all of it

Alistair McDowall

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781350168183
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Theatre Playwriting

Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta
BBBBBBBBBB
Face
Faces
Smile
Smiling
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Bbbbbbbbb A short play for one performer about all of it. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Royal Court in February 2020, performed by Kate O'Flynn.

all
of
it

to be spoken aloud by one performer, quickly

Rushing
Rushing
Rushing
Rushing
Rushing
Press
Bright
BrightbrightbrightBIG
More
More More In
In
InInInIn
More
InIn
Fill
FillFullFill
Close
Closer
Down
Shhhhhhh

Face
Faces
Face
Colour
Bright
Brightbrightbright
In
In
In
InInIn
Face
Faces
Close
Down
Shhh
Up
Down
Shhh
Up
Down
Shhh
Down
Loud Louder

Soft
Hard
Down
Bright
No
No
No
No
No
Yes!
Feet
Feet there
There That
Feet Foot

Feet
Face

Wet
Wet
Water
In
In
In
Out
No
Nonononono
A
Ah
Ow
Shh Kiss
Kiss
Face
Kiss
Fill Full Fill
Down
Down
Shhhhhhhh

Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta
BBBBBBBBBB
Face
Faces
Smile
Smiling
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes Yes
bbbbbbbbb
Speak:
RED
Yes!

redredredredredredredredredredredredredredredredredredred
Dog is red
Door is red
Floor is red
red red red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Shhh
Red
Red
Red
Red
Red
Fill Full Fill
In
Down

Rrrrr Red
Face
Mmmmm
Mum
Ma
Ma
Mummy
Ma
Mum
Face
Face
Shhh
Down
Down

MUM
Yes!

Step
Yes
Step
Yes
Yes
YesYesYes
Step
Over
Oops
OopsOopsOops
Oops
Shhhh
Shh
Oops
Down

MUM RED
DOG
DA
DAG
DOD
MURRMURRMURRMURRMURRMURRMURR
In
In
Food
FOO
FOOFOOFOO
In
Shhh

Meow
Moo
Woof
Baaa
Tweet
Tweet Tweet Tweet

Bad
No
Bad
Not
No
Not not not No
No
No
NoNoNo
Bad
Shhh
Shh
Down

Bad
Bad
Bad
Bad
(badbadbadbad)

Where’s?
There’s!
There
Face
MUMMY
Face
DA
DA
DA
DA

Hands
Hands
Hands
Hands
Hands
Hands
Hands
Hands

Oops Oops
Oops
Kiss
Kisses
Face
Faces
MA
MA MA MA
Oops
Sore
Sore bit
Sore
Kiss
Kisses
(redredredredred)

Boy
Girl
Man
Woman
Dog
Cat
Mouse
Tree
Sky
Grass
Green
Blue
Red
RED
Car
Cars
Tractor
Tractor
123
Onetwothree
12345

Bird Birds
House
Mummy Daddy
House
Dog
Dogs
Hot
Cold
Oops
Oops
Yes

Good Yes
Bad No
Good Yes
Bad No
No
No
No
No
No
NO
NONONO
NONONONONO

Chick-en
Chick-en
There’s you
There’s me there’s you
There’s daddy there’s me there’s you
There’s mummy
There’s
Over there
There
House

Out
Out
Wee
Wee-Wee
There
Over there
There’s there
In there
Wee-Wee
ppp
Poo
In there
Over there

Who’s there
(dogs go-)
Woof
Dog
food there is dog food and people food and cat food (there is a cat in that house)
And the sky
And the sky
And the sky
And the sky
And the stars at night
And the sun in the day
And the stars at night
And the moon
And

3

when the big hand and the small hand THREE

I’ll come
She’ll come
They’ll come to get
get me
Lunchbox
Sandwiches in my lunchbox
There is peanut butter in the sandwiches
In the sandwiches in the lunchbox in my

Name my name
My name is
Hello my name is
Hello
Mrs Smith
Good morning
Good (yes) morning
Hello my name is
My name is (mummydaddyme)
My name is

Helen Deborah Amy Sarah
Simon Eric Edward Joe Jack
Boys
Girls
Mrs Smith
There
I like don’t like
Home hometime Big hand small hand home house mummy daddy me
(bighandsmallhand)

Numbers
Words
Over there
In
I like I don’t like
Look like me
Look different (different)
Tuppence Vagina
Vagina
Vagina
In there
In my lunchbox there are
Boys at my table
Boys There are Boys
There are
Willy
Penis
Vagina Vagina Vagina
V V V
The names
Are different

Look different
Mr Casey (boyspenis)
Good morning Good Morning Mr Casey Good morning
My pencil case has
My pencil case has you can smell this one red (red) smells like strawberry
Blue blueberry brown chocolate yellow lemon
Lemon lemon lemon
Lemon is my favourite colour
My mummy says I’m getting a little brother Helen has a little brother
Amy has a bigger brother I have no brother I’m getting a little brother (my pencil case has)

Smaller than me
Smaller than me I can hold
I can be careful I’m careful Careful
I’m bigger big bigger bigger sister I’m the biggest sister I have a little brother I can be
Responsible
Responsible
Responsible Grown up I can be Grown Up I have to be
Grown Up now (in my pencil case)
My little brother (boyspenis) David
Balls
Balls
(the testes)
small smaller smallest hands are in my hands These are my hands
These are his hands and I’m

not allowed to watch tv too much it gives you square eyes that’s not true Eric says that’s not true that’s just what Grown Ups say they lie like how they lie about everything like how they lie about Santa like how they lie about
Santa
Santa is real but Mummy and Daddy help him he has so many houses true
Not true
Kids stuff
Kids
Grown ups Grown Grown

grown ups
Keep it nice
Make it nice for David don’t tell
Secrets
Lies
Nice lies
Secrets/Lies Secrets are nice lies and

Some things are

Easier than other things and some things there are things
And things and things
And here’s where we are and this is England and this is Britain and this is Europe and this is America
That’s
America Australia Kangaroos kangaRoos upside
Down Paris French Bonjour
There are other things
And other water
There is water
Seas
Oceans
Boats
Planes
Over there
Me mummy daddy david there are other

Joe’s grandad died
Joe is sad
Dead Death
Heaven
Heaven?
(Hell)
There is a good place and a bad place
There are other things and other places and (americaaustraliakangaroo) you can’t
To some
I have two grandads and one grandma
I have
Everyone
Everyone dies
Everyone dies
Everyone dies
One day
Not today
Or tomorrow
A long time
A long long way away
Mum says
Everyone (mummydaddydavidme) dies
Everyone dies
Everyone dies
Go and play
Everyone dies
Don’t think about it (everyonedies) everyonedieseveryonedieseveryonedies
I have a new coat (everyonedies)
My new coat is green (everyonedies)
It has pockets
It has zips
I have a new coat
My new coat isveryonedies

This is important there are things that are importantvryonedies and you have to work hard and if you work hard thendies you will have a better life there are people with sad livesvryone dies who didn’t work hard and if you want to have a nice life you have to work hard
Test
Testing
Test (testicles)
This is important there are things that are important Maths
I’m not good at maths
Maths
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I can’t...