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In June of last year, | 0:00:05 | 0:00:06 | |
young people in Scotland were given power as never before. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:10 | |
And it is absolutely right that they do have the opportunity | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
to vote on the 18th of September next year. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
This year, for the first time in the UK, | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
16 and 17-year-olds will vote in a national election | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
which will shape the future of the country. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
It's not something that people this age usually get, | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
so it's kind of a privilege. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:28 | |
It's a big responsibility. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
I really want to make a difference. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:31 | |
As Scotland's independence referendum rapidly approaches, | 0:00:31 | 0:00:35 | |
these teenagers will create and perform a play | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
to help make up their minds about how to vote. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
-Badgers. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
-I was the original twerker! -I am Scotland's First Minister. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:47 | |
Can all this really help as they face what could be | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
the biggest political decision of their lives? | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
ALL: Now's the hour! | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
In the heart of Glasgow city centre, Scottish Youth Theatre has been | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
inspiring young people from across Scotland since the 1970s. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:21 | |
These young people have been brought together | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
because of a shared interest in drama and politics, | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
and will spend their Christmas holidays putting on a play, | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
which will help them get to grips with their feelings on the forthcoming referendum. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:34 | |
Well, I am honestly undecided when it comes to voting. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:41 | |
I don't know if I'm going to pick yes or no. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
When I heard we got the vote, I was like, "What's this?" | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
I don't really know the arguments that well, | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
so I'd like to find out more about it. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:50 | |
With guidance from director Fraser McLeod and his team, | 0:01:50 | 0:01:54 | |
the group will work on a devising a show, Now's The Hour, | 0:01:54 | 0:01:58 | |
which will reflect and explore their diverse views on the referendum. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:02 | |
Some of you are brand-new to performance, so, welcome. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
Please don't be scared. That's great. That's really exciting. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
The play is not about if they are going to vote yes or no, | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
it's more about their hopes and aims and fears for the future. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
It's great for you guys to be involved in this. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
I think it's excellent that 16 and 17-year-olds are allowed to vote. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
I thought this would be a really interesting way to learn about it | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
as well as having fun and meeting new people. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
SYT first mounted Now's The Hour in the summer of 2013, | 0:02:30 | 0:02:34 | |
but this unique production will be devised and re-written by the new cast. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
CHEERING | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
We've got "scenery"... | 0:02:40 | 0:02:42 | |
With busy lives and exams on the near horizon, | 0:02:42 | 0:02:45 | |
time for these young people is tight. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:47 | |
They have just three short weeks to turn their questions | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
on Scotland's future into a show fit for public performance. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
It's quite daunting, I'm not going to lie. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
I think when you've got a short period of time to do something, | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
there's a bigger influx of ideas come out of that. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:01 | |
So the accents are British cringe. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
The young cast won't be alone in their endeavours - | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
writer David Cosgrove will be on hand | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
to pull the final script together as the drama workshops evolve. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
Your contributions are absolutely vital to this. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
We can't make this without you all committing to being as honest | 0:03:15 | 0:03:20 | |
and open as you can. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
I have to take away all the devising | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
and the views that happen in the room | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
and kind of meld them into a doable script. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:33 | |
We're looking for things about | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
the kinds of issues that you maybe don't know enough about, | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
or you're concerned about. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
Before they get down to the business of creating a show, | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
the cast have their first encounters with musical director Anna Schneider... | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
And give your whole body a shake. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
..and choreographer Jayne Austin... | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
Yes, it might be tough and you might get hot and sweaty. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
..who will put them through their vocal and physical paces. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
And tilt. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:07 | |
And stretch your arms up and back. That's it. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
ALL SING: Ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
Long. And to the side. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
And roll. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
ALL SING: # One, two, three, four Five, six, seven, eight | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
# Seven, six, five, four Three, two, one. # | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
Each of the participants has been asked to come up with a question, | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
the answer to which would influence their personal decision on how to vote. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
How would our society improve if we voted no, | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
and likewise if we voted yes? | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
Will racism be tackled? | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
Will people with disabilities get treated equally? | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
What will happen to the NHS? | 0:04:49 | 0:04:50 | |
Will promises become a reality? | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
What will happen to free prescription? | 0:04:52 | 0:04:54 | |
Will we have to change our currency? | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
Will I have to pay tuition fees? | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
Would a future Scotland be economically sustainable? | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
You don't have to agree with it. Like, say you feel strongly... | 0:05:00 | 0:05:04 | |
With their questions displayed on the wall, the cast are marking the ones they most want to discuss. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:09 | |
It's really exciting cos there's points coming up that this group seem really passionate about. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:15 | |
Amina, 15, Edinburgh. What would we have if we didn't use the pound? | 0:05:16 | 0:05:21 | |
Why is that a question that kind of speaks to some people? | 0:05:21 | 0:05:25 | |
When I was in primary, it was hard enough for me to learn what a pound was, | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
-never mind what a euro is. -LAUGHTER | 0:05:29 | 0:05:34 | |
At 15 Amy is the youngest member of the group, | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
and the only one who won't be able to vote in September, | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
but that doesn't mean she's short of an opinion. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
Some of my friends are like, | 0:05:43 | 0:05:44 | |
"What are you voting for? I'll vote for that if you vote for that." | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
and I'm like, "You should really be voting for what YOU think." | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
-I learned the pound and I like the pound. -LAUGHTER | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
One option, if we were to go option if we were to go independent, | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 | |
