[BOBBY F#%k this - I'm out of here....

[BOBBY F#%k this - I'm out of here.

Bobby walks round her to the door.]

CAROLINE Ye walk out that door - ye're choosin her – a no good slutbag…

[Bobby stands in the doorway.]

CAROLINE - over yer own son.

[Bobby looks back and walks away. Caroline follows him out onto the balcony.]

CAROLINE Right - that's it - ya right rotten bastard – ye’ll never see the wane again – never!!!

Caroline slams the door.

CAROLINE Get that head out the freezer. Get this over wi. I want her out ma house for good.

They move about frantically setting up the living room.

The couch is shoved against the broken door. The six sisters move into a circle around the pentangle, chanting. Moving anti - clockwise with their hands joined palm to palm in the air. Linda is pushed round as part of the circle. Maw dances clockwise outside the circle. In the kitchen Granny mutters as she opens the fridge door beckoning to Caroline. Caroline goes into the kitchen. Maw takes her place.

ALL Dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead

Caroline takes the head out – holds it up like Excalibur and passes it to the chanting girls. They pass it to the front of the stage where the audience see it’s not a real head but still very sinister.

ALL Dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead

GRANNY Fry the head.

ALL Fry the head Fry the head Fry the head Fry the head Fry the head

The head is passed back. Granny drops the head into the deep fat fryer. Flames and hissing. Smoke.

GRANNY Burn.

ALL Burn burn Burn burn Burn burn Burn burn Burn burn Burn burn

GRANNY Out.

ALL Out out out Out out out Out out out Out out out Out out

Caroline leaves the circle. Maw takes her place. Caroline goes in the kitchen. Granny hands her a big pair of wooden tongs. Caroline fishes the head out. Caroline pads in. The circle winds round the room like the conga to let her in. Caroline lays the head in the middle of the pentangle beside the turf, candles, water.

GRANNY Blood.

The conga comes back into a circle.

ALL Blood blood blood Blood blood blood Blood blood blood

Caroline holds out her hand. Granny pricks her thumb with a needle.

CAROLINE Ah – ya f#%ker.

The blood drips out. Granny lays the photo in the pentangle.

DONNA Let it drip onto the photies Caroline.

Granny places five black Candles - one on each point and one in the centre.

GRANNY The light that is in darkness is Caroline and she's in the centre of the star and all power shall flow and the centre is the place of convergence of the streams.

CAROLINE I feel sick.

Caroline dashes to the sink. Wait as she retches.

ANGIE This is f#%kin crazy!

WENDY Just do it. It’ll make her feel better.

Wendy and Angie exchange a positive moment. Caroline comes back.

DONNA Right Caroline. You’ve got to blow out an light the Six Black Candles. Just answer ma Granny back every time ye light one.

Granny hands six matches to Caroline. Caroline gets down on her knees and starts blowing the candles out.

DONNA Get a bit of paper.

They all look at Donna.

DONNA She’s got to write Stacie Gracie’s name on it and burn it.

Wendy rips a bit of paper from the phone pad..

DONNA Right Caroline here.

CAROLINE (feeble) Pen.

DONNA Pen.

Wendy hands her a pen. Caroline writes the name. Granny does the first part of the spell in Irish Gaelic.

GRANNY Do we wish Stacie Gracie to burn in the fires of hell?

ALL Yes we want Stacie Gracie to burn in the fires of hell.

Caroline burns the paper.

GRANNY Do you want Stacie Gracie to die the unnameable death?

ALL Yes we want Stacie Gracie to die the death of a thousand pains.

The paper is shrivelling up.

GRANNY As the paper shrivels so shall the life force of Stacie Gracie.

ALL So shall the heart and soul of Stacie Gracie.

GRANNY Caroline – the candles. Will we shriek her into the fires of hell?

ALL We will shriek her into the fires of hell.

Caroline blows each candle out on the shriek of the girls. After the sixth shriek there’s a beat of silence then...

They all slump exhausted. Granny picks up her wee tranny and switches it on. Maw speaks when they get their breath back.

