The Brassica Quartet
Cast: 2M, 2 any
Run time: 10 minutes
Ebony and Ivory vie to create the best musical alternative to harps beyond the pearly gates.
Ebony and Ivory have quotas that they must fulfil. Each night, Pete at Head Office gives them the briefest of details to follow up. Research is the key to their success.
With phone batteries dead, power cuts and a massive internet hack, how can they complete their mission.
And Ivory has an entirely separate plan – to set up a new celestial orchestra.
CHARACTERS:
PETE M Any age Dressed in white tuxedo. With white hair. Very pale complexion.
EBONY: M/F Any age Dressed all in black – trackies and hoody.
IVORY: M/F Any age Dressed in cream. Smart attire.
JACK: M Elderly Dressed in a pyjama top.
Pete/Jack may be doubled.
SETTING:
Two tables, with a pillow and covered with a blanket made to look like a practical bed, to one side of the stage. 2 chairs centre.
Sounds of a busy newsroom - a photocopier operating in the background, beeps from machines, mobiles and phones ringing and quick footsteps passing. There is a cacophony of discordant harp music.
