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The Nativity by Juliet Devon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Narrator is the only speaking part. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions for 4 songs are included with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A rhyming, short nativity, for young children (with songs). |
Synopsis | The script is written for a narrator and miming cast, telling the nativity story. |
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Noah's Ark by Bill Siviter |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Chorus. Non-speaking parts include 'all the creatures of the earth'! |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Verse play, mainly told by narrators (with plenty of scope for a large cast to mime the actions) |
Synopsis | See the book of Genesis, chapters 6 to 9! |
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Noah's Ark [Version 2] by Steven Bergman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. The cast includes a number of animals, with an optional crowd of all the animals available! |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act dramatisation. (The setting is described as a desert! Minimal staging is implied.) |
Synopsis | The biblical story of Noah brought to life with contributions by a pigeon, a pig, a monkey and a cow. |
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Olympic Ode - Faster, Higher, Stronger by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Designed with flexibility in mind, with the possibility of up to 24 idividuals (representing athletes of various sorts) taking a verse each, plus one or more speakers taking the chorus parts. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Performance poem for a class of children. No props or staging requirmeents |
Synopsis | The motto of the Olympic Games, Citius, Altius, Fortius - Faster, Higher, Stronger - explored in verse, with the performers representing different groups of athletes. |
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Pandora's Box by Roger Hurn Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. One human, five narrators and a bunch of anthropomorphic personifications. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play for children with a simple single setting. |
Synopsis | The story of Pandora's box is told in an accessible and light hearted way with added educational opportunities as a bonus. |
Price | Please click on the Price Link to find the cost. |
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Pantomime Academy by Helen Spencer |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 16. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 52. No chorus. The script as written features 52 speaking roles and 3 non-speaking roles but can easily be adapted to suit larger or smaller groups. Most roles are gender-neutral. |
Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producers' copy of the script contains suggestions for well-known songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act pantomime ideal for performance by Key Stage 2 students. |
Synopsis | The Pantomime Academy is putting on a big show to celebrate its centenery, but poor Maurice seems destined to always play the back of the cow. Follow him on his journey to be recognised as someone greater. |
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Pond Life by Nettie Baskcomb Brown |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Two well-known songs are suggested for inclusion, with alternative lyrics provided for one of them. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Quirky one-act comedy for young actors, with songs and potential to use puppets. |
Synopsis | Over one summer a newly planted pond becomes inhabited by a variety of amphibians and plants, but this delicately balanced ecosystem is threatened by an influx of new creatures. Will the ‘Newpond’ residents fight to retain their quiet way of life or is there another way to deal with this crisis? |
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Poppies Never Forget by Christine Harvey |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of this script contains a suggestion for one song. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A short play for schools |
Synopsis | The poppies for the Remembrance Day wreath must explain the history and importance of Remembrance Day to the new poppy joining their ranks. |
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A Quest for a Nest by Michal Y Noah New |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. As written, there are six characters. However, the narrator's role would be easy to divide amongst a larger number. It would also be easy to add choruses - particularly of ants and rabbits - to join in with the songs. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music for 3 original songs is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. (The short theme song, 'Little by Little' is sung 6 times through the show.) |
Style | Short verse play for young children, interspersed with simple songs. (Can be staged very simply or more elaborately for those so inclined.) |
Synopsis | Melody, a little bird, demonstrates the magical power of persistence through her efforts to build a nest. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A CD with backing tracks plus vocal demos for the songs from A Quest for a Nest by Michal Y Noah. (Both backing and vocal tracks include all the reprises of 'Little by Little'.) ** A set of MP3s with backing tracks plus vocal demos for the songs from A Quest for a Nest by Michal Y Noah. (One instance of each distinct track, so the reprises of 'Little by Little' need to be achieved by replaying the track.)
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Rabbie Burns' Night by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Whilst the characters are nominally gendered, this need not be taken too seriously. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A children's introduction to the celebration of the Scottish bard. No set or props required, but the odd display of tartan wouldn't go amiss. |
Synopsis | It's Burns' Night, and some very special characters have gathered to tell us a little more about Scotland's most famous wordsmith. Mrs Haggis, Mr Whisky, Mr Bagpipes and Mrs Mousie, helped out by the Misses Neep and Tattie. |
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