would be to have the pound. What's the other options? | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
-Euro. -The euro. -Groat. -Groat! The Groat has reared its head. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:05 | |
-Bitcoins. -Bitcoins?! -Yes. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:09 | |
-Is that an electronic...? -Yeah, yeah, it's electronic money. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
-That'd be so cool! That wouldnae confuse me. -LAUGHTER | 0:06:13 | 0:06:18 | |
We are working with a group of young people who are very articulate | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
and are very emotionally intelligent, | 0:06:21 | 0:06:23 | |
and are respectful of each other's points of view. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
Will Scotland continue with free further education? | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
That's a question that meant something to you, | 0:06:30 | 0:06:32 | |
so, what? What does it mean to you? | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
Education is the very backbone of society, and a society is | 0:06:35 | 0:06:40 | |
where you have the right to live in the pursuit of happiness. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:45 | |
That's what education should do. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
I'm not poor, but I'm not rich, and I don't think, like, yeah, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
we're turning 16 and 18 and stuff, | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
and you're going to want to get a car and going to need to get all that. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
Maybe a couple of grand to go to uni. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
I'm Kieran from Fife and my question is - can the Westminster government guarantee | 0:06:59 | 0:07:04 | |
that they won't be cutting our budget by £4.1 billion in the event of a no vote? | 0:07:04 | 0:07:08 | |
There are some people who know this independence debate through and through, from every angle. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:16 | |
It was fascinating. There's people that have read much more on it than I ever will, I think. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:21 | |
The Scottish Parliament gets a block amount of money, | 0:07:21 | 0:07:26 | |
and that's calculated through the Barnett formula that, of course, | 0:07:26 | 0:07:30 | |
we contribute over our population share. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
But the thing is, the Barnett formula actually gives us more money | 0:07:32 | 0:07:36 | |
than we give out in taxes, so we get more money than Ireland or Wales. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:41 | |
So if you're looking at it in fairness then maybe | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
we aren't quite as fair or as equal as the other countries in the UK. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
It's an old thing to say that we're subsidized. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
Scotland contributes its fair share. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
Ho ho! Yes! Ding ding! | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
I find it a really difficult process because I have to be devil's advocate, | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
because that's where some of the interesting points in creating drama's going to come out of it. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:06 | |
Discussion over for now, it's time for the drama to begin. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
Fraser has split the cast into groups and asked them to improvise | 0:08:12 | 0:08:16 | |
a scene based on where the country could be after the referendum. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
You only have to ask, you didn't have to throw a referendum, | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
like a tantrum. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
They have just 15 minutes to create their sketch. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
We were given the requirements that it had to be about Scotland | 0:08:31 | 0:08:36 | |
voting no towards the referendum, | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
but still being in a good relationship with the UK. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
Yeah, yeah, that makes sense. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:43 | |
And we decided to make it like a band. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
So the band is the UK, each person represents a country, | 0:08:46 | 0:08:51 | |
but Scott, who is Scotland, wants to have a solo career. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
I'm going to be magical. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:55 | |
We've decided to do like a kind of Jeremy Kyle, chat show kind of thing. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:03 | |
-What has Scotland ever done wrong? -Mr Scotland, here, Mr proud Scotsman here, he tried to leave! | 0:09:03 | 0:09:09 | |
Scotland is more like, "Nothing has happened, nothing is wrong," | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
but then when you get down to it, you get England in | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
and Ireland in and Wales, he notices what's going on now. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:19 | |
I just don't understand how we're going to do it if it's a battle. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
We are hosting a celebratory dinner party for the yes campaign | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
having had a successful referendum, | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
but we plan to take it that tensions are bit high | 0:09:28 | 0:09:32 | |
between the rest of the UK and Scotland. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
-APPLAUSE -With the 15 minutes up, | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
it's time to show each other what they have managed to come up with. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
If you could change one thing... | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
I'll come to you first, Mr Cameron. If you could change one thing, | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
what would it be? | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
I would have treated you better. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:48 | |
Ah, well, you should have thought about that, shouldn't you? | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
-CHEERING -Five, six, five, six, seven, eight. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:56 | |
ALL SING: # God save our gracious Queen | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
# God save our gracious Queen | 0:10:00 | 0:10:02 | |
# God save our Queen. # | 0:10:02 | 0:10:06 | |
It's OK, Scotland, you're being very brave. Very brave about this. LAUGHTER | 0:10:09 | 0:10:15 | |
So, I think it's time to maybe see England's point of view. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
A big hand for England, please. APPLAUSE | 0:10:18 | 0:10:22 | |
-Oh, get away from me! -LAUGHTER | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
What was really nice about that was just how quickly you did work. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
We're looking for seeds, we're looking for ideas, | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
we're looking for concepts that we can maybe latch on and develop further. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:37 | |
PIANO PLAYS "SCOTLAND THE BRAVE" | 0:10:37 | 0:10:41 | |
Melody. "Land of my high endeavour." | 0:10:49 | 0:10:52 | |
As well as brushing up on the political arguments, | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
the group are going to have to pass muster as a choir, | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
and have seven new songs to learn in just three weeks. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
Now what I want to do is hear everyone sing individually. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
I cannae sing to save myself. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:06 | |
# High in the misty highlands | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
# Out by the purple islands | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
# Brave are the hearts that beat | 0:11:15 | 0:11:17 | |
-# Beneath Scottish skies. # -Good. Thank you. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:20 | |
Who's next? | 0:11:22 | 0:11:24 | |
Two, three, and... | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
# High in the misty highlands | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
# Out by the purple islands. # | 0:11:32 | 0:11:35 | |
-I can't sing this, I'm going to embarrass myself. -Don't worry. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
Three, and... | 0:11:38 | 0:11:40 | |
# Towering in gallant flames Scotland my mountain hame | 0:11:40 | 0:11:45 | |
# High may your proud standards Gloriously wave. # | 0:11:45 | 0:11:50 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
-That was really bad. -No, it wasn't. So, it's - | 0:11:52 | 0:11:56 | |
# High may your proud standards Gloriously wave | 0:11:56 | 0:12:01 | |
ALL: # Land of my high endeavour | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
# Land of the shining heather | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
# Land of my heart for ever Scotland the brave. # | 0:12:07 | 0:12:13 | |
Good. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:14 | |
To help shape the final show, the cast will be asked to write a letter to their future selves. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:27 | |
They've been given some time to begin thinking about | 0:12:27 | 0:12:31 | |
what their lives might be like in 20 years' time. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
We're asking them to express to themselves | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
20 years in the future what their hopes, their fears, their ambitions are, | 0:12:36 | 0:12:40 | |
for themselves and also for Scotland. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:42 | |
