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Van Badham
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Van Badham
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The wounds of a horrific event are re-opened as Eve tries to navigate a friendship with her ex and his new partner. The play uses both grim sadness and dark humour to challenge perceptions of feminism and self-image in the prism of sexual love. %##CHAR13##%%##CHAR13##%Winner of the 2015 NSW Premier's Award for Drama.%##CHAR13##%%##CHAR13##%'An intelligent, challenging, deeply thoughtful and highly original piece of work. In a world where gender relationships remain the minefield they always were, and where male violence towards women remains writ large ā¦ this is a play for our time and a groundbreaking piece of theatre.' ā NSW Premier's Award judge's report
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Meal
CHARACTERS
EVE, 30s
TOM, 30s
MANPREET, 27
SCENE
Tomās flat in Kilburn, London.
TIME
Meal takes place one year after Muff and six years after Trip.
PROLOGUE
MANPREET, EVE and TOM play out a speed-dating event.
MANPREET: Iām Manpreet, Iām twenty-eight. Iāve lived in London all my life. I work in the independent music industry as an event promoter. Iām up for a laugh, game for anything, I wear a lot of black and Iāve got a pierced clit.
TOM: Iām Tom, Iām not in my twenties anymore. I live in Kilburn and I run a venue circuit in Londonāone of themās the Green Note, you may have heard of it. You havenāt heard of it? Itās a venue, and I run it. I have a BA from the University of Sheffield.
MANPREET: Iāve got a degree, tooāI should have mentioned that. In Psychology. Yeah, I know.
EVE: Iām Eve, I have a Masters in Education. Iām an English teacher. I taught in Tianming, in China, for three years. I canāt remember my Chinese name. Being back in London does that to you.
A bell sounds.
MANPREET: I want to meet a guy who wants to fuck me loads.
TOM: I want to have a good time.
EVE: I wantāsomething new.
Another bell sounds.
MANPREET: You could say Iām the type of girl who just canāt say no. Name it, Iāve done it, and if I havenāt heard of it Iāll give it a go. Base jumping in Yosemite. I own my own skateboard. Group sex, acid. My heroes would be Marc Bolan, Keith Moon and the Manson Family.
TOM: Everyoneās a product of their family environment. My father left us when I was ten. My sister is two years younger than I am and she had some rough years. Iāve taken my role as a protector very seriously.
EVE: I think scars are really attractive. Itās something thatās only occurred to me since I started going out again. I had a blind date with this Irishman recently and he kept touching his foreheadā / [Simultaneously, competing] He was doing it all night and finally I said, āAre you trying toāhide something?ā and his hand just dropped to the table and he looked so sad and said that heād been hurt playing basketball and he had this scar on his forehead; it wasnāt that big but it was still red and he was so embarrassed.
MANPREET: [simultaneous, competing] / I love independent musicians. Usually drummers, half my luck. Seriously, though, thereās so much talent in the undergrowth. I donāt play anything myselfādid piano until Year Five but not past that. Best gig I ever went to was The Libertines at Leeds Union. I love dancing.
TOM: [simultaneously, competing] / These days Iām more relaxed. When myāmy major relationship endedāI went on holiday to Portugal, Spain, Gran Canarias. Took a couple of months out toāyou can see the result. Nothing bothers me in the way it might have done. Running a venue chainās not where I saw myself going, but Iām doing well with the opportunity to expand.
MANPREET: Do you like my tongue stud?
TOM: These trainers are new. I likeāto keep ahead of the brands.
EVE: I hadnāt thought much of him until that moment when he went from being ordinary to being thisāthis story, this history ā¦ Itās like, people are a book, with one page. And every scar adds another page.
I wanted to lick that scar all night.
Iām going to have another drink. Would you like one?
A bell rings. EVE disappears. MANPREET dons an apron.
SCENE 1
Tom ās flat in Kilburn. A dining table is out.
MANPREET: That will be...