diff --git a/src/asciimatics/ascii.py b/src/asciimatics/ascii.py
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+++ b/src/asciimatics/ascii.py
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+from asciimatics.screen import Screen
+from asciimatics.scene import Scene
+from asciimatics.effects import Cycle, Stars
+from asciimatics.renderers import FigletText
+
+
+def demo(screen):
+    effects = [
+        Cycle(
+            screen,
+            FigletText("Asciimatics", font="big"),
+            screen.height // 2 - 8,
+        ),
+        Cycle(
+            screen,
+            FigletText("ROCKS", font="big"),
+            screen.height // 2 + 3,
+        ),
+    ]
+    screen.play([Scene(effects, 500)])
+
+
+Screen.wrapper(demo)
diff --git a/src/asciimatics/screen.py b/src/asciimatics/screen.py
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+++ b/src/asciimatics/screen.py
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+from asciimatics.screen import ManagedScreen
+from time import sleep
+
+
+@ManagedScreen
+def demo(screen):
+    screen.print_at("Hello world", 0, 0)
+    screen.refresh()
+    sleep(10)
+
+
+demo()