy about me staying at my aunties. It was then
that they said I was to move schools and have a fresh start. But it
was them that didnt accept that they needed a fresh start! It was
trial separation after trial separation. I went along with the
plan, as I was just fed up of being in the middle of their petty
arguments.
Section 6: When Corey Meets ChalkieChalkie:So Corey came to our
schooland there he met Beet, Ali and Berty oh and me of course I
didnt really hang round with them much cos by this time my best
mate wasALL:Terry GaleTerry:(Enters with guitar) Superstar
guitarist(Strikes a chord.)ALL:All round good guy.Chalkie:Wed
formed a band is the summer!Chalkie,Terry:Ghostly
Grasshoppers.Chalkie:It was... I was just leaving assembly TerryIm
going to get really done I havent done the homework for
Warrener.Terry:Nor have Idont worry about it.Chalkie:Well get a
detention though.Terrry:And?Chalkie:My Dadll go berserkTerry:I cant
imagine your dad being like that.Chalkie:You dont know my dad(Ali
walks towards Chalkie.) Whats he want?Terry:Who?Chalkie:Ali,
lookAli:Chalkie, Beets leavingChalkie:What?Ali:Hes leavinghis
brother got done overand well, his mums already gone and hes off
tomorrow.Chalkie:What happened?Ali:He wont talk about it at
all.Chalkie:Wherere they off to?Ali:London.Chalkie:Blimey!Ali:Were
giving him a send offlesson after breakat the woods.Chalkie:Who
else is going?Ali:Dont knowthe usual I suppose.Chalkie:I
dunnoAli:We wont get another chancewith BeetChalkie:Thats the
problemAli:Why?Chalkie:He takes the Mick all the timeAli:Thats
BeetChalkie:NoitsAli:Have it your own wayI thought youd be up for
itChalkie:AliAli:What?Chalkie:Ill come. Itll be better than facing
Warrener. Ill go up to him with the homework tomorrow morning and
apologisehell be well impressed!(Exits.)Ali:It was drugs for mewell
fags at first thats what started me off bunking couldnt have em in
the classroom so I had to get out. Its started to disown us worried
that if they hung round with us theyd accused of drugs as
wellChalkie was differentthere was a history there but you could
see even he was beginning to move awayI hated being on the outside
but I couldnt stop itWe wanted others to come along with usto make
us feel like better. So when this new guy cameit wastarget!Ali:Do
you smoke?Corey:Yeh.Ali:Do you want to come for a fag?Corey:Yeh,
alright.Ali:Oh mates leaving tomorrow so were like saying goodbye
to him itll bee a laugh theres loads of us goingChalkie:The
teachers wont even know youre in the classAli:You wont be on their
registers yetChalkie:So they wont miss youAli:Its up to you
CoreyCorey:Come on then!ALL:First we had to get out of school.
Section 7:Chalkies Final BunkSet up as Section 1, re-creating
the opening sequence.Chalkie:And before I knew where I was we were
all off out of the cotch and on our way into town.Ali, Corey,Beet,
Berty:Chalkie come on! Wont you ever stop narrating! (They
exit.)Chalkie:So there we were in the town centre when
suddenlyVoice:Hello Chalkie Hello Corey. I am here to deliver the
Big Bother to end your mornings truancyChalkie:Havent we been here
before?Voice:Fate has decided to whom the ending should
occur.Chalkie:Come on, who is it?(Silence)Voice:Are you
ready?(Silence)ALL:YesVoice:Are you quite sure?ALL:Were
certainChalkie:Come onOthers:Shut-up Chalkie!Voice:RememberFate has
decided who should face the Big Bother. There shall be no
arguments.ALL:Get on with it!VoiceThe one selected for Big Bother
this morning isALL:Come!Corey:Its gonna be me I know it
is!Chalkie:No, itll be me.Others:Shut up
Chalkie!(Silence.)Chalkie:Come on!Voice:(Pause) Chalkie.Chalkie:Oh
my!!Others:What?Chalkie:Why? I dont consider myself to be someone
who proper bunks really, Id only choose to bunk if needed to avoid
some embarrassment or trouble.Voice:Chalkie this has led you to
face the Big Bother.Chalkie:Cant I appeal?Voice:No.Chalkie:But you
could have found just as many reasons to choose Corey.Voice:That is
totally correct.Chalkie:So why me?Voice:Corey has handed himself in
big bother before, and will no doubt again Fate is keen to see you
having to deal with this situationYour future is still in the hands
of Fate we have to see how you react to your first spot of Big
Bother.Chalkie:I wont ever bunk again thats for sure.Voice:I dont
know if I believe you!Chalkie:I wont. Honest I wont Ill do
anything!Voice:Even a stupid dance.Chalkie:Yes anything!Voice:Too
late for that ChalkieChalkie:What?Voice:Far too late for that
ChalkieAli, Corey, Beet, Berty in a moment you must leave leave
Chalkie alone to faceAli:Dah dah der!!Voice:The Big
Bother!!Chalkie:Oh no!!! Look!Others:Where?Chalkie:There!(Chalkie
is frozen to the stop.)Beet:(Laughing) Its wicked when youre chased
by the police you just feel so giggly andAli: and when you get away
you just thinkAli, Corey,Beet, Berty:That was BAD! That was
rude!Beet:You think youre never going to get caughtAli:You do get
awayAli, Corey,Beet, Berty:Most time.Chalkie:(Petrified)Old
Bill!!!Corey:Truancy sweepAli, Corey,Beet, Berty:Leg
it!!!Chalkie:Theres me just kind of rooted to the spot.Ali,
Corey,Beet, Berty:Chalkie!Chalkie:Unable to move.Ali, Corey,Beet,
Berty:Chalkie!Chalkie:Thinking this isnt fair!Ali, Corey,Beet,
Berty:What are you doing Chalk?Chalkie:This shouldnt be happening
to me well, should it? Look at them theyre always bunking why cant
they be rooted to the spot like some stupid rooted to the spot
thing?Ali:Leave himBeet:This is such a laugh!Berty:Chalkie in the
shit! Stuck in the shit!Corey:Were off!Chalkie:Wait please!!!
Wait!!Ali, Corey,Beet, Berty:To infinity and beyond!!!(They
exit.)Policeman:Nicked! Always wanted to be on telly eh? Weve got a
nice surprise for you:TV Crew:The local BBC News!!!!Policeman:Smile
for the camera sonny!
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