MAW Who wants to make a wee cup of tea?

BOBBY Fuck this - I'm out of here.

Bobby walks round her to the door.

CAROLINE Ye walk out that door - ye're choosin her – a no good slutbag…

Bobby stands in the doorway.

CAROLINE - over yer own son.

Bobby looks back and walks away. Caroline follows him out onto the balcony.

CAROLINE Right - that's it - ya right rotten bastard – ye’ll never see the wane again – never!!!

Caroline slams the door.

CAROLINE Get that head out the freezer. Get this over wi. I want her out ma house for good.

They move about frantically setting up the living room.

The couch is shoved against the broken door. The six sisters move into a circle around the pentangle, chanting. Moving anti - clockwise with their hands joined palm to palm in the air. Linda is pushed round as part of the circle. Maw dances clockwise outside the circle. In the kitchen Granny mutters as she opens the fridge door beckoning to Caroline. Caroline goes into the kitchen. Maw takes her place.

ALL Dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead

Caroline takes the head out – holds it up like Excalibur and passes it to the chanting girls. They pass it to the front of the stage where the audience see it’s not a real head but still very sinister.

ALL Dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead

GRANNY Fry the head.

ALL Fry the head Fry the head Fry the head Fry the head Fry the head

The head is passed back. Granny drops the head into the deep fat fryer. Flames and hissing. Smoke.

GRANNY Burn.

ALL Burn burn Burn burn Burn burn Burn burn Burn burn Burn burn

GRANNY Out.

ALL Out out out Out out out Out out out Out out out Out out

Caroline leaves the circle. Maw takes her place. Caroline goes in the kitchen. Granny hands her a big pair of wooden tongs. Caroline fishes the head out. Caroline pads in. The circle winds round the room like the conga to let her in. Caroline lays the head in the middle of the pentangle beside the turf, candles, water.

GRANNY Blood.

The conga comes back into a circle.

ALL Blood blood blood Blood blood blood Blood blood blood

Caroline holds out her hand. Granny pricks her thumb with a needle.

CAROLINE Ah – ya fucker.

The blood drips out. Granny lays the photo in the pentangle.

DONNA Let it drip onto the photies Caroline.

Granny places five black Candles - one on each point and one in the centre.

GRANNY The light that is in darkness is Caroline and she's in the centre of the star and all power shall flow and the centre is the place of convergence of the streams.

CAROLINE I feel sick.

Caroline dashes to the sink. Wait as she retches.

ANGIE This is fuckin crazy!

WENDY Just do it. It’ll make her feel better.

Wendy and Angie exchange a positive moment. Caroline comes back.

DONNA Right Caroline. You’ve got to blow out an light the Six Black Candles. Just answer ma Granny back every time ye light one.

Granny hands six matches to Caroline. Caroline gets down on her knees and starts blowing the candles out.

DONNA Get a bit of paper.

They all look at Donna.

DONNA She’s got to write Stacie Gracie’s name on it and burn it.

Wendy rips a bit of paper from the phone pad..

DONNA Right Caroline here.

CAROLINE (feeble) Pen.

DONNA Pen.

Wendy hands her a pen. Caroline writes the name. Granny does the first part of the spell in Irish Gaelic.

GRANNY Do we wish Stacie Gracie to burn in the fires of hell?

ALL Yes we want Stacie Gracie to burn in the fires of hell.

Caroline burns the paper.

GRANNY Do you want Stacie Gracie to die the unnameable death?

ALL Yes we want Stacie Gracie to die the death of a thousand pains.

The paper is shrivelling up.

GRANNY As the paper shrivels so shall the life force of Stacie Gracie.

ALL So shall the heart and soul of Stacie Gracie.

GRANNY Caroline – the candles. Will we shriek her into the fires of hell?

ALL We will shriek her into the fires of hell.

Caroline blows each candle out on the shriek of the girls. After the sixth shriek there’s a beat of silence then

They all slump exhausted. Granny picks up her wee tranny and switches it on. Maw speaks when they get their breath back.

MAW Who wants to make a wee cup of tea?

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