The Dark Moons of Slough

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Released on YouTube 2022-08-30

Visual chart of the narrative story in the play

Quotes

[Luke] We do not speak of the Great Wizard, Ascaroth! I realise I just spoke of him.
[AJ] Don't do it!
[Sam] No more! No more!
[Luke] I'm not going to! Honest! That was- that was it!

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[Sam] How does he come up with those amazing soup recipes, though?
[Luke] He has that book!
[Sam] It's 'The Big Book of Soups'!
[Luke] 'The Big Book of Wizardry... Soups'.
[AJ] 'Jamie Oliver's Wizardry Soups' Yes!
[Luke] Yes! That's the one! Ah, yes! Yes!
[AJ] Dark magic!
[Sam] Dark magic! The naked chef must die!

- Sam, Luke and AJ | Watch now

[Luke] Have faith, sister! In the wonder of our soup!
[Sam] You put that in a bottle.
[Luke] Yes.
[Sam] Bottled soup.
[Luke] What’s wrong with that? It’s- It’s just-
[Sam] It’s not natural, you never go to the supermarket and see bottles of soup.
[Luke] Errr- You- you do in Spain actually.
[Sam] Well, we’re not in fucking Spain-

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[Sam] You’re trying to bring me down or build me up? I’m confused by our relationship!
[Luke] Well, I don’t know, Ascaroth, you gotta make your own choices in life, alright? I can’t baby you forever.
[Sam] Fuck you, Hugh. I’m sticking with my dog soup.

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[AJ] How’ve you been?
[Sam] Ah well, you know, it’s quite a nerve-wracking week. The soup festival of Slough is coming up, you know, I’m the soup wizard, Hugh’s here. Hugh’s here being a dick going, “You can’t put dogs in soups”. It’s kind of stressful, actually.

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Sorry, I’m in the wrong scene.

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[AJ] Listen, what happened last time with the witches, it was a one-off thing, okay?
[Luke] What do you mean ‘one-off’? I have a permanent pig’s tail.

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[Luke] And what kind of soup will you be entering?
[Sam] Witch- I mean, leek. Leek.
[Luke] Leek. Oh, okay.
[Sam] Witch- Witch leek. It’s from Wales.

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[AJ] It’s me. Jamie Oliver.
[Sam] Why are you dressed like Emperor Palpatine?
[AJ] I’ve been on Pinterest.

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Are we in a memory right now? I’m just a random ghost.

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[AJ] Get ready.
[Luke] What for?
[AJ] For my third little brother. He was also held back and forth.

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[AJ] My gosh, of course. It's Akaram.
[Sam] Akaram?! I think it says ‘Ascaroth’.
[AJ] Ascaroth. Oh! Sorry! I wrote it down wrong.

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Stiff like a baguette laid out for too long. Stiff like spaghetti that’s not even quite al dente yet. Stiff like [***]? Is that too far?
[Yes, a bit. But also, that's what he said.]

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[Sam] Do you really think Slough would have a soup competition that could last 75 years?
[Luke] Oh God! That was why you were laughing!

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Cast

Sam as Toby Jenkins (actually a witch)
Luke as witch 2
AJ as witch 3
Sam as Ascaroth (the soup wizard)
AJ as Jamie Oliver (aka Darth Oliver)
Luke as Hugh Fernly Whittingstall (or Whittingstone)
AJ as dog
AJ as Jemima
Luke as Penelope (has a pig's tail)
Sam as father to Hugh
AJ as false mother to Hugh 1
Sam as false mother to Hugh 2
Luke as Ainsley Harriet
Luke as Mary Berry (real mother to Hugh)

Keywords

witch, magic, competition, Slough, East end, Essex, Battersea Dogs Home, umami, The soup festival of Slough, bad omen, calm app, headspace, Jamie’s Soups, Newest Edition, death (AJ), cookbook