In July I had the privilege of taking part in the Rusthall Community Play: Legends of the Rocks with 40 or so other willing and eager volunteers, together on the sands at Toad Rock, Rusthall. The play was devised with the local community and others, and directed by Jon Oram.
I was fortunate enough to have the role of First Dreamer, describing the creation of the universe, and more or less held my lines…
King Swelter et al
It is time, time to awaken
the people of stone.
Unearth us, be with us
as we gather to be reborn.
From within the ground
there is a growing sound:
the resonance of stone
awakening.
Stone souls speak ancient
wisdom, hold a certain frequency –
stone formed, shaped
from the heart of earth.
We are the people of stone,
our flesh is stone,
we live stone, we breathe stone,
stone is our eternal secret.
Rock of nerve, of blood, of bone,
of rock and stone – a quickening…
We are the stone people –
see our faces in the rock!
(‘Not yet’ meaning, in paraphrase, that we have not yet reached our full potential, and all have something to learn, everyday.)