Prologue

Blasted heath (somewhere in West Lothian), front of tabs. 3 witches stand around bubbling cauldron.

All                   Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Morag             Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog.

Isabel              Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing.

Katy                Here, are you sure this is the recipe for stovies?

Isabel              Well, it's in this recipe book. (waves book)

Morag             Gimme that. (Snatches book and turns over some pages.) The pages are stuck together!

Katy                What were we making?

Morag             Midge repellent.

Isabel              Well that explains the tartan custard we had last week. (pause) Oh look, we've got an audience. We'd better introduce ourselves.

Morag             Hello dearies. We're witches.

Isabel              Except now we're style consultants. We're on the telly. Got our own satellite channel, too.

Katy                Channel 666!

Morag             My name's Morag. I have qualifications, you know. I studied Social Engineering at St Trinian's University.

Isabel              And I'm Isabel. I did cosmetic surgery at the University of Transylvania.

Morag             And this is our little friend Katy. Say hello, hen.

Katy                (Brightly) Hello everybody!

Morag             Katy's our work experience girl. Tell the nice people what you're studying, dear.

Katy                Home Economics at Lesmahagow High School.

Morag             We used to be witches, but we don't do it so much these days, not after what happened to Agnes.

Isabel              Besides, there are easier ways to mess up people's lives.

Katy                So that's why you started the TV programmes.

Morag             Exactly. You are a clever girl, aren't you.

                        What we like best is encouraging people to have ambitions, then laughing at them when it all goes wrong.

Isabel              We told Pierce Brosnan he could sing...

Morag             and John Sergeant he could dance...

Isabel              and ____ ____[1] he could manage a football team.

Katy                Isn't that a bit cruel?

Morag             Yes, but it makes great television. Anyway, we're not half as bad as that other lot.

Isabel              When it comes to creating chaos, they're much worse than us.

Morag             We'd better get out of here quick, before THEY turn up.

Katy                Who?

Morag & Isabel
Politicians!!!

Exit witches R.

 



[1] whoever's team is playing rubbish at the time

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