And out of that will come a lot of the material | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
that we'll use during the piece. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:47 | |
One of my hopes is that I'm actually happy with my life | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
and happy with where I'm going, good direction, good stability. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
Regardless of whether Scotland becomes an independent country, | 0:13:02 | 0:13:06 | |
I hope that it like remains a healthy, hardworking and sustainable country. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:12 | |
I hope, independent or not, Scotland can keep its culture. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
I hope Scotland can be more like Scandinavian countries. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
I hope we never forget who we are. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
We'll have more arts funding. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:25 | |
We'll more prominent within world culture. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:27 | |
That we still stay the same cracking country we are just now. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
How did you guys find it? Was it easy, difficult? | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
I would really like to read this letter in 20 years | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
and then think what I would change going back to how I am now. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:40 | |
I think it was quite nice to talk about my family, thinking about | 0:13:40 | 0:13:44 | |
what my parents will be like, and what my brother will be like. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
Can you go and put your notes and things away in your bags now. Do not lose these. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:52 | |
And all of you need to have e-mailed David by end of play Wednesday | 0:13:52 | 0:13:59 | |
with your completed letter. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:00 | |
Homework set and minds on the future, it's time for the cast to head for home. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:07 | |
At home in Dundee, 15-year-old Ellie is enjoying some free time | 0:14:31 | 0:14:36 | |
with mum, Amanda, and thinking about what she's learned. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
I feel like I'm learning a lot about what side to pick, | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
cos I am really undecided on how to vote so I think that | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
listening to other people and what they think has really helped me. | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
This is where Dad said he used to come. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:52 | |
We're at Balgay Hill and you can see the entire layout | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
of Dundee from here... | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
and it's just so nice to look at | 0:14:58 | 0:15:00 | |
and I like to just come here with family and friends and things. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:04 | |
-It's really nice, eh? -It is. It's lovely from here. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
I like the way the water looks from here. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
'It makes it difficult to decide. You don't know if anyone's | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
'telling the truth cos everyone's like, "This is all great." | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
'"This is all horrible." There's no middle ground.' | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
It makes me worried because if I make a wrong decision, things could go badly for Scotland. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:21 | |
You do see it. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:23 | |
'I just hope that it's still a good place to live in,' | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
whether we're independent or not, that we still get | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
our good education and health and I like the way Scotland is. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:33 | |
-I don't want it to get worse. I want it to stay nice... -Yes. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:37 | |
..and hope that it's a good place. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
For 16-year-old James, home is the West Highlands, | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
on the banks of Loch Etive. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
Like Ellie, James is undecided on how he's going to vote | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
and living in the country will be a big factor in making his decision. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:57 | |
I think people from rural areas | 0:15:57 | 0:16:00 | |
have got kind of an important part of Scotland's identity because | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
we bring a different perspective of life to the table. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:10 | |
I think that's because we don't get as many opportunities | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
as Central Belt do | 0:16:13 | 0:16:15 | |
and I think one of the things you could probably improve | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
in rural areas is transport and infrastructure. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
I'm very much for equality of opportunities all over Scotland | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
and I believe that's one of the ways that we could do that. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:26 | |
Back in Glasgow, 16-year-old Zack has come back | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
to his former primary school | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
to reflect on what first got him involved in politics. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
I was dead into politics at a very, very, very young age. | 0:16:42 | 0:16:46 | |
A lot of people were interested in like Spider-Man and so forth, | 0:16:46 | 0:16:49 | |
I was interested in politics. That's quite a weird thing | 0:16:49 | 0:16:51 | |
for a child to have. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
At the age of nine, Zack was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome | 0:16:53 | 0:16:57 | |
which lead to problems throughout his primary school career. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
This little hill behind his old school was his place of refuge | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
when things got tough. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
I was bulled for seven years of my life | 0:17:06 | 0:17:08 | |
because of my disability | 0:17:08 | 0:17:10 | |
and only up there I actually did find peace | 0:17:10 | 0:17:14 | |
because beyond there, I had my own little slice of heaven. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:17 | |
They called me every name in the book and the worst name I was ever called was Aspertic Boy. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:22 | |
But the teachers did step in for me a lot. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:24 | |
Zack's early experiences have informed his future ambitions. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:30 | |
I want to speak up for people. I want to try and be a leader. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:34 | |
The thing I really, really want, | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
my hope for future independence, is that everyone gets equal rights. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:41 | |
Men, women, people with disabilities, | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
heterosexuals, homosexuals, it doesn't matter. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
The SNP are social liberals. No, no, no. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
Zack has his sights set on Scottish independence. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:56 | |
His mum Linda, on the other hand, has more practical goals in mind. | 0:17:56 | 0:18:02 | |
-Put it down. -You put it down. On you go. -Health and safety. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:09 | |
-Fine. Fine. -You're the one who wants independence! | 0:18:09 | 0:18:13 | |
Start at home with being independent for yourself. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
You'll have to iron your own clothes in an independent Scotland. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
Well, in the last few days, I've been writing a letter | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
to my future self in 20 years' time | 0:18:29 | 0:18:32 | |
and that's brought a few issues to me | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
that I'd never really thought of before, one of which is | 0:18:35 | 0:18:39 | |
what my little brother's going to turn out like. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
It also made me think what Scotland's going to be like | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
and how this might change. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
Here's a bit of my letter. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:52 | |
"Right now, I feel that Scotland's a bit like a family. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
"A group of people, though their opinions may differ, | 0:18:55 | 0:18:58 | |
"still try to look after each other. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
"It's a strong family, Scotland, so I hope it will always stay this way. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:04 | |
"I want to be happy and successful, so don't mess it up. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
"OK?" | 0:19:07 | 0:19:09 | |
The letter that I've written is to myself in 20 years' time, | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
so I'll be 35 by that time. When I read it, | 0:19:17 | 0:19:21 | |
I'm hoping that everything's going all right for Scotland and myself. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:26 | |
Writing about it has really got me thinking more about it | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
