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If This Is Normal
Lucy Danser
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If This Is Normal
Lucy Danser
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I don't know how to feel. I know I should feel special. Changed. Like a woman. Maybe a little bit sore. A sore woman. But happy. And I don't. Growing up in Kilburn, siblings Madani, Maryam and school mate Alex hit it off from the moment they meet. 10 years later, playground chats about ninja turtles, annoying aunties and secret swearing have been kicked out by teen opinions powered by podcasts, porn and politics. Still, best friends can talk about anything. So why are there suddenly so many things left unsaid between the three? A comedy drama play about coming of age in a world of information overload and weaponised language.
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Lights up. A soundscape plays: itâs heavy, atmospheric, slightly foreboding. Madani and Alex are standing on stage staring at each other. Thereâs something wrong, something slightly off but itâs not entirely clear what it is. Itâs up to the director what happens here. Do they touch? Or do they just stand and stare, uneasy and lost? The sounds increase in volume and climax with a black out. Alex exits.
Present day. Kilburn, North West London. A burst of pop music circa 2021. Lights up. Madani in centre stage, full of energy. The vibe is light, happy, hopeful. It couldnât be more different from a moment ago. Heâs running late and in a rush. At first heâs talking directly to the audience.
Madani The gym. Saturday morning. 8 am. Boxfit class. Iâm teaching yeah?
He shifts tone for a second, slightly less pumped as he looks around him. This isnât his favourite part of the gym by any means.
The changing room? It is not the place to be. Guys everywhere. Pumped up, tops off, dicks out. It ainât pretty. I donât know where to look, man! I see dads here after school with their kids, acting like itâs the most natural thing in the world to be bare arsed walking around this tiny, sweaty room. I never came here with my dad. First time I stepped into this changing room I was fourteen, on my own and I thought, Iâm never coming back here!
He steps out into the main area of the gym.
But in the gym, in my studio? Well, I feel like everything is right in the world. The gym, man, itâs got the best vibe. Itâs such a great place to think, to like focus.
He starts warming up.
At school, right, the teachers, they thought I was thick as two planks. But Phil? He saw me. He saw I got a brain for this business. Like in my class, you learn some boxing, yeah, but weâre sculpting, weâre conditioning.
Heâs in the groove now. Heâs talking like heâs addressing his class. Like heâs selling them his product.
Weâre making bodies lean and strong. My plan? Iâm gonna build this up, classes, courses . . . Iâll be the next Joe Wicks, yeah! And then? Madaniâs Gym! Iâll be the man! Iâll be making money! Buy my mum a new house! Madaniâs Gym.
Lights change. Music off. Maryam joins Madani on stage. Itâs 2011 and theyâre ten years younger.
Madani (to audience)Ten years ago, right, we werenât living here. We were like an hour outside of London. In a proper Muslim Pakistani community. Uncles, aunties, cousins coming out of your arse. Good thing was you always had someone to play with.
Maryam Bad thing was everyone wanted a bit of you.
Madani Nah, that was just you. I was too cool.
Maryam hits him lightly and responds sulkily.
Maryam No, itâs cos Iâm a girl.
Madani dismisses this complaint. He hears it from her often.
Madani Whatever.
Maryam (to audience)When I was six, Auntie came over to show me how to wear a hijab.
Madani (to Maryam)Oh man! You screamed so loud!
Maryam She thought sheâd stuck a pin in me!
Madani And then she screamed too and started praying!
Madani pretends to be their aunt, praying and Maryam joins in.
Madani Ya Allah /
Maryam Ya Allah /
Madani and Maryam Ya Allah /
They both laugh.
Madani Man, Dad was pissed off.
The mood drops slightly.
Maryam Yeah.
Madani Yeah.
Alex enters and joins them.
Alex (to audience)My family have packed up our entire lives. Thatâs all my dresses and books and Disney Store teddies. Obviously. Itâs all mashed into the back of a huge van, with clothes and kitchen stuff and DVDs. It took three weeks to pack everything up and two van journeys to get it all here and it feels weird because weâve literally only moved across London. From south to north. But everything feels different, like weâre in a whole new city. And I donât know anyone.
Maryam Itâs not a good story. Why we moved here.
Madani But weâre here. And it seems like it might be okay.
Maryam The house is small.
AlexSo much space!
Maryam Mum has the smallest room because sheâs rubbish at doing anything nice for herself.
AlexBefore, my bedroom was like an actual box. Like Iâm Harry Potter in the first book. But my parents are alive. Sorry, spoiler!
Madani Uncle and Auntie, they live round the corner and Uncle, he picked me up when we arrived this morning to take me for a âmanâs walkâ. I was proper excited. Put on my Nikes that I bought with the money I earned selling my old toys at the car boot sales. I told Uncle and he said I was a proper intriprinewt /
Maryam (to Madani)/ A what?
Madani (to Maryam)An intriprinewt. He said /
Madani goes to continue talking but Maryam interrupts again, teasing him.
Maryam / Sorry, say that again?
Madani (annoyed)Stop it!
Maryam Oh sorry, Mr In...
Table des matiĂšres
- Cover
- Title Page
- Cast/ Creative List
- If This Is Normal UK Tour
- With thanks to
- Contents
- If This Is Normal
- Chapter
- eCopyright
Normes de citation pour If This Is Normal
APA 6 Citation
Danser, L. (2022). If This Is Normal (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3509362/if-this-is-normal-pdf (Original work published 2022)
Chicago Citation
Danser, Lucy. (2022) 2022. If This Is Normal. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.perlego.com/book/3509362/if-this-is-normal-pdf.
Harvard Citation
Danser, L. (2022) If This Is Normal. 1st edn. Bloomsbury Publishing. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3509362/if-this-is-normal-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).
MLA 7 Citation
Danser, Lucy. If This Is Normal. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.