So, our second night at the Prague Fringe was an entirely different affair from our first. As it well should be. With a fresh audience, and new crazy suggestions thrown our way, Johnny Moon's story went a little like this;
Our story begins in the dusty deserts of Azerbaijan, where
our hero, Johnny Moon is busy beavering away with his notorious ant farm. With
the help of his oldest friend of 20 years, Shabotnik, he is busy in preparation
as they are expecting the most prestigious of guests: his holiness, The Pope.
Surely nothing can go wrong, today of all days?
But Shabotnik has a deep dark secret to reveal. He is set to
leave the ant farming trade, more interested in developing a sound and Hi-fi
shop just over the road. Both aware that the ants do not take kindly to loud
noises, but Shabotnik’s mind is made up.
Things are complicated further by the inclusion of the Ant
farm’s most notorious visitor: Emily. A slightly deranged 27 year old who is hell-bent
on stealing all of Johnny’s ants and disabling them so she can stick them
to bits of paper and create a thriving
Christmas card business. So, yes, slightly deranged.
His holiness, The Pope arrives and is immediately greeted by
the largest glass case of ants in Azerbaijan. 72168 of them to be precise. But
a guided tour from Johnny and Emily ends in disaster as heavy drum and bass
music causes the ants to go crazy. A chase scene and musical number emerges
from the chaos. But Johnny’s day is set to get even stranger...
Meanwhile Emily’s bizarre activities take a sinister turn as
she creates an army of poisonous ants who are under her command. Her own father
is her first victim, as the army attack him and drag him off to his doom.
With her new found power of controlling ants she returns to
the Ant farm where Johnny, enraged by the day’s events, goes one step too far.
Emily commands the ants to surround Johnny. As Johnny minutes away from death,
the Pope suggests the only solution he can think of: Johnny has to marry Emily
to save his own Ant farm.
The wedding reception with 72168 guests (all covering
Johnny) is a tense affair, but then a government official arrives to say that
the marriage is not legal: because Johnny is already married to Shabotnik. The
sound and hi-fi man comes back to save the day. Emily is left heartbroken, but
the government official suggests that she should marry 72168 ants in the shape
of Johnny Moon (apparently that’s legal in Azerbaijan) – with Johnny
and Shabotnik back in business together and Emily happily eloped, the sun sets on
another Average Day for Johnny Moon.
Best Wishes,
Windermere Productions
@WindermereProds
Cast
Matthew
David Lewis – Johnny Moon
Meghan Doyle
– Emily, Previous Ant Farm Worker
Stan Hodgson
– Shabotnik, The Pope, Emily’s Dad
Katie Peel –
Government Official
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