Descriptive Piece Draft 3

We were interrupted by the very loud ringing of a school bell, the high pitched sound echoed in my ears, silence rippled amongst us as we all became still. We all set our eyes upon the large black and white plastic clock above the hall entrance, and realised our fate, the first performance of ‘Tales from Geppetto’s workshop’ was about to draw back its curtains to an audience for the first time. Our hard work, which felt like our new born baby, was about to be examined by the most honest audience participant a performer could ever have, children.

I took a long heavy breath to calm my heart which was thumping like a bass drum, as I prepared myself for my starting statue like position. We all waited in suspense as I could hear the cheeky, chirpy children’s voices bouncing around on the other side of the wooden doors.

Suddenly the grand doors which looked liked they had grown taller in seconds swung open with a gust of wind throwing dust in my eyes. Through the doors entered a woman surfing a wave of happy hands pulling and tugging. The innocent children were all walking on their tip toes with excitement, all ready for a new day of fun learning, knowing they had a very special treat in store.

The children were staring with joy at our brightly coloured costumes so much that they were bumping into each other like a small car pileup. A Roar of “ooo’s” & “Ahh’s” filled the hall as the eager audience were marvelled as Mark; a fellow performer, balanced on one hand up side down. This broke the imaginary divider between the performers and the audience, as it seemed each child started to ask a million and one questions all at the same time.

But before I could answer any of them the show had begin, cue music, I could feel my nerves rippling from my toes up to my head, cue actors, I swallowed a deep breath to compose myself and it was me in the beaming limelight. My eyes witnessed nearly two hundred children in a sea of red uniforms fixated on me.

Without racking my nerves I introduced my character with confidence and pride in a low strong voice, “Pinocchi-A”. I am a talented musical wind-up toy who is old and wise and loves to perform. I lapped up the children’s undivided attention as I told my story, “I was first created very slow, created without any flow, quickly made from head to toe, my joints would stop and start to go, but my secret passion and my dream, is to make my sound and to be seen, telling jokes the stage was mine, but my jaw got stuck”… I was then joined by a fluffy yellow and white friend, my conscience in the show Jiminy chick, a magical puppet.

The show went down a treat, leaving our very hungry audience wanting even more!
An overwhelming burst of cheers, claps and beaming smiles left me with a great sense of achievement. I found their amazing reaction and huge amounts of energy gave me lots inspiration and confidence for future performances.