Recently, we did a year five production. It was about Australian history with a twist. There were nineteen scenes based on Australian history. Based on. It was supposed to be a funny version. 

First the tea ladies were on giving out samwiches and tea but then Bruce and Eddie kick them off. At the start the play represented the federation in 1901 by have brides that were supposed to get married to each other to be a country. During it there are commentators who are called Bruce and Eddie. At the start Bruce is angry because Eddie is annoying and Eddie is just annoying. In scene six Bruce gets so annoyed that she makes the brides go off so she can give Eddie a lesson in history.

Then Captain Cook supposedly interrupted them and scared them off the stage. Then he plant a flag and calls Australia New South Wales. Then tea ladies interrupted him and see the first fleet. The first fleet come in singing The Eye of the Needle. Then Captain Phillip starts naming states and all the governors come on. I was a governor. 

The governor part was about getting rid of the convicts then the nuisance of tariffs and customs. In the end my character get angry about not being able to travel between colonies.  Then I say (You don’t have to read it all) (Hello, at last, I can’t tell you what I’ve been through to get here. It is ridiculous. Here we are British colonies sharing this huge continent of Australia. We speak the same language share the same customs and so on. Yet we treat each other like aliens when it comes to tarrifs and customs. If we all got together, federated into one nation we could abandon all this nonsense and allow free trade and travel between our conies. What do you think?)Then my character gets very angry and throws a bag. 

Then a prospecter yells “gold” after finding gold. Then music comes on ,

Gold (gold) ,

Always believe in your soul,

You’ve got the power to know, 

You’re indestructible,

Always believe in, that you are,

Gold (gold)       

Then heaps of fortune seekers come on looking for gold. Then the Chinese miners come on and there is an argument because some people don’t want the Chinese in australia.  So there is a cricket match to decide wether australia federates to keep the Chinese out.

During the cricket match the players all try to give reasons on why Australia should federate or not. But Henry Parks who is on the federation side dies. Then the queen dies because what happened in real life was that the queen died during the time the Australia was deciding to federate or not.

At the end of the play we 3 women come out of the match and try fight for womens rights. Then we sing the song eye of the needle to finish the play. 

For the play we had top wear black clothes and then put something on top to signify what your character is. What I had to wear was a suit jacket with a white thing underneath my collar. I hated the costume. When I first saw the costume I wished I wasn’t a governor so I wouldn’t have to wear it.

Have you ever done a play? Write a comment about it.