cos when I write it in words, it makes me think more. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
"Oh, wait. I never thought about that." | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
"Dear me, I hope everything's all right in 20 years' time for us. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:38 | |
"I just wanted to tell you what I'm thinking about at this time. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:42 | |
"I hope that when you read this you're a teacher. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:44 | |
"I hope that you're still close to your family. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:46 | |
"All I can say is that whether we're independent or not, | 0:19:46 | 0:19:49 | |
"it's the happiness of the Scottish people that really matters. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
"From your 15-year-old self." | 0:19:52 | 0:19:54 | |
"A letter to my future self. I hope you're keeping well. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
"My greatest ambition is to break the generic conventions | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
"with people with disabilities. I want to stand as a voice | 0:20:04 | 0:20:08 | |
"for those who have been shunned in Scottish society | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
"and therefore I want to be an MSP | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
"and a proud liberal and prove that all people matter." | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
Are we ready for this weekend? | 0:20:29 | 0:20:31 | |
ALL: Yes! | 0:20:31 | 0:20:32 | |
After a few days off, the cast are back and raring to go. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:36 | |
This weekend, we've got a lot to do | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
because what we've got to do this weekend is create a show, all right? | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
This...is our set, OK? | 0:20:41 | 0:20:45 | |
This is not the complete finished set. This is a mock-up of it. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
The audience will be over there. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:50 | |
What we need to do, before we start, is make sure everyone's ready | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
and raring to go. So, how should we do that? | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
Warm up! | 0:20:56 | 0:20:58 | |
MUSIC: "Hey Ya!" by OutKast | 0:20:59 | 0:21:03 | |
After a vigorous warm up, it's straight to work. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:15 | |
OK. What I'm going to ask you to do is one of you is going to start | 0:21:15 | 0:21:19 | |
reading your letters to your partner and when I say change, | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
the other person will then start reading their letter. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:25 | |
Fraser has asked the cast to swap letters with a partner | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
and read aloud from the other person's letter. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
And three, two, one. Off you go | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
I hope that by the time it's 2034/35, | 0:21:38 | 0:21:40 | |
you've achieved your dream of... | 0:21:40 | 0:21:42 | |
I hope I'm living in a place that I'm proud to call home. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
Regardless of the outcome of the independence vote, | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
the people of Scotland don't regret the vote. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:50 | |
It's allowing all the participants to hear little bits | 0:21:50 | 0:21:53 | |
or sometimes all of the letters of each other. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:56 | |
Do you have a job? Preferably one that you like... | 0:21:56 | 0:22:00 | |
There's a really nice sense coming out from all the letters | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
that they hope that Scotland will be a better, fairer, kinder society. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:08 | |
Feels like I'm writing to some other guy called Edan Hanson. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:13 | |
I think it actually helped me understand better. | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
This whole referendum isn't really about Scotland as a whole alone, | 0:22:16 | 0:22:20 | |
it's also about the individual person. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:22 | |
It's so relevant for me right now because I'm at the stage where | 0:22:23 | 0:22:27 | |
I'm going to leave school really soon | 0:22:27 | 0:22:29 | |
and I'm already thinking about my near future, | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
never mind 20 years' time when I'm going to be 37. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:36 | |
Dear me in 20 years' time, | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
I hope you're successful in your career | 0:22:41 | 0:22:43 | |
and you're still playing football. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:45 | |
I hope you're a good father, have a lovely wife. | 0:22:45 | 0:22:47 | |
And I hope that the Scottish culture I take great pride in | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
remains virtually unchanged. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:52 | |
My ambitions are for a truly fair nation. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:54 | |
I've had type-one diabetes since age six | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
so I'm really hoping I get cured in future. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
No matter what happens, I hope that Scotland shines and thrives. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:04 | |
I hope you're living the life you've always dreamed, | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
even if I don't quite know what that is yet. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:09 | |
You may be old and in your 30s, but don't forget... | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
eat, sleep, rave, repeat. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
# I am the mountain | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
# I am the sea | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
# You can't take that away from me | 0:23:32 | 0:23:36 | |
# I am the mountain | 0:23:36 | 0:23:38 | |
# I am the sea | 0:23:38 | 0:23:41 | |
# You can't take that away from me | 0:23:41 | 0:23:45 | |
# You tear us apart | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
# With all the things you don't like | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
# You can't understand | 0:23:50 | 0:23:52 | |
# That I won't leave | 0:23:52 | 0:23:55 | |
# Living here | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
# And then you find out | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
# Where it all went wrong | 0:24:00 | 0:24:04 | |
# I am the mountain | 0:24:04 | 0:24:06 | |
# I am the sea | 0:24:06 | 0:24:09 | |
# You can't take that away from me | 0:24:09 | 0:24:12 | |
# I am the mountain | 0:24:12 | 0:24:14 | |
# I am the sea | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
# You can't take that away from me | 0:24:17 | 0:24:19 | |
# I am the mountain. # | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:24:24 | 0:24:26 | |
-Or we can say it alternately. -You can say the first two lines. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:34 | |
It's Sunday morning of what's been a packed weekend | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
and the cast have been tasked with writing sections of script | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
for the first time. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
Today what we're doing is we're trying to create | 0:24:41 | 0:24:43 | |
the linking devices between all of the sections | 0:24:43 | 0:24:47 | |
that we were working on yesterday. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:49 | |
Are you managing to put some of your ideas into this too? | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
'The linking sections have been developed | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
'through the questions that the young people have to ask themselves' | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
in order to write their letters and really think about | 0:24:58 | 0:25:00 | |
what they want for the future. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:03 | |
Fraser has asked two of the groups to focus on Scottish stereotypes. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:08 | |
We were to do a rap or a rhyme | 0:25:08 | 0:25:12 | |
celebrating or undermining stereotypes. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:17 | |
I just love the start of it. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
Basically, what we're doing is we're trying to write it | 0:25:19 | 0:25:23 | |
in Scots dialect. It's quite... | 0:25:23 | 0:25:25 | |
We thought it would be quite easy, but it's not at all. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
Stereotypes are really funny. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:29 | |
Some people are like, "We're not like that. We're not like that." | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
But you can't deny that they're not funny. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
Is it like... | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
C-O-O or would you still spell it "cow" and just say "coo"? | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
-I'm proud of Scotland, my home. -OK. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:47 | |
The main thing is ginger hair, tartan, all the obvious things. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
Fraser gave a task to acknowledge the stereotypes | 0:25:51 | 0:25:57 | |
and highlight the personal facts about Scotland. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:02 | |
Writing and rehearsing over, | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
it's time to tread the boards and share their work. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
Us Scots, we're an odd wee bunch | 0:26:09 | 0:26:12 | |
