Monday Rewrite

Adam sighs and lays back, his head resting against the tree. He shuts his eyes and thinks of a cool drink, feels it form in his hand, the moisture seeping …

Luke 13 vv 10-17 Rewritten One day as Jesus was in church telling stories and listening to his friends he spotted a woman shuffling slowly in the background. He narrowed …

A group mime performed by a group of 2-8 people, and a narrator. It could also be set to atmospheric music. The narrative is in bold. Based on an original piece …

He remembers the smell of the smoke. The acrid fires of the past. The land and life he left behind. The people who burned their crops and offered their children …

He stares into space, replaying the last confrontation in his head and hating himself. ‘I want it now! You owe me now! I don’t care if you have to sleep …

Philip saw the crowds and said, ‘Send them home, it would be better that way.’ Andrew saw the same crowds and said, ‘I’ve met this lad with some lunch.’ Philip …

He rushes in, slips into a seat, his eyes fixed on the view beyond the window. Cars flash by, people still pace the street as if it’s just any old …

Life leaves us thirsty, longing for more. And in the parched streets, And arid busyness a single voice cries out, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, Whether rich …

A woman and a man meet on a hill In the shadow of a cross. They might be friends or lovers or enemies, From the east, west, north or south. …

I would have missed it, could have not noticed, if I’d kept my eyes closed and trodden very carefully. Or perhaps not gone into the town at all. But it …

I got dung on my hand. Bad dung. I almost gagged. It was the worst thing ever. The feel of it, the smell, the texture, the knowledge that even though I …

Will he run? Again? He stares at the river, the river he just crossed with his family, the river he just crossed a second time to return to this spot …

To print off a PDF copy of Distractions just click on this line of text. Jesus tries to tell James, John, Peter and Andrew a parable but they are distracted …

A PDF of this script is downloadable from here:Easter Sunday Morning Drama. Cast: Narrator, Pilate, Sleeping soldier/s, 2 Angels, Mary, a group of 3 or 4 women, 3 ‘Dead’ People, …

They emerge from the wilderness, One after 40 years the other after 40 days. Both with freedom in their hands, Fire in their bellies, Hope in their hearts and minds. …

(Inspired by a poem from Never Mind the Reversing Ducks by Adrian Plass) On the seventh day, that day of well-earned rest, Did you close your eyes and melt into …

He is 54, and is starting to feel it. His body creaks a little now, like an old fishing vessel, rocking by the shore. He gets out of bed and …

He stands in the temple court, can hear the cries of the lambs being slaughtered. Can smell the blood and hear the flapping of the wings of pigeons. Money rattles, …

2 Angels (1 & 2); Barabbas (B) 1 stands with a clipboard, 2 is off stage. Barabbas (B) strolls in. 1. Next! (Barabbas approaches Angel 1) And you are? B. …

Life recently took a whole new turn for the better. I’d been drifting, stagnating, doing things I shouldn’t. Milling around in dark corners. Then I heard about him. He’s transforming …