Ideas for act 2

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