The opening drum beat of RADIO GA GA kicks in. Now light explodes on stage to reveal massed ranks of clone like kids, they have fixed smiles, and move with choreographed symmetrical movements. They are dressed not quite identically but in very similar clothes to each other. Happy, kooky, sexlessly sexy, youth orientated clothes, the Top Shop/Top Girl wardrobe of their era. There is something sinister about their smiles and clothes, Stepford Kids - They sing RADIO GA GA
GA GA KIDS
Global soft
We sit alone and watch your light
Our only friend through teenage nights
And everything we want to get
We down-load from the internet
No need to think, no need to feel
When only Cyber space is real
It makes us laugh. It makes us cry
It makes us feel like we can fly
We can fly!
A blueprint for our life on-line
Touch any key The world is mine
We're lost in space but we don't care
Without your light our world's not there
Complete control you are the power
Our lives are programmed by the hour Global show, Global show
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Video goo goo, Internet ca ca
All we hear is Cyber space ga ga
Marketing blah blah, Always something new?
Global soft All your world loves you!
We watch our shows we watch your stars
Across our screens for hours and hours
We hardly need our eyes or ears
We just log on and our dreams appear
Global show
We're not alone, we have our friends
On Cyber love we can depend
So stick around 'cos we'd all miss you
We need our Graphics need our visual
Complete control You are the power
You use our lives up by the hour
Global show All we hear is Radio ga ga
Video goo goo, Internet ca ca
All we hear is Cyber space ga ga
Marketing blah blah Always something new?
Global soft All your world loves you!
As the song ends the kids explode into happy clappy celebration. GALILEO enters. GALILEO is different from the young people we have just seen, he is a sullen, disaffected teen, he doesn't dress in the happy kooky clothes the others wear, he is the James Dean of his time, a rebel without a cause, sensitive and confused. A coiled spring waiting to go boing!
TEACHER
Hey kids, school's out! It's summer time.
Get out there and have some fun!
GA GA KIDS
That is so cool! Alright!
GALILEO
Hey You!
GA GA KIDS
Yeah What!
GALILEO
You're all Clones! Ga Ga sheep!
GA GA KIDS
Talk to the hand!(Click fingers)
GALILEO
Fools...Morons...Don't You understand you're all slaves?
The teacher is a bit hip, one of those slightly groovy
teachers who are always trying to get on with the kids.
TEACHER
Hey mate, come on, go celebrate! Your life is just beginning.
GALLILEO
Good! The s-sooner it begins the sooner it's over with.
Galileo has a slight stutter. We sense it is more that he can't find
the words he wants to say rather than a genuine disability.
TEACHER
But you have so much potential. You could get a job with any
division of Globalsoft you choose. How about music programming?
GALLILEO
I don't want to programme music. I want to make music. Real music.
My own music.
TEACHER (Suddenly scared)
Hey! Mate, cool it.
He checks that they are not being overheard.
Now listen www-slash-gordon-at-the jones's-dot-com.
GALILEO
My name is Galileo Figaro.
TEACHER
Nobody is called Galileo Figaro.
Where on Planet Mall did you come up with that?
Now Galileo's moment of strutting arrogance is over, he is
scared again, scared and confused.
GALILEO
I've found it. In a dream. I have dreams you see. And I hear noises,
screeching, thudding, b-banging noises. And words, words drop into my
head, too many words. Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody.
TEACHER
I understand. I feel your pain. But come on mate! You live in a perfect
world. What more could you possibly want?
Galileo sings I WANT TO BREAK FREE.
GALILEO
I want break free. I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies your so self satisfied
I don't need you..I've got to break free
God knows. God knows I want to break free
I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
In love with a world that's for real!
I've fallen love
God knows. God knows I've fallen in love
It's strange but it's true - hey!
I know I'm different there's so much I have to do
But I have to be sure. When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free baby
Oh how I have to be free
Oh how I want to break free!
During the instrumental break while Galileo writhes in tormented anguish. Galileo sings on.
This existence is wrong
I can't get used to living without, living without, living without Hope
It's all a lie I don't want to live alone
But God knows. Got to make it on my own
So people can't you see
God knows I've got to God knows I need to God knows I want to break free
A ray of light descends on Galileo. It is a police laser cell, he is immobilized, frozen, surrounded by bars of light. Khashoggi and the teacher enter.
KHASHOGGI.
You say this boy wants to make his own music?
The teacher emerges. His manner totally changed. We now realise that the teacher is a police spy.
TEACHER
Yes, the little freak says he hears it in his dreams.
KHASHOGGI
He is aware that music, other than that programmed by the Globalsoft Corporation, is illegal?
TEACHER
Of course, but he doesn't care.
KHASHOGGI
Has he ever tried to make an instrument?
TEACHER
Once in technical studies, he was caught trying to stretch plastic string across an empty lunch box.
KHASHOGGI
Did he pluck it?
TEACHER
Yes, but he claimed he did not know why.
KHASHOGGI
So... An ignorant plucker. I think I shall have to talk to this boy.
Khashoggi clicks his fingers and Galileo disappears.
