EXERCISE 1.0.

‘DANCE OF DEATH’

It is a special ‘Halloween Prom’ and our hero is a little worse-for-wear. Trapped in bathroom cubicle for over an hour now - the lights go out… and things are about to get weirder.

KEY POINTS

Position: Kneeling and heaving over a ‘toilet bowl’

  • Open the scene by violently vomiting!

  • A heavy wretch that almost brings your guts up.

  • You feel awful.

  • Maybe your drink has been spiked?

  • You reach behind, checking the lock once more.

  • It is still jammed.

  • You have had enough now…

  • You beg and plead for someone to help you.

  • Over and over...

  • The Desperation almost too much to bear.

  • And then:

  • Lights out!

  • Silence.

  • Deep footsteps that settle just on the other side.

  • Your anxiety rises quickly…

  • Striving to gather your senses…

  • Scared to speak out, until:

  • SMASH!

  • The cubicle door is slammed.

  • Again.

  • And again!

  • “Who’s there!?”

  • No answer.

  • Just the constant thud.

  • Again…

  • And again…

  • This can’t be happening, cant it?

  • All you want is for this hell to stop.

  • And, then…

Suggested Duration: 2 Minutes

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