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The following are the outline of three solo mimes.
The Magician
A magician enters , bows and then takes off his cape and hat – he puts them to one side.
He slowly and carefully takes off his gloves, – throws the gloves up in the air – they change into a bunch of flowers – he smells them, shows them to the audience and then hands them to his assistant.
He pulls a long handkerchief from his breast pocket – he shows this handkerchief both sides, bunches it up and then produces a dove from it. He strokes the dove – lets it fly away and then it lands on his hand again. He gives the dove to his assistant.
At the back of the stage there is a large box. The magician walks back to it and then pushes it forwards. He swings it round, opens the front door and then gestures to his lady assistant who gets into the box, and closes the door.
The magician produces a sharp word-he brandishes the sword and then sticks it through the box. More and more swords are put through the box – perhaps he saws the box in half as well.
He pulls the sword out – opens the door. The lady walks out and the magician takes his bow. (Or the lady could collapse down to the floor – the magician shrugs and goes off).
The Driving Lesson
(There are two chairs to represent the two front seats in the car)
A lady gets into the car for her first driving lesson.
She gets into the passenger seat by mistake.
After some maneuvering she climbs in to the driving seat.
She tests all the controls – when she sees the rear view mirror she checks her appearance and starts to tidy her hair – then remembers the driving lesson.
She tries to get hold of the gear lever, but gets hold of the instructor’s knee by mistake.
She gets embarrassed. At last the car starts but it goes backwards.
Suddenly it stops. It starts again but this time it jerks forwards.
It begins to start speeding.
The lady takes her hand from the steering wheel to shield her yes.
The car crashes.
The lady opens her eyes. She is unhurt – so she gets out of the car, dusts herself down and walks off cheerfully as if nothing happened.
Stuck up
You carry a heavy parcel.
You take a large sheet of brown paper and wrap it around the parcel.
You try to keep the paper the parcel as you reach for a roll of sticky tape.
You get your sticky tape stuck to your fingers and your clothes,
As soon as pull it off one part gets stuck to another part – it gets stuck everywhere but on your parcel.
You get more and more stuck up until finally your knees are stuck, and your arms are stuck, every part of you is stuck and you hobble off.
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