TEACHER
Goodbye "mate" ha ha.
KHASHOGGI
Are there any other potential bohemians in this years graduation groups?
TEACHER
I am sorry to have to report commander that there is one other. A repulsive creature. A girl.
As the teacher speaks, there appears downstage a young girl, she is SCARAMOUCHE (she is not called this yet but we will refer to her as such to avoid complication). Scaramouche is a teenage girl who doesn't fit, like Galileo she dresses differently to the teeny pop clones around her, she is a punk and a loner, all in black she has swathed her body in huge clothes, the classic disaffected goth teenager.
SCARAMOUCHE
I want break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies your so self satisfied
I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows
God knows I want to break free
Khashoggi and his officer disappear into darkness as a nasty group of
teen cheer leaders enter and start to taunt Scaramouche.
TEEN QUEEN ONE.
(Whistle) Check out the weirdo.
TEEN QUEEN TWO
Doesn't your mum down load you anything decent to wear?
SCARAMOUCHE (defiant)
I make my own fashion statements.
TEEN QUEEN THREE.
What's today's statement then? "Hallo I'm a pathetic, ugly little zero"?
TEEN QUEEN FOUR.
How will you ever get with one of the boys from the Boy Zone dressed up like some sort of freak?
TEEN QUEEN FIVE.
You're a disgrace to the Ga Gas.
SCARAMOUCHE
I ain't no Ga Ga and I'm not interested in the kind of the Boys R Us derr brain zone clones you want.
TEEN QUEEN ONE.
You are such a sad loner.
SCARAMOUCHE (To herself)
Well you sure are right about that, bitch.
Scaramouche and the Teen Bitches sing SOMEBODY TO LOVE. The choral bits being delivered as brittle, sneers "Take a look at yourself in the mirror" etc
SCARAMOUCHE (cont'd)
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
SCARAMOUCHE + (TEEN QUEENS)
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
(Take a look at yourself in the mirror and cry)
Lord what you doin' to me (Yeah yeah)
I've spent all my years in believing in you (Ooh believing you)
But I just can't get no relief (Ooh Ooh Ooh)
Lord, somebody, ooh somebody, somebody (Lord somebody,somebody)
Can anybody find me (Anybody find me)
Somebody to love
TEEN QUEEN FIVE
Somebody to love you? Yeah right.
TEEN QUEEN ONE
Hallo-o that is so not going to happen.
TEEN QUEEN THREE.
Get a virtual life!
SCARAMOUCHE + (TEEN QUEENS)
I work hard (She works hard?) every day of my life
I work 'til I ache my bones At the end I go home all on my own
(At the end of the day goes home goes home on her own)
I go down on my knees and start to pray
(down knees Praise the Lord)
'Til the tears run down from my eyes
(Ooh Ooh Ooh Lord)
Lord, somebody, ooh somebody,
(somebody)
Can anybody find me,
(please anybody find me) Somebody to love
(She works hard)
Every Day I try I try I try
(Everyday try I try I try)
But everybody wants to put me down (Ooh)
They say I'm going crazy (Ooh)
They say I've got a lot of water in my brain
Ah I've got no common sense
I've got nobody left to believe
(she's got nobody left to believe yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Got no feel, I got no rhythm. I just keep losing my beat
(You'll just keep losing and losing)
I'm OK, I'm alright. No I ain't gonna face no defeat
(she's alright she's alright yeah)
I just gotta get out of this prison cell (ooh this prison cell)
Someday I'm gonna be free Lord! (Someday I'm gonna be free Lord!)
(Find me somebody to love,Find me somebody to love)
Oh, find me find me find (Find me somebody to love,
Find me(me)somebody to love love) Ooh
(Find me(me) somebody to love love-Somebody Somebody
Somebody Somebody Somebody Find me Somebody find me somebody to love)
Can anybody find me (Anybody find me)
Somebody to love? (Ooh ooh To love)
At the climax of the song Khashoggi emerges from the darkness, smooth/sinister.
KHASHOGGI.
How very touching young lady. But surely you understand that the company loves you? Arrest her.
SCARAMOUCHE
Globalsoft equals fascism.
Officers enter and grab Scaramouche as the music of KILLER QUEEN kicks in....
TEEN QUEEN ONE. - Beth
(Whistle) Check out the weirdo.
(Whistle) Check out the weirdo.
TEEN QUEEN TWO - Sarah
Doesn't your mum down load you anything decent to wear?
Doesn't your mum down load you anything decent to wear?
SCARAMOUCHE (defiant)
I make my own fashion statements.
I make my own fashion statements.
TEEN QUEEN THREE. - Jess
What's today's statement then? "Hallo I'm a pathetic, ugly little zero"?
What's today's statement then? "Hallo I'm a pathetic, ugly little zero"?
TEEN QUEEN FOUR. - Emily
How will you ever get with one of the boys from the Boy Zone dressed up like some sort of freak?
How will you ever get with one of the boys from the Boy Zone dressed up like some sort of freak?
TEEN QUEEN FIVE & SIX – Abi & Polly
You're a disgrace to the Ga Gas.
