STORY:  Rag and Bone, a pair of urban foxes, watch helplessly as their home becomes a dumping ground for broken appliances, furniture and other G.R.O.T.s – Get Rid Of That!  Then LT250, an obsolete laptop, arrives on the Trash Truck and begins to search the Internet for help.  The Wasteland Warriors pick up his message and soon come to the rescue.  Thanks to them the allotment and G.R.O.T.s are restored to their former usefulness.

Key Stages 1 - 4 (age 5 - 16) ;  duration approximately 1 hour ;  Part Two can be performed as an abbreviated version. Cross Curricular Aspects include science, ecology, geography, language, literacy, citizenship, music, dance, drama, art and design.

CAST:  24 speaking parts, 7 solo singing parts, 3 choruses and 13 footnotes;  in Order of Appearance: Narrator;  Rag and Bone – foxes;  Trash Truck Crew;  G.R.O.T.s – as described above;  Grub, Maggot and Wormy – industrious minibeasts, the original recyclers;  Chorus of Minibeasts;  Slick – menacing fossil fuel trapped in a can;  LT250 – laptop, speaking in a robotic voice;  Bulky Waste – three actors in unison make up this tatty sofa;  Goggle Box – black-and-white television with a BBC accent;  Velocity – rusty mountain bike;  Drip – sniffy fridge full of junk food;  Carry – plastic-bag Country and Western singer;  Chorus of Plastic Bags;  Cash – down-and-out supermarket trolly with a wonky wheel;  Grandad – sentimental pensioner and Wasteland Warrior;  Marigold – bossy but well-meaning gardner, Wasteland Warrior;  Jess, Sim, Charlie, Alex, Krish, Nicky – young Wasteland Warriors;  Stickle and Tickle - a pair of carefree sticklebacks; Chorus of Ickle Fish

SONGS: ten songs explore a variety of musical styles, including Ballad, Rock'n Roll, Old English, Country & Western, Waltz, Lullaby and Blues. Please click on the arrows for the songs and photographs of the Premiere, performed by Debbie's Jackson Lane Theatre Group at Westminster Central Methodist Hall, to coincide with the WWF Annual General Meeting, 2008.

 

	G.R.O.T.s’ Lullaby CD Track 1 (12)
	We’re Here To Stay CD Track 2 (13)
	Carry On And OnCD Track 3 (14)
	Fast Food CD Track 4 (15)
	Dirty Rotten Decomposers CD Track 5 (16)
	A Date With Mother Nature CD Track 6 (17)
	A Big World Of Difference CD Track 7 (18)
	In the City Garden CD Track 8 (19)
	In The Moment CD Track 9 (20)
	One Planet Future CD Track 10 (21)

 

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	Project Pack Includes the Piano Score with lyrics, instrument suggestions & guitar chords ; plus one copy of the Book ;  12 Scripts and two CDs with vocal and backing tracks £48.00
	Single Performance Licence Please click on the image to view terms and conditions. £30.00 Additional Performance £12.00 each Recording Licence – non-commercial, each £1.00
	One-stop Performance Pack Everything needed for a successful performance : Book ; Piano Score and Lyrics ; two extra CDs ; 24 Scripts ; two Performance Posters plus the necessary Licence valid for unlimited performances within one month £98.00
	One Planet Future Book 48 pages plus covers, includes the script with costume and staging ideas, plus one CD with vocal and backing tracks. £19.80   OPF Book Twelve-Pack Keepsakes for all who have taken part in or seen this Musical – children, teachers and parents alike.  A dozen copies of the book and CD, offered at only £10.00 each. £120.00
	Piano Score and Lyrics 36 pages plus covers, showing lyrics on a separate stave, instrument suggestions, guitar chords and script cues.  Plus one CD with vocal and backing tracks. Please click the image to view a sample page. £17.50
	Pupils' Script Packs 16 pages each, wrapped in packs of 12. Includes costume ideas, song and CD track references. Please click the image to view a sample page. £19.80
	CD Three-Pack Vocal and backing tracks with a wide variety of voices, instruments and sound effects for rehearsals, performances and listening. £18.00