Scene 1 - Suburban Back Garden:
Twins Charlie and Eddy are having a sleepover in their garden with
friends Allie and Chris. They are determined to stay up all night as
it's mid summer's night but Charlie and Eddy's grandparents want them to
go to sleep. As the children try to convince the adults that it's ok to
stay up, leaves and plants start to rustle and creatures of the night
come alive.
Scene 2:
A silver baton starts to fall out of sky and a space conductor follows.
All the planets are awry and crashing into each other. The Planets start
to chant a refrain. The Space Conductor must get the planets back in
order immediately.
Scene 3 - Suburban Back Garden:
Chris picks up the baton. Not
knowing what it is, he starts to wave it. Music starts floating across
the air and lift up the children. Allie grabs the baton from Chris and
waves it furiously. Suddenly there is a huge crescendo and the children
fall to the ground. The Space Conductor appears and tells them that the
baton is his and he needs it back to realign all the planets. The
children don't want to give it back so the Space Conductor shows them
what to do with it.
They run to tell Nan and granddad but find them
frozen on the spot. The Space Conductor tells them that time has slipped
out of joint and he needs to amend it to get Nan and Granddad back to
normal. Suddenly thunder and lightening starts and all the planets start
to move. The Space Conductor begs the children for the baton but they
won't listen. They just push him to the ground and try to find their own
way to wake up Nan and Grandad.
Scene 4 - Space Conductor In The Garden Under A Lonely Sky:
The Space Conductor is left all alone in the garden. The night creatures
creep back out of the bushes and trees and the planets are completely
out of sync. Suddenly all the planets collide and there is a huge
thunder and lightening storm. Eddy and Chris start to get worried and
tell Chris to give back the baton. But he won't. Eddy grabs the baton
from Charlie and they pull it between them until it snaps in two. The
thunder storm gets worse and reaches a crescendo. Suddenly there is a
dead calm. When they all look up at the sky, the planets have ground to
a halt. The children want the Space Conductor to do something but he
explains that the Old Conductor only taught him to carry on the tune,
not start it from the beginning. Charlie suggests that they make up a
new song. They all start to sing.
Scene 5 - The music and dance of the spheres:
The Space Conductor starts to conduct the children with a stick from the
garden and slowly the planets start to revolve. They are all delighted
with themselves and the Space Conductor tells them that he must go back
to space. The children are all disappointed that he has to leave and ask
him what's he going to do for a baton. The night creatures appear and
tell him that they fixed it with some slime and earwax. The Space Conductor
then waves the baton and the air fills with music. Suddenly Nan and
Grandad appear and the Space Conductor disappears back up to the sky.