You're a disgrace to the Ga Gas.
SCARAMOUCHE
I ain't no Ga Ga and I'm not interested in the kind of the Boys R Us derr brain zone clones you want.
I ain't no Ga Ga and I'm not interested in the kind of the Boys R Us derr brain zone clones you want.
TEEN QUEEN ONE. - Beth
You are such a sad loner.
You are such a sad loner.
SCARAMOUCHE (To herself)
Well you sure are right about that, bitch.
Well you sure are right about that, bitch.
(Scaramouche and the Teen Bitches sing SOMEBODY TO LOVE. The choral bits being delivered as brittle, sneers "Take a look at yourself in the mirror" etc)
SCARAMOUCHE (cont'd)
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
SCARAMOUCHE + (ALL TEEN QUEENS)
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
(Take a look at yourself in the mirror and cry)
Lord what you doin' to me (Yeah yeah)
I've spent all my years in believing in you (Ooh believing you)
But I just can't get no relief (Ooh Ooh Ooh)
Lord, somebody, ooh somebody, somebody (Lord somebody,somebody)
Can anybody find me (Anybody find me)
Somebody to love
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
(Take a look at yourself in the mirror and cry)
Lord what you doin' to me (Yeah yeah)
I've spent all my years in believing in you (Ooh believing you)
But I just can't get no relief (Ooh Ooh Ooh)
Lord, somebody, ooh somebody, somebody (Lord somebody,somebody)
Can anybody find me (Anybody find me)
Somebody to love
TEEN QUEEN FIVE - Abi
Somebody to love you?
Somebody to love you?
TEEN QUEEN SIX - Polly
Yeah right.
Yeah right.
TEEN QUEEN ONE - Beth
Hallo-o that is so not going to happen.
Hallo-o that is so not going to happen.
TEEN QUEEN THREE. - Jess
Get a virtual life!
Get a virtual life!
SCARAMOUCHE + (TEEN QUEENS)
I work hard (She works hard?) every day of my life
I work 'til I ache my bones At the end I go home all on my own
(At the end of the day goes home goes home on her own)
I go down on my knees and start to pray
(down knees Praise the Lord)
'Til the tears run down from my eyes
(Ooh Ooh Ooh Lord)
Lord, somebody, ooh somebody,
I work hard (She works hard?) every day of my life
I work 'til I ache my bones At the end I go home all on my own
(At the end of the day goes home goes home on her own)
I go down on my knees and start to pray
(down knees Praise the Lord)
'Til the tears run down from my eyes
(Ooh Ooh Ooh Lord)
Lord, somebody, ooh somebody,
(somebody)
Can anybody find me,
(please anybody find me) Somebody to love
(She works hard)
Every Day I try I try I try
(Everyday try I try I try)
But everybody wants to put me down (Ooh)
They say I'm going crazy (Ooh)
They say I've got a lot of water in my brain
Ah I've got no common sense
I've got nobody left to believe
(she's got nobody left to believe yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Got no feel, I got no rhythm. I just keep losing my beat
(You'll just keep losing and losing)
I'm OK, I'm alright. No I ain't gonna face no defeat
(she's alright she's alright yeah)
I just gotta get out of this prison cell (ooh this prison cell)
Someday I'm gonna be free Lord! (Someday I'm gonna be free Lord!)
(Find me somebody to love,Find me somebody to love)
Oh, find me find me find (Find me somebody to love,
Find me(me)somebody to love love) Ooh
(Find me(me) somebody to love love-Somebody Somebody
Somebody Somebody Somebody Find me Somebody find me somebody to love)
Can anybody find me (Anybody find me)
Somebody to love? (Ooh ooh To love)
Can anybody find me,
(please anybody find me) Somebody to love
(She works hard)
Every Day I try I try I try
(Everyday try I try I try)
But everybody wants to put me down (Ooh)
They say I'm going crazy (Ooh)
They say I've got a lot of water in my brain
Ah I've got no common sense
I've got nobody left to believe
(she's got nobody left to believe yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Got no feel, I got no rhythm. I just keep losing my beat
(You'll just keep losing and losing)
I'm OK, I'm alright. No I ain't gonna face no defeat
(she's alright she's alright yeah)
I just gotta get out of this prison cell (ooh this prison cell)
Someday I'm gonna be free Lord! (Someday I'm gonna be free Lord!)
(Find me somebody to love,Find me somebody to love)
Oh, find me find me find (Find me somebody to love,
Find me(me)somebody to love love) Ooh
(Find me(me) somebody to love love-Somebody Somebody
Somebody Somebody Somebody Find me Somebody find me somebody to love)
Can anybody find me (Anybody find me)
Somebody to love? (Ooh ooh To love)
At the climax of the song Khashoggi emerges from the darkness, smooth/sinister.
KHASHOGGI.
How very touching young lady. But surely you understand that the company loves you? Arrest her.
How very touching young lady. But surely you understand that the company loves you? Arrest her.
SCARAMOUCHE
Globalsoft equals fascism.
Globalsoft equals fascism.
Officers enter and grab Scaramouche as the music of KILLER QUEEN kicks in....
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