Elliott Wooster (they/them) and Barry O'Reilly (he/him) perform 'Little World' from The Unconventionals by Jude Taylor in this exclusive new clip...
LITTLE WORLD from ‘The Unconventionals’
By Jude Taylor
WILFRED
EVER SINCE SEVEN
I’VE BEEN SURE WHAT I AM
RADIENT, TRANSCENDENT, NEITHER WOMAN NOR MAN
BUT SOMETHING FAR MORE POWERFUL, TOPPED WITH CHARM AND FINE FLAIR
REIGNING MONARCH OF A LITTLE WORLD SOMEWHERE
SOME SHUFFLE MOURNFULLY
AT WAR WITH THEMSELVES
TORN AND TATTERED, TERRIBLE,
I WAS PAST THAT BY 12
FOR SUCH TORMENT NEVER HOUNDED ME,
NOT A SQUIRM, NOT A CARE.
BY 19 I’D FOUND MY LITTLE WORLD OUT THERE
THE ARMS OF FRIENDS AND LOVERS HELD AND GUIDED ME HOME
TAUGHT ME HOW BEST TO ARTICULATE WHAT I’D ALWAYS KNOWN
THE SECRETS, THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE, I LEARNED,
THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES CERTAIN PLEASURES CAN BE EARNED
I WAS NOT CONTENT TO LANGUISH IN THE SHADOWS
WAITING FOR A SIGNAL FROM THE CORNER OF THE BAR?
ADMIRING ALL THEIR CONFIDENCE, OBSERVING FROM AFAR?
NO! I CHARGED INTO THE HEART OF IT AND THERE I FOUND MY PLACE
KNEW EVERY SECRET, EVERY HIDEOUT, EVERY FACE
THEY LOVED ME, I LOVED THEM, BUT A MATCH FOR ME? - NOT QUITE
UNTIL ONE NIGHT...
LAURENCE
SO, I’VE SHINED MY SHOES, FIXED MY TIE,
IRONED MY SHIRT
WILFRED
A YOUNG FOOLISH BOY...
LAURENCE
I’LL LEARN HOW TO NEGOTIATE, LEARN HOW TO FLIRT
WILFRED
CUTE, SWEET AND COY...
LAURENCE
I WALK INTO THE TROCADERO LONG BAR WITH MY SOFT SWIRLING HAIR
I TRY A CHARMING STARE...
WILFRED
HE GETS NOWHERE...
LAURENCE
SO IN THE CORNER, I PULL UP A LONELY CHAIR
WILFRED
MY ONLY CHAIR
MY LITTLE WORLD FOREVER CHANGED WITHOUT A CARE
THE UNCONVENTIONALS RUNS AT VAULT FESTIVAL IN LONDON FROM 14-19 FEBRUARY 2023
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