Annoy us and you'll get a punch. | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
Some people may think of us | 0:26:15 | 0:26:17 | |
bagpipe-playing Stuart-tartan wearing ceilidh-dancing gingers. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:21 | |
And now we have the opportunity to make it what we want it to be. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:25 | |
We're kilt-wearing gingers who love Irn-Bru | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
roaming the fields with a Highland "coo". | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
Brave William Wallace. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
Freedom! | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
ALL: It should be a country for the people. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
While the cast have been rehearsing, the stage management team | 0:26:48 | 0:26:51 | |
have been hard at work on the set. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:53 | |
A glimpse of the finished set starts to make the show | 0:26:53 | 0:26:56 | |
seem a reality for the first time. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:58 | |
It makes me really excited to do the show now, | 0:26:58 | 0:27:01 | |
now that I know what we are doing it on. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
So excited. It makes me go, "Wow." | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
We have got the hatches and things. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:09 | |
Yeah, the week's been really good. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:11 | |
It's just getting really close with everyone | 0:27:11 | 0:27:15 | |
and knowing them better and just getting all the scenes done. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
It's really good. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:19 | |
With a hard weekend's work under their belts | 0:27:22 | 0:27:24 | |
and Christmas on the horizon, a celebration is in order. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:28 | |
MUSIC: "Wake Me Up" by Avicii | 0:27:29 | 0:27:33 | |
SHOUTING AND WHOOPING | 0:27:36 | 0:27:38 | |
ALL SHOUT: Merry Christmas! | 0:27:51 | 0:27:54 | |
15-year-old musician Amina is at home in Edinburgh | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
preparing for Christmas with Mum, Rosie. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:11 | |
In a few days' time, Amina will celebrate her 16th birthday | 0:28:11 | 0:28:15 | |
which has got her thinking about the future. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:18 | |
I think the main differences between adulthood and teenagehood are, | 0:28:21 | 0:28:24 | |
as an adult, you have more freedom of speech, | 0:28:24 | 0:28:27 | |
more opportunities to decide what goes on in your life | 0:28:27 | 0:28:30 | |
and in your country and you can make a difference much easier, | 0:28:30 | 0:28:34 | |
decide what happens, where you're going and your direction in life. | 0:28:34 | 0:28:37 | |
It will be really exciting to see if my dreams for what | 0:28:39 | 0:28:42 | |
I want to achieve in life match what actually does happen. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:46 | |
Amina's ambition is to become a professional musician | 0:28:49 | 0:28:53 | |
and to be part of the Scottish traditional music scene. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:55 | |
The things that make up my Scotland are language, our culture, | 0:28:55 | 0:28:59 | |
our traditions, our music in particular, our food, | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
our people, our country, | 0:29:02 | 0:29:03 | |
our landscape. Everything all rolled into one, really. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
Traditional music seems very lovely. Everyone's so friendly. | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
Everyone knows everyone, You can just go along to a gig, | 0:29:12 | 0:29:14 | |
you'll recognise loads of people you know. It's so lovely. It's really nice. | 0:29:14 | 0:29:18 | |
It's the 27th of December | 0:29:30 | 0:29:32 | |
and the young cast have had three days off for Christmas. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:35 | |
With just seven full rehearsal days left before the final performance, | 0:29:35 | 0:29:39 | |
there's a long way to go. | 0:29:39 | 0:29:40 | |
With 22 members in the cast | 0:29:43 | 0:29:45 | |
and an ever-growing number of bit parts, | 0:29:45 | 0:29:47 | |
wardrobe supervisor Nicola has her work cut out. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:50 | |
I think we have seven or eight days until show time. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:53 | |
We've been told that we're looking for a haggis costume | 0:29:53 | 0:29:56 | |
and other things will involve... | 0:29:56 | 0:29:59 | |
I think there's a lab, a laboratory, | 0:29:59 | 0:30:01 | |
so there might be some white coats involved. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
This is the thing with the devised piece. I can go so far with it | 0:30:06 | 0:30:10 | |
but until they devise a bit more I'm stuck waiting to know what it is. | 0:30:10 | 0:30:15 | |
Writer David has some news | 0:30:19 | 0:30:20 | |
that just might make Nicola's job a bit easier. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
The full script has now been sent off. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:25 | |
We're waiting for it to start printing. | 0:30:25 | 0:30:28 | |
and then we'll start casting. | 0:30:28 | 0:30:31 | |
With good progress behind the scenes, | 0:30:31 | 0:30:33 | |
musical director Anna is working with the cast to finalise | 0:30:33 | 0:30:36 | |
an alternative version of a familiar song. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:39 | |
Haggis, whisky, shortbread too. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
Scotland the Brave. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:44 | |
Scots or Jocks, we're all the same... | 0:30:44 | 0:30:47 | |
But there can be no show without a script, | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
and things in the office aren't exactly going to plan. | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 | |
-What are we going to do? -I don't know. -It's Christmas. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:55 | |
-There's no paper. -There's no paper anywhere. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:57 | |
-We can't do any scripts. -Aaagh! | 0:30:57 | 0:31:00 | |
THEY SING | 0:31:00 | 0:31:02 | |
We are getting more paper delivered. Are you actually filming? | 0:31:02 | 0:31:06 | |
With paper sourced and the scripts finally printed, it's time | 0:31:14 | 0:31:17 | |
for the teenagers to learn which parts they will play in the show. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:20 | |
So the first characters to be cast. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:23 | |
The character of Shona will be played by Alana. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
The character of the Texan American will be played by Zack. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:30 | |
The stage we're at now is we need to block the play as quickly as we can. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:33 | |
Usually, you would have a week or so to do that, | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
but we're on in a week so we have to do this in days. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:39 | |
The Tester will be played by James. | 0:31:39 | 0:31:41 | |
And Andy Murray makes an appearance so he will be played by Craig. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:47 | |
Haggis will be Amina. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:48 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:31:48 | 0:31:50 | |
Mrs Scotland will be Amy. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:53 | |
The Coatbridge Bank will be Zack. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
I've got to do a Welsh accent. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
I've also got to do a Texan | 0:32:00 | 0:32:02 | |
and I've also got to do a Coatbridge accent. | 0:32:02 | 0:32:06 | |
-How are you going to practise haggising? -I'm not sure. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:09 | |
You can't really. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:10 | |
Just eating loads of haggis and hoping that I'll turn into one. | 0:32:10 | 0:32:13 | |
Now, the Coatbridge and the Texan I might just get away with | 0:32:13 | 0:32:16 | |
but a Welsh? | 0:32:16 | 0:32:18 | |
So, so proud to be Mrs Scotland. | 0:32:18 | 0:32:21 | |
It's my calling in life. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:24 | |
I'm a bit disappointed in the parts I got but it's OK. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:29 | |
You could start a petition if you like. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:31 | |
I would like to, I would like to start a petition. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:34 | |
A polite disagreement. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:36 | |
-But unfortunately, this is not a democracy. -Oh! -Yes. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:40 | |
There's other points where it's direct to the audience, isn't it? | 0:32:40 | 0:32:43 | |
Parts allocated, it's time to knuckle down and start rehearsing | 0:32:43 | 0:32:47 | |
the play's first big scene. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:48 | |
ALL: What is Scotland? | 0:32:48 | 0:32:50 | |
The guidebooks go on about the hills and lochs and history and art | 0:32:50 | 0:32:55 | |
but there's got to be more to it than that. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:58 | |
The subject of this scene, Scottish identity, | 0:32:58 | 0:33:01 | |
is something the cast has plenty to say about. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:03 | |
It doesn't really matter, your accent | 0:33:03 | 0:33:06 | |
or, like, what colour you are, | 0:33:06 | 0:33:09 | |
what race you are. | 0:33:09 | 0:33:10 | |
To be Scottish, you simply have to like Scotland. | 0:33:10 | 0:33:15 | |
All the different kinds of cultures, languages, traditions | 0:33:15 | 0:33:19 | |
-and all of them welcome. -Yes! | 0:33:19 | 0:33:22 | |
The stereotypical Scottish person is ginger, freckly, blue eyes, | 0:33:22 | 0:33:27 | |
