At the end of the next short play, as our hero's (a mint leaf) friend 'scar' (a skull on top of a ghost) dies in his arms, he cries, "but are you dead or just asleep?"
And in another, the unwittingly funny moment when Sandy Salt (a sea shell) explains how her father, a 'no swimming' sign is trying to stop anyone going into her mother (the sea) as she had already had too many people in her.
Everyone knows children's imagination and insights can be moving and inspiring. But it was the genius idea of Scene and Heard to ask children (aged 10/11) to write short plays that professional adult actors would then perform. None of the words are edited and the actors did an amazing job of bringing trippy obscure characters to life, adding just enough humour but not undermining the children's sentiments.
It was one of the best nights out at the theatre I've ever. Check it out next time. I wish this was done more often. Helping children, particularly those from tougher parts of London, to express themselves, but also helping the audience to remember and enjoy children's unbridled imagination, innocence and wisdom.
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