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The Ghost Letter by Mike Plumbley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch for youth theatre. A few simple props to indicate location (a room). Also available as part of the Fright Size collection. |
Synopsis | Ellie has brought Tom to her late grandmother's house. In search of... what? |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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A Gift Horse by Tony Domaille |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy, part of the It's All Greek collection. |
Synopsis | Troy has been under siege for ten years and the nightshift for guards on the ramparts is very boring. At least, until an exciting development occurs and the Spartans are leaving. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Global Wetting by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. A mother and her three sons. The location of the piece is part of the joke, and the names of the protagonists make it obvious, however they can easily be withheld from the audience. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch based on a familiar story, though, in this case, not told with any particular moral. No set required. |
Synopsis | Tempers are running high between the three lads. So much so that they won't stop arguing to hear the good news their mother has for them. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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God's Messenger Department by Bill Siviter |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. Option for more animals to be added to the stable tableau. One of the characters is a star. Well, they're all stars, but you know what I mean. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Irreverent approach to the nativity (the story is all there, but the perspective is unorthodox!). Likely to appeal to older children rather than the youngest element normally associated with such plays. |
Synopsis | The Archangels are all relaxing in their common room when they get a call from the Boss... There are messages to be delivered, to Joseph, Mary and the three kings. Not to mention the shepherds in the fields too - Gabriel has to put down his Nintendo and get busy! |
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The Golden Bell by Dave Jeanes |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 86 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Twelve songs are suggested to be performed at specified points in the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A British pantomime on a range of Viking-themed sets. |
Synopsis | In the 10th Century, Viking sailors know the legend of the Golden Bell, which can bring peace and prosperity to he who finds it. Our hero, Rolf, thinks he knows of its whereabouts on the distant Barbary coast. He and his crew set sail, bound for treasure or disaster. He is aided and abetted by the Golden Nymph, who protects him from the seafarer's god, Niord. Also on board ship is Rolf’s true love: the King's daughter, Thyra. Opposed to the Vikings are the Saracens, equally intent on finding the Golden Bell… |
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Goldilocks, Three Bears and the Detectives by Juliet Devon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Family show, structurally in two acts, but run-time on the boundary between one-act and full-length. (Could be expanded with songs at the discretion of the production.) |
Synopsis | The Bears' cottage has been ransacked - porridge eaten, furniture wrecked, and someone looking a lot like Goldilocks fled the scene when the Bears came home. But is she really guilty? The detectives investigate. |
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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Sisters by Sian Lewis |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 19. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play for kids, based on a collision of fairy tales. Two sets (probably set in separate areas of the same stage - a joke can be made about the journey time between the two). |
Synopsis | A retired evil witch discovers her mirror has been lying to her for years - she's not the fairest of them all. She decides to get her revenge on everyone fairer than her- which is everyone. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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Goose Joose by Russell Gillman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Characters include Geraldine the Goose, who is described as a puppet controlled by other characters but could also be someone in a goose costume. It's styled as a British pantomime, so the usual panto juxtapositions apply. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Mini panto - some panto conventions, but crammed into a very short production. Minimal set. |
Synopsis | Daffodil farm is in trouble - unless the animals eat their food and the goose starts laying again, nothing will sell at the market! Dame Daffodil sends her daughter to find a man to help them out, but she's kidnapped by Wizard Fafafafafafa! Can heroic Peter Thigh save her and the farm? |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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The Gossip by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The characters are adults, intended to be played by children. (Two of the female characters could be switched to male by changing two words.) |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Simple play in rhyming couplets. No specific set requirements. One prop (a wedding cake!) |
Synopsis | Mrs. Grey tries to stop a rumour spreading by telling everyone that it isn't true. The result is that the rumour spreads rapidly, and her daughter's wedding is ruined. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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The Great Fairytale Robbery by Eric Scott, John Regan & Deanne Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Doubling of one character is essential in this script. |
Run Time | Around 94 minutes. [Estimated!] Songs included in the timing for this production. |
Music | Piano and vocal scores for ten songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. |
Style | A musical play for children with multiple settings. |
Synopsis | The evil head of a TV studio is determined to rid the world of children's books, and sets out to destroy fairytale and pantomime characters. Poor Cinderella is first on her list, but many familiar characters are also affected. Scarecrow Oz, magically given a brain, devises a cunning rescue plan... |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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