BUSKER

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An acoustic jukebox poem covering the greatest English songs at the turn of the millennium in a collection of live theatrical music videos. Accompanied by different musical elements and vocals throughout, Busker listens to the sounds around him. As he strings chords together and hums bits of melodies, certain people that pass him, stick out, inspiring the personas he imagines for them. At different points in their inter-twined worlds, the music affects them and their journey…

BUSKER

A struggling artist who has reached an impasse in his creativity. 

Male guitar player / singer.

CHARLOTTE (Extraversion)

A lonely but energetic ‘life of the party’ secretary who still lives at home and is looking for anyone that wants to share a good time with her.

Female singer / actor.

MILES (Agreeableness)

A warm, friendly, London Underground Station Manager trying tactfully to look for love. 

Male singer / character actor.

CANDACE (Openness)

A priest struggling deeply with her faith. She is Intellectually curious, open to emotion, sensitive to beauty and willing to try new things. 

Female singer/actor.

JOLANA (Conscientiousness)

A mid-30s single mother has been doing any job she can get to make ends meet, finds out the ‘treatment’ didn’t work and she only has days to live. She knows she must be self-disciplined and process her grief quickly to stand a chance of reconnecting her daughter and her father, Patrick.

Female singer/actor. 

PATRICK (Neuroticism)

A late 30’s moody B-list celebrity rock star ‘BLUE EYES’ trying to find his place in the world. Unaware he has a daughter with Jolana, with whom he hasn’t spoken with in years, but he continues to feel   anxiety, worry fear, anger, frustration, envy, jealousy, guilt, depressed mood, and loneliness. He is looking   for that thing missing in his life that he has replaced with ‘the stage’ for so long.

Male singer/actor. 

SALLY (Daughter)  5 years old little girl and daughter of Jolana & Patrick. 

It is the last summer weekend of the year 2000 in London. Fear of the Y2K bug has come and gone with little impact and cocaine and mini-disk players are still all the rage. Busker is a struggling artist who has reached an impasse and decides to go down onto an underground platform, strum his guitar, people watch and look for inspiration from anything that crosses his path. As he listens, strings chords together and hums bits of melodies, certain people that pass him, stick out, inspiring the songs he plays and the personas he imagines for them and their inter-twined worlds. 

Prologue:

BABYLON - David Grey

Friday Night:

FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE - The Cure

COMMON PEOPLE - Pulp

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE - Phil Collins

EVERY BREATH YOU SHOW MUST GO ON -The Police / Queen

Saturday Morning:

HERE WITH ME - Dido

ANGIE / PAINT IT BLACK - Rolling Stones

CREEP - Radiohead

WISH YOU WERE HERE - Pink Floyd

GOOD THING - Fine Young Cannibals

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - The Animals 

Saturday Night:

SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT - Elton John

ADDICTED TO YELLOW- Robert Palmer / Coldplay 

I LOVE TO BOOGIE / 20th CENTURY BOY - T-Rex

SLEDGEHAMMER - Peter Gabriel

OASIS MEDLEY - Wonderwall / Live Forever / Don’t Look Back in Anger

Sunday Morning:

TOWN CALLED MALICE - The Jam

ONE MORE TRY- George Michael

BEHIND BLUE EYES - The Who

MAKE ME SMILE - Cockney Rebel

WOMAN'S WORK - Kate Bush

Sunday Evening:

THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE- Ewan McColl

HEROES - David Bowie

WHILE MY GUIATR GENTLY WEEPS - George Harrison

WITH A LITTLE HELP - John Lennon / Paul McCartney

DON’T STOP - Christine McVie