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FIT is a bold and groundbreaking new play for young people written and directed by acclaimed writer/director Rikki Beadle-Blair. The play was developed to address the growing problem of homophobic bullying in Britain's schools and was especially created for Key Stage 3 (KS3) students (Year 7-9), specifically complementing various learning objectives from the National Curriculum, particularly PHSE and Citizenship. FIT is about attempting to FIT in and trying to stand out in a culture where everything from not liking sport to wearing the wrong trainers is 'gay'. Snappy dialogue and pacy writing combine with energetic hip-hop dance, original music and sparky comedy to make FIT an unforgettable piece of theatre. FIT enjoyed a hugely successful run during 2007 and 2008, where 20,000 young people in over 75 schools across the UK saw the play, accompanied by a workshop. FIT has also been made into a short film which has toured UK Schools and will continue to tour nationwide throughout 2010 as part of the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. The production of FIT was supported by UK Gay rights organisation Stonewall.
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FIT SCREENPLAY
DANCE & DRAMA
INT. BEDROOMS ā DAY
MUSIC.
WE ARE THE MIRROR ā We see all the main teenage CHARACTERS
TEGS, JORDAN, KARMEL, LEE, RYAN, ISAAC ā trying on clothes and discarding them
CAST: Gayā¦.
(Change.)
Gayā¦.
(Change.)
Gayā¦.
(Etc.)
LEE stomps off-camera, revealing a bomb-site bedroomā¦
LEE: Muuuum! Does this look gay?
EXT. OUTSIDE SCHOOL ā DAY
LORIS (Black, dreadlocked, sporty ā 40ās) hops out of the passenger seat of LUCAāS (Half-Italian, funky late 20ās) CAR.
LORIS: Do I look gay in this?
LUCA checks out LORISāS outfit.
LUCA: Yes.
LORIS: ā¦Good.
They smile, LUCA drives away ā LORIS steps through the gate and BAM! is knocked aside by running ISAAC (17, short, half-Polish, cheeky) who is being hotly pursued by JACEK. Suddenly RYAN (17, wiry, Anglo-Chinese,) comes flying up behind and onto JACEKāS backā¦
Loris: Oy
RYAN: Get off him! Leave him!!
LORIS: Oy! Oy, oy, oy!!! Okay, okay, okay ā break it up!
ISAAC: Knob!
JACEK: Faggot!
ISAAC: Loser!
RYAN: He aināt the faggot ā youāre the faggot!
PRINCIPAL BAILEY: Gentlemen!
The fight stops mid-punch ā ISAAC, JACEK and LORIS all staring at the PRINCIPAL BAILEY, panting.
PRINCIPAL BAILEY: Are we quite finished?
ISAAC/JACEK: He started it!
PRINCIPAL BAILEY: (To ISAAC.) Mr Chmara ā I believe you have a appointment at my officeā¦
(To JACEK)
And Mr Chmara ā I believe you have an exclusion order?
JACEK throws the PRINCIPAL BAILEY a fiery look, then leaves, throwing ISAAC one last sly blow. ISAAC lashes back.
ISAAC: Come off me! Fool!
PRINCIPAL BAILEY: Mr Chmara. Mr Wangā¦
RYAN: It Wong, manā¦
PRINCIPAL BAILEY: will show you the way.
RYAN & ISAAC looks at PRINCIPAL BAILEY resentfully.
PRINCIPAL BAILEY: Iāll catch you up.
RYAN & ISAAC sets off. LORIS picks up the spilled contents of his backpack.
LORIS: Brotherly love?
PRINCIPAL BAILEY: Sadly not ā¦Father and son.
LORIS looks at the track-suited young man loping off like a teenagerā¦
PRINCIPAL BAILEY: Youāre new.
LORIS: ā¦How can you tell? Iām the replacement drama teacher.
PRINCIPAL BAILEY: Ah.
LORIS: As in āOh dearā?
PRINCIPAL BAILEY: As in good luck.
They shake hands.
INT. BOYāS TOILET ā DAY
JUMPCUT THRU TEGS (wide-eyed, gentle, 17, white) in TOILET CUBICLE, trying to stop his nose bleeding. He throws wad after wad of bloody paper into the toilet bowl. It wonāt stop.
His phone is vibrating. He struggles to find it while keeping his head tilted back. He answers itā¦
TEGS: Sorry, man.
EXT. COLLEGE PLAYGROUND ā DAY (INTERCUT)
JORDAN (17, athletic, African descent) is juggling a football, while on the phone.
JORDAN: Yo, where you at, man?
TEGS: Toilets.
JORDAN stops juggling.
JORDAN: Toilets?
TEGS: Sorryā¦
JORDAN moves swiftly towards the college buildingā¦
JORDAN: Everyoneās going in. Weāre late.
TEGS: I knowā¦ sorry.
JORDAN is taking the stairs three at a time.
JORDAN: ā¦You alright?
TEGS: Iām sweet. Iāll be down in a minuteā¦
JORDAN is shoving the BOYāS TOILET DOOR openā¦ TEGS hears the door and closes his eyes. JORDAN bangs on the cubicle door. TEGS opens the door, JORDAN sees the blood.
JORDAN: Who done that?
TEGS: Itās just a nosebleed.
JORDAN: Another one?
(Reaching outā¦)
Itās all over your face!
TEGS: You know what Iām likeā¦ I think itās stoppedā¦
JORDAN hand catches TEGāS nose.
JORDAN: Oh, Ra! Sorry, man!
TEGS: Ah! Jordan, man!
(Holds a hand up.)
ā¦itās stoppedā¦
JORDAN peers at TEGS. TEGS sneezes ā whoosh ā JORDANāS face is covered in blood. They stare at one another, stunned. TEGS giggles, JORDAN giggles, they start to laugh.
INT. DANCE AND DRAMA ROOM ā DAY
LORIS stands looking round in a wrecked room.
EXT. BUS STOP. DAY
LEE (17, petite, Anglo-greek tomboy) sits listening to her ipod ā waiting. She checks her phone. A bus pulls up LEE sits up as people flood off ā looking for someone. She asks a passing STRANGER somethingā¦ They show their watchā¦ The bus pulls up and KARMEL (17, pretty, mixed-race) gets off, attempting breeziness.
LEE: I been waiting, man.
KARMEL: I tried to textā¦
LEE: At the usual stop. Forty minutes.
KARMEL: I run out of credit. Wanna Chupa-chup? What?
LEE: I canāt believe you darked me out for some boy.
KARMEL: What boy?
LEE: Go on, blatantly lie ā He better be well fit.
KARMEL: Lee! Thereās no boy!
LEE: WhatEVER! Raaaā¦ Keep your weave onā¦
KARMEL: This aināt a weave! Why you being so gay?
LEE: (Wounded.) Why are you being so gay? Whereās that chupa chup?
KARMEL marches aheadā¦
LEE: Oh, So Iām the bad friend, is it? WhatEVER!
INT. LUCAāS ART STUDIO/DANCE AND DRAMA ROOM ā DAY
LUCA answers a call from LORIS ā who tidies as he talks.
LUCA: Donāt tell me youāve been fired already.
LORIS: Thatās not for at least another ten minutes.
We havenāt started yet. I canāt believe this is happening to me al...
We havenāt started yet. I canāt believe this is happening to me al...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Fit Screenplay
- Fit Stageplay
- Teachersā Notes: England & Wales
- Teachersā Notes: Scotland
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