PRE SHOW
The show begins as soon as the audience walk through the door. Even the Front of House team are part of this experience, wearing plain white T-shirts with āQuarter Life Crisisā written in clean bold black font.
The atmosphere is upbeat and very interactive, as if you have just stepped into a party organised by Skepta and Drake. Within the space there are a series of things for the audience to interact with, buy or do. This should range from (but not be limited to):
ā¢ An Instagram style picture frame with #QuarterLifeCrisis written on the bottom for audience members to take pictures with
ā¢ A board for audience members to write a response to āAn adult isā¦ā¦ā
ā¢ Beer pong
ā¢ A stand to buy āQuarter Life Crisisā T-shirts, badges, play texts
There should be a screen projecting ALICIAās life story/journey as a series of GIFs. These GIFs compliment the upbeat, vibrant, millennial world that ALICIA lives in. They should start with āQUARTER LIFE CRISISā and should include the #QuarterLifeCrisis. The following could be used as potential plotlines for the GIF stories:
Who is Alicia Adewale?
Where is she from?
Who/what are her inspirations?
Growing up in 21st century Britain
In addition to what is in the space you can also hear loud commercial hits playing, from Hip hop, AfroBeats, R&B and Grime.
As soon as the Front of House team say, āHouse is now openā the GIFs should change and just the words:
QUARTER LIFE CRISIS
Alicia Adewale
#QuarterLifeCrisis
should flash on the screen.
The music continues as the audience sit down.
ALICIA enters once everyone is seated.
It is 11am, Saturday 10th June, the day of TEE TEEās wedding, and ALICIA has two hours to be there and find a date.
ALICIA is wearing her silk bed headscarf, a black velvet vest top with a green vest top underneath, and pink PokĆ©mon pyjama bottoms. She is bare foot. Her make up is done for the wedding, but her focus is on her iPhone. She is scrolling through Tinder for a date. The guys that she is scrolling through are projected for the audience to see. ALICIA scrolls through a series of guys, swipes left, swipes right, enlarges photos, starts to type a message which is interceptedā¦
Beat.
ALICIA scoffs and screws up her face. Her Tinder chat is intercepted:
āIncoming call from Dadā
Beat.
She rejects the call and diverts it to voicemail. Then puts her phone away.
Pause.
ALICIA:
Totally under-prepared
Totally under-educated
Beat.
well thatās a lie
ALICIAās phone notification intercepts:
She looks briefly then puts her phone away.
ācause Iāve got eleven GSCEs
One BTEC First
BTEC National Diploma
Two A-Levels
One BA
and an MA
Beat.
More than qualified
more than capable
more than able
Beat.
But Iām totally under-prepared
under life skilled
under aware
underwear ā
ā Mum, whereās my underwear?
Beat.
donāt really know where my birth certificate is
donāt have my own place
donāt even know how to assemble an IKEA bed
Beat.
But who does?
Got Mum on speed dial for the somethings
the nothings
the everythings ā
ā Mum, should I take this job?
V/O ALICIA (AGE 8): Mumā¦
ALICIA (On stage.): Whatās for dinner?
V/O ALICIA (AGE 16): Mumā¦
ALICIA (On stage.): What does pro-rata mean?
V/O ALICIA (AGE 24): Mumā¦
ALICIA (On stage.): How do I get home from here?
Last oneās a lieā¦
ALICIA: Hey Siri, How do I get home from here?
V/O SIRI: So...