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Wolfie
About this book
'If the sky dropped the stars
or the river drained the water there would be outrage, but we treat children like this and there is silence.'
Something's not right. Children are being raised by animals. A mother is slowly sinking in the bath. The trees are left doing the paperwork. The air is filled with screams of children howling for help. And some twins want to tell you a story about how everything got so fucked up.
A spiralling odyssey of dizzying theatricality, Wolfie is a bold, fantastical fairytale following two twins separated at birth and asks who is truly responsible for society's most vulnerable children.
Ross Willis's debut play is a wildly imaginative, irreverent look at life in and after the care system. It was premiered at Theatre503, London, in March 2019, directed by Theatre503 Artistic Director Lisa Spirling.
Wolfie was awarded Best Play at the 2020 Writers' Guild Awards, and Best New Play at the 2020 Off-West End Awards. It also earned Willis a nomination for Best Writer at the 2019 Stage Debut Awards and Most Promising Playwright at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
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THE FIRST CHAPTER
Pre-Show
A pair of twin babies in their mother’s womb.
A is raving to music. She is on it like a motherfucker.
Z is reading an encyclopedia, for the outside world is a scary place and she must be prepared.
One
Just a typical day for the TWINS floating and chilling in the womb.
A. Once upon a time we da Twins.
Z. We da Sharky Twins.
First name Baby.
Last name Sharky.
A. Winners of dat ultimate egg-and-spoon sperm race.
Waitin for our victory lap.
Z. Kick.
A. Kick.
Z. We da Twins.
A. We da Sharky Twins.
Queens of dis castle.
Cuddle buddies for life.
Got our futures all figured out.
Z. Got our futures all figured out.
Secret language.
A. Hatin vegetables.
We da Twins.
Z. We da Sharky Twins.
A. Gonna be born ten weeks too early! Z. Wait what? –
A. We da Twins –
Z. We haven’t discussed this.
A. I’ve made an executive decision.
Z. I’m not fully cooked yet.
A. Get your game face on yo.
Z. But it’s cosy in here!
A. Five.
Four.
Z. My head isn’t squishy enough!
A. THREE!!
Z. It’s not time in da story!
A. Movin da story on!
Z. WAIT!
A. What!?
Z. Scared.
A. No.
Z. Don’t.
A. Am.
I’ll be wiv you.
Z. Don’t let go.
A. Right now da old-ass sun is off her tits on heat.
Z. Right now dere is a Hungry Woman in a shop.
A. Our mum.
Z. Da Hungry Woman is countin pennies.
One penny.
Two penny.
A. Three penny.
Four penny.
Slams down a packet of Cup-a-Soup.
Z. Chicken flavour.
A. Good choice.
Hungry Woman needs ninety pennies.
Hands fumblin lookin to da floor.
Self-service machine judgin her.
Unexpected poverty in da baggin area.
Z. Hungry Woman ain’t got ninety pennies.
She ain’t even close yo.
Kick.
A. Kick.
Men wiv hands full of pennies tuttin behind her.
Tut.
Z. Tut.
Suddenly dere is a gush.
A. A tsunami breakin from her.
Z. Pourin out of her.
A. Floodin da store.
Z. Drops da Cup-a-Soup.
A. Swept away by da waves.
Z. Sobbin covers up her rumblin stomach.
A. Poor Mummy Sharky.
Winter babies shittin over her summer plans.
Kick.
Z. Kick.
A. Layin on a hospital bed screamin on da hottest day of da year wasn’t da plan.
Z. Her contractions contradict her.
A. Ice-cream truck jingle tryin to harmonise to her screams.
Z. STOP.
A. MOVE!
Z. CAN’T!
A. See you on da other side loser.
A puts on a crash helmet and goggles and begins to be born.
Ultimate road trip.
Cruisin down dat highway.
Car top open.
Wind in my hair.
Super slumber party over.
Twist and turn! Twist and turn!
Squeeze! Squeeze! Squeeze!
Z. Inhumane HOOOOOWLS!
Hungry Woman feelin like her spine is gonna snap snap snap away!
A. Floatin on a cloud of rainbows!
Z. Feelin like she’s bein ripped ripped ripped apart by fire!
A. Floatin on a cloud of rainbows!
Twist and turn! Twist and turn!
Squeeze! Squeeze! Squeeze!
Z / NURSE. One last push!
You can do this!
ONE!
A. Fuzzy vision.
Z / NURSE. LAST!
A. Fuck me, it’s cold!
Z / NURSE. PUSH!
A is born.
She and we the audience see the world for the first time. It’s an overwhelming sensory experience for her and it should be for the audience as well.
A. WOAAAAAAAAAH!
You gotta come out here yo!
Z. No!
A. DIS IS AMAZIN!
Yo, come on out or I’m draggin you out myself.
Hungry Woman has her eyes shut shut shut.
Hair like Cheesestrings coverin her face.
Z / HUNGRY WOMAN. Can’t do this!
A / NURSE. Look at me Miss Sharky.
You can do this.
You are a Super Woman.
Z. Da Super Woman starts round two.
A. DING! DING!
Z. Sun knockin on da window tryin to get in.
Baby knockin on da door tryin to get out.
A. Da Super Woman is pushin.
Fightin against da pain in her body.
Fightin like she’s had to fight her entire life.
She’ll never get credit for dis moment.
Dis amazin moment.
Dis amazin Super Woman.
I see her and she is so beautiful.
She makes my heart sparkle and breathe glitter for her.
Like an inner light of love so bright
that the old-ass sun thinks we’re comin for its job.
A sparkles and breathes glitter for her mum.
...Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Original Production
- Thanks
- Characters
- Wolfie
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information