pale skin and obviously I'm not that type of person. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:30 | |
I do count myself as Scottish | 0:33:30 | 0:33:32 | |
because it's the culture here that I've grown up with. | 0:33:32 | 0:33:35 | |
I've always been here. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:36 | |
-Gingers. -Deep-fried Mars bars. -Community spirit. -The people. | 0:33:36 | 0:33:41 | |
I think, to be Scottish, is just be happy about the fact you're Scottish | 0:33:43 | 0:33:48 | |
and embrace the different aspects of it. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:50 | |
No matter how many landmarks or resources we have, | 0:33:50 | 0:33:53 | |
none of it would mean anything | 0:33:53 | 0:33:55 | |
if there was no-one left to use or enjoy all of it. | 0:33:55 | 0:33:58 | |
British people are, like, meant to be posh and fancy. | 0:33:58 | 0:34:03 | |
You know, tea and crumpets, | 0:34:03 | 0:34:05 | |
and then there's us and we're just like Irn-Bru and shortbread. | 0:34:05 | 0:34:09 | |
Food. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:10 | |
THEY ALL LAUGH | 0:34:10 | 0:34:13 | |
If someone said, "Are you Scottish?" I'd say yes. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:16 | |
If someone said, "Are you British?" I'd say yes. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:19 | |
Imagine what it would be like if the whole country was empty. | 0:34:19 | 0:34:22 | |
Not one single person in the whole of Scotland. | 0:34:22 | 0:34:25 | |
I know I don't sound particularly Scottish and that's fine, | 0:34:25 | 0:34:27 | |
but I'm very much Scottish and I'm proud of being Scottish. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:31 | |
THEY SING "SCOTLAND THE BRAVE" | 0:34:31 | 0:34:34 | |
Well done, well done. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:42 | |
Time to go home. | 0:34:42 | 0:34:43 | |
THEY CHEER | 0:34:43 | 0:34:45 | |
It's Sunday morning and, with just a week till curtain up, | 0:34:53 | 0:34:57 | |
the weary cast arrive for another full day of rehearsals. | 0:34:57 | 0:35:01 | |
-Edan? Great. So, Alice, are you here. -I'm here. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:04 | |
-Great. Rosie? -Here. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:06 | |
It is a week today which is a laugh but I'm quite nervous. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:11 | |
Now is grind time, it's now going to be study the lines, learn them, | 0:35:11 | 0:35:16 | |
get confident and give 100%. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:17 | |
Excellent. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:21 | |
Because it's such a short period of time, there's always going to be | 0:35:21 | 0:35:26 | |
hiccups or something but I do think it's going very well. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:29 | |
It's tiring but I'm really enjoying it. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:32 | |
Last night, Fraser and David set the cast some homework, | 0:35:34 | 0:35:37 | |
and it seems not everyone is ready to hand it in. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:41 | |
No dogs have eaten it yet, no? | 0:35:41 | 0:35:44 | |
We're already running way behind because people didn't do what | 0:35:44 | 0:35:48 | |
they were asked to do. | 0:35:48 | 0:35:49 | |
That took an extra 15-20 minutes. | 0:35:49 | 0:35:51 | |
'I had to just have a wee pep talk with them | 0:35:51 | 0:35:53 | |
'because the more lethargic they get, the slower everything's going to be | 0:35:53 | 0:35:58 | |
'so we just have to keep the energy up and keep positive about it.' | 0:35:58 | 0:36:02 | |
It'll be fine. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:04 | |
If I had played like you had just sang, it would have went like this. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:09 | |
And it's not just Fraser who's putting the pressure on. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:12 | |
Anna's not happy with their work today either. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:15 | |
Do you believe that I will survive? | 0:36:15 | 0:36:17 | |
Show me the sass and the drama in the eyes. | 0:36:17 | 0:36:21 | |
Show me this time that you WILL survive. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:24 | |
Experiences like this are good because it brings together | 0:36:27 | 0:36:31 | |
young people in a space where they can feel like they're valued | 0:36:31 | 0:36:36 | |
and their opinions matter, whereas I think more on the outside world | 0:36:36 | 0:36:39 | |
it's more, "Oh, you're younger, sit down, shut up." | 0:36:39 | 0:36:43 | |
Even though we've got the biggest stake in what actually | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
happens in the referendum. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:47 | |
All that stuff will be affecting our daily lives whether Scotland's | 0:36:49 | 0:36:53 | |
independent or not, whether we will have free tuition | 0:36:53 | 0:36:58 | |
and all that stuff will directly affect us. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:01 | |
'I don't want to think in 30 years' time that I wasn't | 0:37:01 | 0:37:04 | |
'well enough informed to make a good decision.' | 0:37:04 | 0:37:06 | |
But I think I have been on a journey and I've changed many times | 0:37:06 | 0:37:10 | |
between pro-independence and against independence. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:15 | |
# Did you think I'd lay down and die? Oh, no, not I... # | 0:37:15 | 0:37:18 | |
The front, and that's the back. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:20 | |
You'll see that there's a little net there. | 0:37:20 | 0:37:21 | |
If you can try | 0:37:21 | 0:37:23 | |
and catch your hair in the little net that would be really super. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:26 | |
With the casting announcements made, | 0:37:26 | 0:37:27 | |
costume designer Nicola has a lot more information to go on. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:31 | |
But with scripted rehearsals still in the early stages, | 0:37:31 | 0:37:34 | |
it will be some time before all the costumes can be ready. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:38 | |
Characters don't necessarily have full costumes | 0:37:38 | 0:37:41 | |
but they have something that represents their character. | 0:37:41 | 0:37:44 | |
For example Rabbie's got a wig. | 0:37:44 | 0:37:47 | |
One of the more elaborate costumes is for Amina's haggis outfit. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:51 | |
Cool, OK! | 0:37:51 | 0:37:53 | |
SCOTTISH JIG PLAYS | 0:37:53 | 0:37:57 | |
Do you think you're one of those actors that needs a costume | 0:38:06 | 0:38:09 | |
-in order to feel... -I think so. | 0:38:09 | 0:38:10 | |
I don't really like haggis that much but I like the smell of it | 0:38:10 | 0:38:13 | |
and I don't smell of that at the moment which is a shame. | 0:38:13 | 0:38:17 | |
-Right if you want to go behind there and get changed? -Right. -Cheers. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:21 | |
Zack thought his character's accents were going to be his biggest | 0:38:23 | 0:38:26 | |
challenge, but he hadn't banked on a costume that would make him | 0:38:26 | 0:38:29 | |
larger than life. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:30 | |
-Now you're a man with presence on the stage. -Oh, a lot of presence(!) | 0:38:30 | 0:38:34 | |
I look like Rick Perry. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:44 | |
MUSIC: THEME FROM THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY | 0:38:44 | 0:38:48 | |
Texas! | 0:38:50 | 0:38:52 | |
Can I show you a Texan? | 0:38:54 | 0:38:56 | |
-How's that feel? -It feels all right. -Do you feel that you're Texan? | 0:39:02 | 0:39:06 | |
I'm from Texas! | 0:39:06 | 0:39:08 | |
Oh, lordy, lordy! | 0:39:08 | 0:39:10 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:39:10 | 0:39:12 | |
What we're doing is, we're doing the timeline today which is | 0:39:15 | 0:39:19 | |
a section of the play that makes us | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
look at how we've got to where we're at with this referendum debate. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:26 | |
So we look at key events that the young people have identified from | 0:39:26 | 0:39:30 | |
just before the Union of the Crowns. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:32 | |
Using music and short sketches, the scene creates a montage, | 0:39:35 | 0:39:38 | |
illustrating big moments in history. | 0:39:38 | 0:39:40 | |
It's 200 metres to the end and Mo Farah's in the lead! | 0:39:40 | 0:39:44 | |
And he's won! | 0:39:44 | 0:39:45 | |
THEY CHEER | 0:39:45 | 0:39:48 | |
# Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile. # | 0:39:48 | 0:39:53 | |
Good. That's better. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:56 | |
So, can we go from financial crisis? Is that all right? Great. | 0:39:56 | 0:40:00 | |
'At the start, a lot of them didn't feel they were informed enough.' | 0:40:00 | 0:40:03 | |
But, yet, when they were encouraged to research and find out about | 0:40:03 | 0:40:09 | |
the debate, they are really energised and enthused by it. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:14 | |
The final moment in the timeline is the subject the whole play | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
hinges on, and one that's never far from the young actors' minds. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:20 | |
ALL: 2014 Scottish independence referendum. | 0:40:20 | 0:40:23 | |
We don't know that much about politics yet | 0:40:23 | 0:40:25 | |
but I believe that we're definitely a generation that learns fast | 0:40:25 | 0:40:29 | |
and that we want to find out about it more. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:32 | |
God save me from the love of these people. Animals! Savages! | 0:40:32 | 0:40:38 | |
When my dad or my mum's talking about it now | 0:40:38 | 0:40:40 | |
I can actually input into the conversation and sometimes | 0:40:40 | 0:40:45 | |
I even know more than them about it which is quite nice. | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
Yeah, I've learned a lot of stuff. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:50 | |
# God save the Queen. # | 0:40:52 | 0:40:55 | |
I'll be able to look back at this in the future and say, yes, | 0:40:55 | 0:40:59 | |
I did contribute to this decision | 0:40:59 | 0:41:01 | |
