Scene 1
- The stage directions say 'a year later' - to show this, everyone in the nation, will do repeated actions up on the stage to show time passing
- The God anchors will be given to audience members
- Everyone in the cats will sing 'happy birthday' from wherever they are standing in the space
Scene 2
- Mau and Daphne are exploring the cave
- We could through big, black sheets over the audience, then Mau and Daphne could climb under them to show the cave
- The bodies in the cave should be rapped in dust sheets to show them being mummified
Scene 3
- The grandmother finds out her son is to be king
- To show a change of scene, a table and chandelier should be bought on to the stage
- The lights will be made brighter to show a completely different place
- Gentlemen of the last resort will be dressed in different colour coats of have different colour umbrellas
Scene 4
- Foxlip shoots Ataba
- Foxlip and Polegrave should be hiding among the audience from the beginning of act 2
- An umbrella from an audience member will be used as the gun
Scene 5
- Daphne takes Foxlip and Polegrave for tea
- They sit down and a tipi is built around them ( made from brooms and mops etc)
- When Foxlip drinks the beer, the ensemble will create a humming soundscape ,which gets louder and faster as he is dying
- The song and his death will be made into a big ceremony
Scene 6
- This scene is where Daphne has her trial
- There should be members of the nation standing among the audience
- Mau should be standing up on the balcony
Scene 7
- The raiders will walk up onto the stage
- They will be drumming and chanting
Scene 8
- there could be actors coughing in the audience to create a soundscape of the influenza outbreak
- 'twinkle twinkle little star' can be sung by the nation- lyrics from the poem to add to the song
Scene 9
- Daphne's father will enter with several soldiers following him
- Daphne's father should be standing on the balcony
- the lights will dim when we comes in- show that he is confused/ struggling to see
- when he arrives the nation will be up on stage holding flags
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