soft subject
from beside curtain
i’m not an extraordinary person. in life we all have our own stories. our own truth. our own drama. It’s choosing the right time. the right part. the right place. this is a true story. a love story
chris moves centre stage
WOW! what a whopper! that was what the doctor said to my mum when I was born, he was walking about the size of my massive 1 2 head anyways i wasn’t planned. i was what my mum likes to call 1 a nice surprise. i was born christopher michael woodley on the nineteenth of may 1982 in bromley kent. i was very nearly called christian but my uncle dick told my dad that christian was a poofs name. interesting?
a moment with the case.
chris moves up stage right
this was my dads, i decided to adopt it when I started my first job as a teacher. my dad he’s a brazil nut trader i wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the brazil nut, yep i’m deadly serious. he’s shipped containers of brazil nuts across the globe for decades. but yeah, my dad’s a character. i’m a character, he’s a character. in this story we’re all characters. ultimately he’s a working class-boy done good 1 my mums more mild mannered, my dad’s a cockney trader, dad’s a cross between del boy and alan sugar, but with a big heart 1 “your fired but no worries sunshine, there’s a job out there for you somewhere. my mum’s a housewife who used to work for the general phone operator 1 hence my well-spoken voice
mum and dad met at a dance at the hammersmith palais one saturday night. this is what was playing at the time
Chris points and waits. Saturday Night by Wigfield plays
Nope. Actually this.
Chris stands silently. 'Lilly The Pink' by The Scaffold plays. Music Fades. Chris nods
Yep. And nine months later dad proposed to her in The Griffin pub on Villiers Street. She was nineteen. You might now Know it as the Five Guys burger joint by Charing Cross station. Mum and dad have three brilliant kids. a boy, a girl - you don't need to know their names- and me. The dramatic one on stage.
Chris does cheeky walking gesture
i was‘nt massively mathematical or sporty at school, But, dont misunderstand me, my family are
mathematical and sporty. My dad's been a keen marathon runner all his life. He's always told me.
'Life is a learning experience'
He runs marathons! My sister's a teacher. My brother's a trader, more like dad, happily married with kids. No nuts... mean he has his own testicles. He works as a financial trader in New York,
1 i have the most incredible family. Does anyone really say that these days family is everything. 1 like my sister, I trained as a teacher. And during my teacher training year something amazing happened to me/ Me. Chris Woodley. Aged twenty-four I fell in love,/ Not puppy dog love, Not crush love, Not kiss me-behind-the-bike-shed love Proper. Adult. Love
Chris goes to briefcase and pulls out a photo, he looks at it, he gets lost in it for a moment. He doesn’t reveal it to the audience
his name is 1 ryan
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Role in the play