no matter what the outcome of the actual referendum. | 0:41:01 | 0:41:04 | |
In respects to that, it's working really well. | 0:41:08 | 0:41:11 | |
It's clear that some of you have done some homework, which is good, | 0:41:11 | 0:41:15 | |
and learned those lines and things. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:16 | |
I feel that a lot of the characters that we're seeing | 0:41:16 | 0:41:19 | |
aren't characters yet. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:20 | |
I just need you to trust yourselves and go bigger with it | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
and try out stuff, OK? | 0:41:23 | 0:41:25 | |
If you do something that's really funny we'll laugh and we'll move on. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:28 | |
That's fine, OK? | 0:41:28 | 0:41:30 | |
But I would rather see you try things than give us nothing. | 0:41:30 | 0:41:34 | |
It's been a hard day, | 0:41:35 | 0:41:36 | |
but, in spite of that, the cast are still feeling positive. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:39 | |
It's been tiring but it's been as fun as it has been. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:43 | |
This is the harder bit but I think once we start knowing our lines | 0:41:43 | 0:41:47 | |
it's really going to get up on its feet and it's exciting. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
We're asking a lot of them being in here over their Christmas | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
and New Year holidays. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:54 | |
They're all showing up even when they've got a bit of a flu or a cold. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:57 | |
They're all still coming in. | 0:41:57 | 0:42:00 | |
They're working really hard and they're just really dedicated. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:03 | |
It's fantastic. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:04 | |
The weary young actors head home to learn lines | 0:42:10 | 0:42:12 | |
and celebrate Hogmanay with their families. | 0:42:12 | 0:42:15 | |
15-year-old Amy lives in Glasgow and has been coming to her local | 0:42:29 | 0:42:32 | |
community centre in Royston since she was 11. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:35 | |
We're at the Spire and I've brought you here | 0:42:36 | 0:42:39 | |
because I started my first ever drama classes here. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:43 | |
What I'm enjoying about it is it's | 0:42:46 | 0:42:48 | |
so nice to just have a change of what kind of drama you do. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:53 | |
It's nice to learn a lot about something else | 0:42:53 | 0:42:56 | |
cos I know something about politics, | 0:42:56 | 0:42:58 | |
but I wasn't really too sure about it. | 0:42:58 | 0:43:03 | |
As the youngest member of the group, she will just miss | 0:43:03 | 0:43:05 | |
out on being able to vote, but has pretty clear views on the subject. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:09 | |
I don't think there's anything wrong with the way we're working now | 0:43:09 | 0:43:13 | |
so I don't see the point in trying to change it. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:17 | |
I think Royston is nice enough, | 0:43:17 | 0:43:21 | |
but some people kind of make it a little less nicer to live in. | 0:43:21 | 0:43:28 | |
If Scotland did become independent, it could go either way. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:31 | |
Royston could be all done up and become a great place to be | 0:43:31 | 0:43:36 | |
or it could just be forgotten about. | 0:43:36 | 0:43:39 | |
It's 2nd January, 2014. | 0:43:53 | 0:43:56 | |
With only three days to go, the cast | 0:43:57 | 0:43:59 | |
arrive at the Scottish Youth Theatre for the final leg of rehearsals. | 0:43:59 | 0:44:03 | |
-Happy new year, everyone. -ALL: Happy new year! | 0:44:04 | 0:44:07 | |
MUSIC: "Scream & Shout" by Will.i.am feat. Britney Spears. | 0:44:07 | 0:44:11 | |
Great. Ready for some star jumps? | 0:44:11 | 0:44:16 | |
This is the point where we're starting to gear up ready | 0:44:16 | 0:44:18 | |
to move into theatre so we're getting to the point | 0:44:18 | 0:44:20 | |
where we need to just be running it with these young people so that | 0:44:20 | 0:44:23 | |
they feel confident what they're doing. | 0:44:23 | 0:44:25 | |
It's a really exciting stage to be at | 0:44:25 | 0:44:27 | |
but time is ticking | 0:44:27 | 0:44:30 | |
and the game is getting harder. | 0:44:30 | 0:44:32 | |
During the New Year break, David's been hard at work on the script | 0:44:33 | 0:44:37 | |
and has decided that some significant cuts need to be made. | 0:44:37 | 0:44:40 | |
Yes, that's much neater. | 0:44:40 | 0:44:42 | |
It's down to Fraser to break the news to the cast. | 0:44:42 | 0:44:44 | |
OK, can everyone pay attention, please? | 0:44:44 | 0:44:47 | |
So the first change is on page five | 0:44:47 | 0:44:49 | |
and it's in the undermining stereotypes poem. | 0:44:49 | 0:44:53 | |
The verse - "All true Scotsmen love haggis and whisky, | 0:44:55 | 0:44:58 | |
"and the wild Celtic women who tend to the frisky. | 0:44:58 | 0:45:00 | |
"Hardcore and mental and defo totes tough, | 0:45:00 | 0:45:02 | |
"you've not had a weekend if you're not feeling rough." | 0:45:02 | 0:45:04 | |
That verse is cut. | 0:45:04 | 0:45:06 | |
THEY GASP | 0:45:06 | 0:45:07 | |
I personally feel quite good because I don't have to change any | 0:45:07 | 0:45:09 | |
of my lines which is good because I just learned them off script. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:13 | |
While the cast get ready to do a run-through of the show, | 0:45:13 | 0:45:16 | |
the stage management team are in the studio theatre for the first time. | 0:45:16 | 0:45:20 | |
With opening night fast approaching, there's a lot to do. | 0:45:20 | 0:45:23 | |
The first thing really is for the lighting designer or technician | 0:45:23 | 0:45:27 | |
to rig the lights. | 0:45:27 | 0:45:30 | |
So, while they're working on the lights, | 0:45:30 | 0:45:34 | |
I'm putting together the framework for the set. | 0:45:34 | 0:45:36 | |
Back in the rehearsal rooms, the run-through's gone well | 0:45:48 | 0:45:51 | |
and the cast are reflecting on how | 0:45:51 | 0:45:53 | |
they feel as they approach their final days together. | 0:45:53 | 0:45:56 | |
I'm getting really sad that we only have two rehearsals left | 0:45:56 | 0:45:59 | |
and then the show and then it's all over. | 0:45:59 | 0:46:02 | |
THEY SHUSH HER | 0:46:02 | 0:46:03 | |
-No, we have to face this, right? -Not now! -We can't just push it away. | 0:46:03 | 0:46:07 | |
I'm a bit emotional again. | 0:46:07 | 0:46:08 | |
I'm excited to actually get into the studio now | 0:46:08 | 0:46:12 | |
and actually see how it's all going to take shape. | 0:46:12 | 0:46:18 | |
The cast are heading home for the evening, | 0:46:20 | 0:46:22 | |
but the working day is far from over for the SYT team. | 0:46:22 | 0:46:26 | |
Before they can be ready for tomorrow's technical | 0:46:26 | 0:46:28 | |
rehearsal with the cast, every lighting, | 0:46:28 | 0:46:30 | |
sound and audio-visual cue must be ready to go. | 0:46:30 | 0:46:34 | |
Do you just want to show me what's up there and what we've got? | 0:46:34 | 0:46:38 | |
It could be a long night. | 0:46:38 | 0:46:40 | |
The following day, the technical team are running behind | 0:46:46 | 0:46:49 | |
so Fraser makes the decision to move the morning's rehearsal. | 0:46:49 | 0:46:52 | |
The theatre's not ready, so to make best use of our time, | 0:46:52 | 0:46:55 | |
we're trying to get used to the quick costume changes, | 0:46:55 | 0:46:57 | |
so we're doing it out here where we have a bit of space. | 0:46:57 | 0:47:00 | |
No, darling, all you have is the wig. | 0:47:00 | 0:47:03 | |
Vocally, this will be good for the cast | 0:47:03 | 0:47:05 | |
because they're going to have to up their volumes, slow down, | 0:47:05 | 0:47:08 | |
all the notes we've been giving them in the small rehearsal room. | 0:47:08 | 0:47:11 | |
Never forget the real face inside. | 0:47:11 | 0:47:13 | |
ALL: The face of the nation that soon must decide. | 0:47:13 | 0:47:16 | |
I was the legend of Twerker! | 0:47:19 | 0:47:22 | |
Isn't that just super? | 0:47:23 | 0:47:25 | |
The haggis! | 0:47:25 | 0:47:28 | |
THEY SCREAM | 0:47:28 | 0:47:31 | |
The first dress rehearsal has come as a bit of a shock and the | 0:47:31 | 0:47:33 | |
reality of just how tricky the show might be is beginning to hit home. | 0:47:33 | 0:47:37 | |
I don't even have a costume change and I was just getting stressed. | 0:47:39 | 0:47:42 | |
The haggis costume is a nightmare. | 0:47:42 | 0:47:46 | |
I really did not know what side of the stage I was supposed to be on | 0:47:46 | 0:47:49 | |
at the time and I did not know when | 0:47:49 | 0:47:50 | |
I was meant to change into my haggis costume so it was really hard. | 0:47:50 | 0:47:53 | |
Most of our bits went well except for the fact | 0:47:53 | 0:47:55 | |
I have this massive, ginormous phone of which I've never had to | 0:47:55 | 0:47:59 | |
use before and I was like, "Where does this go?" | 0:47:59 | 0:48:02 | |
After two days of problems behind the scenes, | 0:48:23 | 0:48:26 | |
final preparations are under way for the technical dress rehearsal | 0:48:26 | 0:48:29 | |
and Fraser is anxious to get started. | 0:48:29 | 0:48:32 | |
It's quarter to seven, so we're only in until nine tonight | 0:48:32 | 0:48:35 | |
so we need to get a move on. | 0:48:35 | 0:48:37 | |
In the girls' changing rooms, | 0:48:39 | 0:48:41 | |
the focus is on last-minute preparations. | 0:48:41 | 0:48:45 | |
While the atmosphere in the boys' changing rooms | 0:48:45 | 0:48:48 | |
is a little different. | 0:48:48 | 0:48:49 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:48:49 | 0:48:51 | |
Why is he laughing? | 0:48:53 | 0:48:55 | |
This is the boys' changing room. | 0:48:55 | 0:48:57 | |
You've been here and you've seen how focused we are on this play. | 0:48:57 | 0:49:01 | |
I am Scotland's First Minister. | 0:49:06 | 0:49:09 | |
You know how everyone says they open their mouth | 0:49:11 | 0:49:14 | |
-when they put mascara on? -I do. -I don't. | 0:49:14 | 0:49:16 | |
I think everybody is a bit gutted for the fact that | 0:49:18 | 0:49:21 | |
they couldn't go in and get into the studio straightaway | 0:49:21 | 0:49:23 | |
