May 3rd Queens Park Arts Centre
Sharon and Mike are getting ready for their regular date night, a nice restaurant has been chosen, Sharon’s put on that beautiful blue dress she has, but there’s a decision to be made. Being still in recovery from her 12th ankle break, does she really want to wear high heels this time, or maybe it might be safer to just stick with those lime green flats. A seemingly simple choice, but one which could have far reaching consequences.
World 1 – High Heels = High Drama.
Sharon decides to wear the high hells, and in “solidarity” Mike decides to go entirely bare feet, but before they can even set-off for the restaurant Mike lets slip a terrible secret he should have kept to himself, he’s embarrassed on Sharon and her misshapen, mal-healed ankles, for goodness sake, in a bizarre biological reaction to the constant cycle of damage and re-healing they’ve started grow fur, it’s disgusting.
It turns nasty, Sharon isn’t too happy with Mike’s bear feet either, it’s weird that he keeps doing that, and they stink to high heaven, when she thought he was just doing it as a gesture of solidarity that was one thing, but “since we’re being truthful, it might as well all come out”.
Things don’t get much better at the restaurant when they meet Mike’s cousin and her new partner Alex, they let slip that it was in fact Mike she started the nickname “hairy ankles Sharon” and after a fall from Sharon and her unlucky 13th break, that’s it, her and Mike are done.
Mike is kicked out and has to move in with his cousin and her partner, and worse, Sharon has bribed them to make sure Mike is ALWAYS wearing shoes.
As this bizarre treatment drives Mike to breaking point, he resolved he must get Sharon back, he needs to change his ways, treat her right and beg for forgiveness.
But did this fated reconciliation attempt occur? Was this the world our audience chose to make real? or was it………….
World 2 – Stable Feet = Stable relationship.
Sharon took the safer path, sure the flats didn’t go with her dress, and the high heels are stunning, but ankle safety is important to her. Of course Mike still insisted on going barefoot, but he was so understanding over Sharon’s shoe situation that she couldn’t possible comment on the smell, she’d just hold her nose and bear it.
Their relationship blossomed, and they bond over how much of a know Mike’s cousin’s new partner Alex is, Sharon even helps Mike over all that broken glass outside the pub they go to after the meal, not caring for the smell of his feet, because she cares about him, a beautiful moment of solidarity between the couple.
Fast forward to Mike and Sharon back at home, and Mike has a confession to make, he sees everything that Sharon has done for him, and the lies can’t go on any longer, he needs to unburden himself and confesses it was him who started the nickname Hairy Ankles Sharon.
Sharon reveals that she knows, and it just overjoyed Mike finally told her, she knows how hard it is for him to bond with his cousins and understands, and she has some good news, having gone so long without a broken ankle, the hair is gone, she once again has the beautiful, smooth, healthy ankles that Mike fell in love with, the perfect happy ending for our couple.
But which world did our audience choose?
A Wreckonciliation!
We keep hold of the world where Sharon wore the high heels and the relationship feel apart, Mike has changed his ways, not only is he now wearing shoes, but he’s even wearing those blue-overshoes you get at swimming pools, anything he can do to proove to Sharon that he’s changed his ways and grown as a man.
Sharon sees the efforts he’s gone to and appreciates that he really has changed, he’s even done something to distract people from her hairy ankles……………draw attention away by making everything about her massive nose! The nickname “Super-Snoz-Sharon is already tredning on social media, on Mike, clutching defeat from the Jaws of victory!
Carried Away Improv 