Silenced

Verse 1

See things through the eyes of a child 
one moment 
Listen to the words I must say 
Please hear me
Arts are being labelled as not important
I respectfully disagree 


Bridge

I was born to sing

I was born to dance

I was born, I feel, to bring you story

Don’t hold back, shout it out

Let’s unite and tell the world

Chorus

The Arts must not be silenced

The Arts must not be silenced

Verse 2

Imagine waking to a new kind of silence

Everything you see comes to you through your screen,

Actors, and musicians all but departed.

Comedians & singers denied


Bridge 2

But they were born to sing
They were born to dance

They were born, I feel, to bring you story

Don’t hold back, shout it out

Let’s unite and tell the world


Chorus

The Arts must not be silenced

The Arts must not be silenced

Break

I fear a world, where no one performs live, all performances you see are on a screen

It’s been implied, the arts are not required, that there’s more important ways to spend our time 

And yet you'll see, in history that all the greatest empires would unite the people through performing arts

arts bring us together, working as one entity, all of us with one big beating heart.

Chorus

The Arts must not be silenced
The Arts must not be silenced
The Arts must not be silenced
Everybody you’ve go to tell the world
The Arts must not be silenced

Don’t let them pull the rug from us


The Arts must not be silenced
It’s the thing that makes us feel alive


The Arts must not be silenced
We’ll end up yearning for the past


The Arts must not be silenced
Don’t take away our beating arts

The Arts must not be silenced
Music unites like nothing else


The Arts must not be silenced
Don’t let this silence engulf us


The Arts must not be silenced
Unite to bring it back to us

The Arts must not be silenced

At last

Verse 1

I woke up to a fear this morning
about how I was going to face you
I do not deserve your forgiveness
It's a second chance, I won't fail you

Bridge

We’ve been through the darkest days
Now we’ve reached a light?
Yes we’ve reached a light?
and we’re gonna leave the hurt behind,
no more this time, no more this time

Chorus

I used to Run Run Run away from my feelings
Hide Hide Hide where no one could find me
Fight Fight Fight the demons inside and Cry Cry Cry throughout
But I'm happy now, happy now, happy now, happy now at last

Verse 2

Everyone you have got to join in
In these words you will find your story
How you grew from a tiny person
To the one who now stands before me

Bridge

We’ve been through the darkest days
Now we’ve reached a light?
Yes we’ve reached a light?
and we’re gonna leave the hurt behind,
no more this time, no more this time

Chorus

I used to Run Run Run away from my feelings
Hide Hide Hide where no one could find me
Fight Fight Fight the demons inside and Cry Cry Cry throughout
But I'm happy now, happy now, happy now, happy now at last

Break/Bridge

We’ve been through the darkest days
Now we’ve reached a light?
Yes we’ve reached a light?
and we’re gonna leave the hurt behind,
no more this time, no more this time, no more this time…

Chorus

I used to Run Run Run away from my feelings
Hide Hide Hide where no one could find me
Fight Fight Fight the demons inside and Cry Cry Cry throughout

I used to Run Run Run away from my feelings
Hide Hide Hide where no one could find me
Fight Fight Fight the demons inside and Cry Cry Cry throughout
But I'm happy now at last, I'm happy now at last,
I'm happy now at last, I'm happy now at last,

But I'm happy now, happy now, happy now, happy now at last

Shoe Dunnit

Shoe Dunnit is a Rock Musical set in real time in a coffee shop in one single hour.

We see a number of intertwined stories combining comedy with drama.

Emily owns and runs Café L'Arté on her own following the loss of her partner a few years earlier. Recently she had a mysterious customer called Joseph come to the shop claiming to be a Psychic Songwriter & Healer and despite Emily's initial scepticism, he had a profound effect on her.

Her employee Robby, a huge pantomime fan, has just had her favourite shoe's stolen from her window sill that morning and she feels lost without them and is determined to track them down, To the point that she's checking the feet of all customers who are walking in.

Having been inspired by Joseph, Emily sets about helping her customers with any issues using the power of music. 

Up first is Davina who is struggling to tell her boyfriend that he's a chatterbox and that it's fine for them to sit in silence.

Then there's Julia who runs a performing arts club who have just had their funding pulled by the local council in favour of offering extra maths lessons. She's campaigning to get public support to reverse the decision, all while starting a new relationship and ending her previous one.

Emily's biggest challenge is that of Steve who discovers that his daughter Laura has arranged a meeting with her mum who he hasn't seen since she walked out on them when Laura was two. He is so keen to avoid her that he reluctantly agrees to put on Robby's pantomime horses head & sit at the piano to much comic effect.

Can Emily solve her customers issues through the power of song?

Will Robby find out who stole her shoes?

Come and visit Café L'Arté to find out shoe dunnit.