Brian McCann
Bully
Bully is one of our productions that has played and played, touring schools, community centres and theatres with audiences in total, nearing half a million young people. The musical comedy not only entertains but makes people, young and old, think about their actions and attitudes towards others.
The play centres around the life of Julia, a fifteen year old girl who falls out with some friends at school. The relationship between the Julia and this group of girls becomes too much for her to deal with and what started as a simple misunderstanding ends tragically.
The full length version ran for 3 weeks at Birkenhead Town Hall to critical acclaim both regionally and nationally
Bully is and enjoyable, yet thought provoking show that should be taken anywhere and everywhere. If Bully can prevent just one more child having to suffer, then Brian McCann can be justly proud of his achievement.
Chris High, The Stage
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Script extract
Scene one, following the opening song. Introduction of the girls and setting up characters and relationships
SCENE 1: BUS STOP: THE GIRLS:
KATY: You got here early today didn’t ye?
KELLY: Yeah. Me mum's let me out early 'cause I'm not grounded any more. I think it's really to get me out of her way....
KATY: Aaaaah!
KELLY: Yeah, I know. She always says I get on her nerves.
KELLY: Aaaaah.
KATY: Yeah.
KELLY: Don’t know why?
KELLY LAUGHS. HER LAUGH IS CLEARLY IRRITATING BOTH TO KATY AND THE AUDIENCE:
KATY: I can’t imagine....
KELLY: No.
KATY: No.
KELLY: No. Strange. She always seems to remember how busy she is when I enter a room.
JULIA SMETHURST ENTERS:
KATY: Eeeeeh.
AWKWARD SILENCE:
KATY: Nice coat.
JULIA: Thanks.
KELLY: Where did you get it?
JULIA: Town. It was me birthday last week and I put all me money together and bought this.
KELLY: Sound.
KATY: Sound.
KELLY: Sound.
JULIA: Nice one.
KATY: Huh!
KELLY: My mum was going to buy me a coat on Saturday but it made me look like a Nettotonian.
JULIA: A Nettotonian?
KELLY: Like wearing Netto knickers.
KATY: Like Mary Grassley in 10D.
KELLY: Oh yeah.
KELLY LAUGHS:
KATY: She does me head in, her...you know what I mean?
JULIA: Oh.
KATY STARES AT JULIA. KELLY INTERUPTS:
KELLY: The coat, you know....it was a state. I couldn’t wear that. Not me. No. The coat....No....I looked a state. Honest.
SILENCE: THERE IS OBVIOUS TENSION BETWEEN KATY AND JULIA.
KELLY: Oh my god! What day is it?
JULIA: Tuesday.
KELLY: Art!
KATY: What?
KELLY: Art…. Art!
KATY: Spit it out.
KATY: Art! ART!
JULIA: She's gone mad.
KATY: She's having and 'art attack!
KELLY: Art, Art, art homework. It's due in today.
KATY: No!
KELLY: No.
KATY: Oh NO!
KELLY: No.
KATY: No!
KELLY: No.
JULIA: I've done it.
KATY: Surprise, surprise!
KELLY: You always do your homework on time.
JULIA: I did it when it was set to get it out of the way.
KELLY: What?
JULIA: I did it when it was set to get it out of the way!
KATY: No one does that.
KELLY: I’ve never heard of that before..... So you get you home work and then you do it?
JULIA: Ye.
KELLY: Friggin hell! Weird or what!
KATY: You're not going to hand it in though are you?
JULIA: What?
KATY: You're going to stick with us and say you haven't done it.
KELLY: So we’ll all won’t get into trouble by ourselves like.
JULIA: What?
KATY: You’re not going to hand it in....are you?
JULIA: Errr....yes.
KELLY: You can’t.
KATY: We’ll tell miss she never set it.
KELLY: But you’ve got to agree.
KATY: Come on.
KELLY: Go ‘ed.
KATY: We always stick together.
JULIA: Like when?
SILENCE:
JULIA: I just think it's stupid saying I haven't done it when I have.
KELLY: MIMICKING: I just think it's stupid.
KATY: Look we won't get into any trouble if we all say she didn't set us any homework.
JULIA: That's lying.
KATY: So.
KELLY: So.
KATY: So.
KELLY: So.
KATY: So?
KELLY: You can't say you've never lied. Just mention Darren Phillips!
KATY: Darren Phillips?
KELLY: Ooooooooh!
KATY: You and Darren Phillips?
JULIA: Well....not yet.
KELLY: Katy? Didn’t I say? Oooops.
KATY: Darren Phillips. No chance.
SILENCE:
KELLY: Are you going to go along with it then?
JULIA: I think it's a bad idea!
KELLY: Why?
JULIA: The homework was set four weeks ago.
KATY: I've been dead busy.
KELLY: I've had to do loads for me mum - she's had a cold.
KATY: I've lost me book.
KELLY: I forgot.
JULIA: You'll have to do better than that!
KELLY: Me Dog ate it?
JULIA: No.
KATY: Me kid brother ate it?
JULIA: No way!
KELLY: The rain soaked it?
KATY: You used that one in English last week.
KELLY: Here y’are....Our house burnt down and then I couldn’t find it?
KATY: This is your forth house this term.
KELLY: That’s it then. Detention for a week.
KATY: I’ve got it.
KELLY: What? JULIA: What?
KELLY: Well?
KATY: We could always copy.
JULIA: What?
KATY: Shut it Smethurst.
KELLY: Katy?
KATY: What.
SILENCE:
KELLY: Here’s the bus!
SCENE END.