so I think it's a bit scary knowing that we've only got today, tonight, | 0:49:23 | 0:49:27 | |
to get it good. | 0:49:27 | 0:49:30 | |
We are about to move into our tech for you lot, | 0:49:30 | 0:49:35 | |
but it's mainly to get all of the cues correct, OK? | 0:49:35 | 0:49:39 | |
The delays caused by technical problems have set things back badly. | 0:49:41 | 0:49:45 | |
By home time, rehearsals have barely reached the halfway mark | 0:49:46 | 0:49:50 | |
and the cast are beginning to feel nervous. | 0:49:50 | 0:49:52 | |
It's not going too well. We're only at the timeline, so...yeah. | 0:49:52 | 0:49:57 | |
And there's going to be an audience, like, tomorrow! | 0:49:57 | 0:50:01 | |
The next morning it's straight to the stage to re-start rehearsals. | 0:50:01 | 0:50:04 | |
# Oh, as long as I know how to love I know I'll stay alive. # | 0:50:07 | 0:50:10 | |
But it's not long before the first mishap. | 0:50:10 | 0:50:13 | |
-Halt! -What did you hurt? -My shin. | 0:50:16 | 0:50:20 | |
Imogen has hurt her leg | 0:50:22 | 0:50:24 | |
but is far more concerned about how rehearsals are going. | 0:50:24 | 0:50:27 | |
There are still things going wrong. | 0:50:27 | 0:50:29 | |
The guitars aren't being amped, the mics aren't on. | 0:50:29 | 0:50:32 | |
Just everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. | 0:50:32 | 0:50:35 | |
# Although they may be parted | 0:50:35 | 0:50:38 | |
# There is still a chance That they will see | 0:50:38 | 0:50:42 | |
# There will be an answer Let it be. # | 0:50:42 | 0:50:46 | |
Right guys. Thank you very, very much. | 0:50:46 | 0:50:50 | |
The next time you do this it's in front of an audience. | 0:50:50 | 0:50:53 | |
It is a dress rehearsal, OK, but I want you to get through it. | 0:50:53 | 0:50:57 | |
The technical team will keep up with you. | 0:50:57 | 0:51:00 | |
Everyone is working their hardest. | 0:51:00 | 0:51:01 | |
Everyone is trying their best to get everything up and running. | 0:51:01 | 0:51:04 | |
It's just frustrating. | 0:51:04 | 0:51:06 | |
With just one last rehearsal left before the big night, | 0:51:08 | 0:51:11 | |
the cast set their props and ready themselves for the dress rehearsal, | 0:51:11 | 0:51:14 | |
which they'll perform in front of a small audience. | 0:51:14 | 0:51:17 | |
No, you're still not going high enough. Go up here and then tie it. | 0:51:17 | 0:51:21 | |
It'll be nice to have a good practice with our first kind of mini audience. | 0:51:21 | 0:51:25 | |
Onwards and upwards! | 0:51:25 | 0:51:27 | |
Oh, brilliant! | 0:51:31 | 0:51:34 | |
# Now I'm going home. # | 0:51:34 | 0:51:38 | |
After a difficult couple of days, the dress rehearsal goes well | 0:51:39 | 0:51:42 | |
and the cast's confidence is restored before the big night. | 0:51:42 | 0:51:47 | |
But do they feel their involvement in the show has helped to | 0:51:47 | 0:51:49 | |
prepare them as they approach their first ever vote? | 0:51:49 | 0:51:53 | |
I feel like I'm more informed on making my decision now | 0:51:53 | 0:51:55 | |
because everyone here's got such strong opinions. | 0:51:55 | 0:51:57 | |
I came in with an opinion of what I thought I was going to vote | 0:51:57 | 0:52:02 | |
and I've been swayed about now. | 0:52:02 | 0:52:05 | |
The more I think about it, | 0:52:05 | 0:52:07 | |
the more I think how different we are to anywhere else in the world | 0:52:07 | 0:52:11 | |
and I think if we were independent we could use that to our advantage. | 0:52:11 | 0:52:14 | |
I would vote no, because the uncertainty factor is | 0:52:14 | 0:52:18 | |
the clincher for me. | 0:52:18 | 0:52:19 | |
After three weeks of hard work, the hour is almost upon them | 0:52:26 | 0:52:29 | |
and friends and family arrive to share their big moment. | 0:52:29 | 0:52:34 | |
Jump in, jump out and whoo! | 0:52:34 | 0:52:36 | |
Before the show gets under way, | 0:52:36 | 0:52:37 | |
there's just time for a quick warm up | 0:52:37 | 0:52:39 | |
and a few last words of encouragement from Fraser. | 0:52:39 | 0:52:42 | |
Really incredibly proud that, the past couple of days, | 0:52:42 | 0:52:45 | |
when it's all been crumbling and going a bit wrong elsewhere, | 0:52:45 | 0:52:48 | |
you guys have kept it together. | 0:52:48 | 0:52:50 | |
We can't thank you enough for that. | 0:52:50 | 0:52:51 | |
-What time is it? ALL: -It's show time! | 0:52:51 | 0:52:54 | |
-When's the hour? ALL: -Now's the hour! | 0:52:54 | 0:52:56 | |
Go on and be bloody brilliant! Off you go, thank you. Good luck. | 0:52:56 | 0:53:00 | |
We were set a task. | 0:53:20 | 0:53:22 | |
We were asked to write a letter to our future selves. | 0:53:22 | 0:53:24 | |
-ALL: -20 years from now. | 0:53:24 | 0:53:26 | |
To speak to who we think will be. | 0:53:26 | 0:53:28 | |
-And offer them our dreams and our fears. -Our great good wishes. | 0:53:28 | 0:53:31 | |
-And our best of hopes. -Our words of caution and the canniest of advice. | 0:53:31 | 0:53:35 | |
-Not just for ourselves. -But also for our country. -For our future. | 0:53:35 | 0:53:38 | |
-And one of the many possible Scotlands... -..that might... | 0:53:38 | 0:53:40 | |
-..in time... -..come to be. | 0:53:40 | 0:53:42 | |
-Out of the writing of those letters... -Out of our fun... | 0:53:42 | 0:53:45 | |
-And new-found friends... -Out of our hard work... | 0:53:45 | 0:53:47 | |
-And even harder thinking... -Out of our shared experiences... | 0:53:47 | 0:53:49 | |
On all those dark evenings and early mornings... | 0:53:49 | 0:53:51 | |
Out of all that has come this show. | 0:53:51 | 0:53:54 | |
ALL: That we all want to share with you today. | 0:53:54 | 0:53:56 | |
The main reason behind doing this piece was to get people | 0:53:56 | 0:53:59 | |
thinking about it not just to pick a side, any side, but actually to | 0:53:59 | 0:54:03 | |
look into it and to think about it a bit more deeply. | 0:54:03 | 0:54:04 | |
2000, the Iraq war, the war on terror. | 0:54:04 | 0:54:07 | |
# Her face is a map of the world Is a map of the world | 0:54:12 | 0:54:16 | |
# You can see she's a beautiful girl She's a beautiful girl. # | 0:54:16 | 0:54:20 | |
But out of that obsession with sport, | 0:54:20 | 0:54:23 | |
a strange anomaly occurred in the Scottish gene pool. | 0:54:23 | 0:54:26 | |
After centuries of glorious failure, | 0:54:26 | 0:54:30 | |
a new sporting warrior arose. | 0:54:30 | 0:54:33 | |
AUDIENCE LAUGHS | 0:54:33 | 0:54:35 | |
Hello. | 0:54:38 | 0:54:40 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:54:40 | 0:54:42 | |
I'm the charismatic Andy Murray! | 0:54:42 | 0:54:45 | |
PHONES RING | 0:54:46 | 0:54:49 | |
Aye, what do you want? | 0:54:51 | 0:54:53 | |
This is the United States Federal Reserve. Now, Scottie... | 0:54:53 | 0:54:57 | |
-Can I call you Scottie? -No, you bloody cannae! | 0:54:57 | 0:54:59 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:54:59 | 0:55:01 | |
They've all grown throughout this process in confidence, | 0:55:01 | 0:55:03 | |
especially about the subject matter | 0:55:03 | 0:55:05 | |
and hopefully feel a bit more empowered to go out | 0:55:05 | 0:55:08 | |
and find the answers. | 0:55:08 | 0:55:09 | |
We ask serious questions and all we get is rubbish from the pair of you. | 0:55:09 | 0:55:13 | |
-How come? That's a very good question. -We want answers. | 0:55:13 | 0:55:17 | |
We've given you the answers in the white paper. | 0:55:17 | 0:55:19 | |
Toilet paper more like! | 0:55:19 | 0:55:20 | |
# May he sedation shush | 0:55:20 | 0:55:25 | |
# He's like a torrent's rush | 0:55:25 | 0:55:29 | |
# Rebellious Scots to crush | 0:55:29 | 0:55:33 | |
# God save the Queen. # | 0:55:33 | 0:55:38 | |
THEY SCREAM | 0:55:38 | 0:55:40 | |
ALL: Letters from our future self. | 0:55:53 | 0:55:56 | |
I hope Scotland is still a beautiful and multicultural place | 0:55:56 | 0:55:59 | |
that no other place in the world could imitate. | 0:55:59 | 0:56:02 | |
I want to live in a Scotland which supports equal rights | 0:56:02 | 0:56:05 | |
and can continue to flourish as a small country with big ideas. | 0:56:05 | 0:56:10 | |
I want to be proud to say that I am Scottish. | 0:56:10 | 0:56:13 | |
A vote is a letter to our future selves. | 0:56:13 | 0:56:16 | |
It is a promissory note about the kind of country we want to live in. | 0:56:16 | 0:56:21 | |
And about the price we're willing to pay to make that dream come true. | 0:56:21 | 0:56:25 | |
-Be clear on what you want for Scotland. -And yourself. | 0:56:25 | 0:56:28 | |
ALL: Because the future of our nation is in our hands. | 0:56:28 | 0:56:32 | |
# I don't know if you can see the changes that have come over me... | 0:56:39 | 0:56:45 | |
The depth of some of the questions that they were trying to address, | 0:56:45 | 0:56:50 | |
they covered such a range of stuff. | 0:56:50 | 0:56:54 | |
I thought it was wonderful. Really, really wonderful. | 0:56:56 | 0:57:00 | |
# That's the reason why I seem so far away today... | 0:57:00 | 0:57:06 | |
They picked a lot of different opinions across. | 0:57:06 | 0:57:09 | |
It was really interesting | 0:57:09 | 0:57:11 | |
and it makes you think twice about the independent vote. | 0:57:11 | 0:57:16 | |
# Caledonia, you're calling me | 0:57:16 | 0:57:19 | |
# Now I'm going home. # | 0:57:19 | 0:57:22 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:57:24 | 0:57:28 | |
Genuinely one of the best experiences of my life. | 0:57:47 | 0:57:51 | |
I've learned loads about myself and others while I've been here. | 0:57:51 | 0:57:56 | |
I've always been open-minded, but it made you expand. | 0:57:56 | 0:57:59 | |
It made me listen to a bit more from the opposite side as well. | 0:57:59 | 0:58:03 | |
I'm so, so proud of what we've achieved. | 0:58:03 | 0:58:07 | |
I don't want to be missing all my Aberdonian and my Edinburgh | 0:58:07 | 0:58:11 | |
and my Dundee people. | 0:58:11 | 0:58:13 | |
And I'm going to cry again! | 0:58:13 | 0:58:17 | |
We had all of these different personalities, | 0:58:17 | 0:58:20 | |
just bursting out and I just thought it was great to have them all | 0:58:20 | 0:58:22 | |
in the same room together focusing on creating a thing for Scotland. | 0:58:22 | 0:58:28 | |
If I was asked today, I would definitely vote yes. | 0:58:34 | 0:58:36 | |
-I would vote no. -I'd vote yes. -I'd vote no. | 0:58:36 | 0:58:39 | |
-I'd definitely vote yes. -I would vote no. -I intend to vote yes. | 0:58:39 | 0:58:44 | |
-I'd vote no. -I'd vote yes. | 0:58:44 | 0:58:47 | |
Vote yes or no because you feel that will make Scotland a better | 0:58:47 | 0:58:51 | |
place for everyone to live in. | 0:58:51 | 0:58:53 |