The NearAway Project ... because everyone's emotional health matters.
On her eleventh birthday, Finch Love makes a wish to return an apple to the Garden of Eden to undo the curse that has ruined her world and made her an orphan.
But her wish gets caught on a thought and she is swept away to a strange dark place.
A Wishlar comes to her aid and informs Finch that she must take a journey
to a special place called NearAway if she is to find what she seeks.
Equipped with just an old scroll and a few provisions, she is soon joined by a quirky bunch of characters as she takes a bumpy ride filled with choices and decisions that will question her resolve and
bring her face to face with the most powerful of enemies ...
The Songs ...
Here's the full collection of NearAway's 14 professionally produced songs ...
LISTED 1 - 14 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
1) Beginnings & Endings
2) To the Park
3) Faces (Hello)
4) Hip Hip Hooray
FINCH (to self)
(SHE lifts up the sequined party dress and holds it out in front of her.)
Oh, what's the use. I can’t wear this.
Not the way I feel. I just can't.
(SHE puts the dress back on its rack.)
GRANDMA
Hey Finch, why don't you go down to the park right now and mark out your spot? ... there's lots of dogs down there, and you love dogs. Woof, woof.
The LIGHTS DIM and GRANDMA
enters with the huge three-tiered, candle lit birthday cake decorated with jungle animals, including a Rhino.
PROLOGUE
From the darkness appears the WISHLAR. Beside him is a three tiered birthday cake on a stand, he waves his staff with it's glowing stone as if enchanting it ...
5) Caught On A Thought
6) Be Here, Be Now
7) Waiting For The Light To Go On
8) Giggle As You Go
WISHLAR
Then it is as I feared. This wish has been tampered with. It must have got caught on a thought. Oh dear.
But what was the thought Finch?
BENI
Actually it's Big Ears, NO ideas, but one day I'm gonna show 'em that I have ideas, big, brilliant ideas like Benny Franklin. I just gotta figure out where ideas come from ...
HOOT the OWL
Laughter is the best tonic there is.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned, when the going gets tough, have a giggle.
Works every time!
FINCH
Wow! It worked!
WISHLAR
High five young lady. Well done,
well done indeedy. Welcome to the
here and now.
9) Where Heaven Meet Earth
10) Power Behind the Throne
11) One Breath
12) The You That You Know
UPSTREAM
... my ears were suddenly filled with the sound of music coming from somewhere amongst the most beautiful coral I've ever seen. I floated closer and there he was, King Neptune himself.
THE VITH
Who am I indeed. Now there's a question, the VITH, that's capital
V. I. T. H. - doesn't get asked very often.
(he takes a bow and pushes past to centre stage)
WISHLAR
Now take in a breath and follow your breath's journey, savouring it all the way in and then gently blow into the nozzle of your lifejacket to inflate it and then repeat. Ready?
FINCH
Ok, I know exactly what to do.
Now everyone sit down and close your eyes. My mother used to sing me this song. Now, how does it go ... ?
13) The Giggle Bridge
14) NearAway Theme
WISHLAR
Just be careful to not get lost in the plot or you may end up back in ... well, you know where.
FINCH
How do we not do that? I mean, stop ourselves from geting sucked into the drama of it all ...
GRANDMA
What's this? A medallion, a watch and wrist band. Wow!
Where did they come from?
FINCH
They're a little bit special, aren't they? A little bit out of this world too.
I suppose you could call them a bithday present from a new friend.
WISHLAR
All part of the fantabulistic joy
of uncertainty. Just have fun, trust in the moment and
you’ll always know.
