Accents general English
Place unspecified, but the dialogue references suggest London
Set hospital lecture room, hospital bedroom, a park, an apartment,
Specicify this is a very flexible play. There is no reason that the play could be done in any country, within the technological era, with any accent and in any language.
Characters (11 males/ 6 females)
Note: GIZMO has been written with a flexible cast in mind
Ben Mason 20-35
Professor Raymond Barth 35-50
Dr Bernice Mallow 30-40
David best 35-45
Nery’s Potter 35-45
Ted Wilkins 25-35
Rust, Dazer, Fritzo, Hezza, Dart, Tiz 13-20
Manny 35-45
Rudi 25-35
Keith 25-35
Cevril 20-30
Lando 35-45
Key words
Medicine
Connections
Trauma
Violence
Gangs
Barmen
Hitmen
Gangsters
Doctors
Physician
Science
Circumstances
Research
Synopsis
The story evolves around Ben, who has lost feeling in 90% of his body. His problem is not physical, but emotional. Ben witnesses a Murder whilst working as a Barman, he is almost killed himself and as a result he locked in emotional trauma.
The GIZMO project is based on scientific research and technology in the form of a micro chip which is placed inside Bens Brain. The chip is then connected to a watch that a nurse wears. Once turned on the chip allows Ben to replicate the movement of whoever is wearing the watch, with the theory that Ben will one day learn how to move again and get over his trauma.
The play is short and has tension and comedy throughout. Ben finds himself in the tricky situation of the watch being placed in the wrong hands of nuggets and then gangsters who use the watch to their advantage.
Whilst being supposedly looked after by Gangster, Manny, it becomes clear that Manny was the person who ordered the hit on the two people murdered in front of Ben. Ben comes face to face with Lando, Manny’s hitman, the man responsible for the murder and the reason for his paralysis in the first place.
Ben is rescued by undercover detective Cervil who saves him from Lando, using the watch as a weapon, but in the darkened nelly she is hit by a bullet and paralysed herself.
In full circle Ben has learnt to walk again after his experiences and decides to wear the watch to help Cevril learn how to walk again. They kiss at the end, suggesting that they have fallen in love.
Monologues and duologues etc...
Pages 17-22 (5 mins). Ben and Ted are discussing Bens condition in a duologue, Ted resents the fact that he has I sit all day with Ben, wearing the watch to help him move. The scene progresses and they become closer. Ted begins to understand Bens troubles. Having heard Bens speech about how he came to be in his position.
Pages 20-22. (2 min). In this monologue (cut together) Ben talks about his traumatic experience of working in a bar one night and witnessing a couple being gunned down right in front of him.
Written by Josh Ashley-Smith
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