Matilda idea

Today we've discussed some ideas for the workshop piece inspired by a track from Matilda, we also created an opening that goes:

• A young child's used toys are scattered across his room
• He enters, tidies up and then goes to sleep and lights go out
• Strobe lighting starts along with the song 'Tip toe, through the tulips'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMyICWx-plU

• The Toys then start moving towards the boy 
• He wakes and shouts in fear taking all the life out of the toys but his imaginary friend still stands

My general overall idea of the whole thing is that the boys is unappreciated by his parents, or something similar, and his toys, who are quite traditional but become more Gothic and worn down through out, manipulate this into seeming like his friend but actually use this to do something outrageous like ruin his Family's life or even turn him into a toy. The overall idea needs working on but we have some greater detailed ideas for other parts of the performance.

My Character is a Jack in the Box. I think it'd be cool if the other characters called him Jack or 'JB' in the performance however names could also deteriorate and shorten as the play goes on as a motif for the deterioration of the boy's life or something similar, as could the make up and costume.