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The Tailor's Little Christmas by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Some of the characters have specific genders, but then some of them are mice, so casting by gender doesn't matter all that much! |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short play for children based on 'The Tailor of Gloucester' by Beatrix Potter. |
Synopsis | A tailor struggles to finish a coat in time for the mayor's Christmas wedding, especially when his mischievous cat hides the thread. A family of kind mice take it upon themselves to finish the work. |
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Thor's Hammer by Roger Hurn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 23. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short assembly piece for schools, with a minimal set. |
Synopsis | Based on a traditional Scandinavian folk tale this drama gives a useful background to the Viking era along with an amusing acting piece. We hear of the theft of Thor’s hammer by the Frost Giants and Loki’s cunning and amusing cross dressing plan to retrieve it. |
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The Three Little Pigs by Trevor Darwin |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short rhyming pantomime. |
Synopsis | Wolfgang Leloup, the evil property developer, sets about cheating the three little pigs out of their homes, and succeeds in acquiring Corky's and Pinky's houses. With the help of Widow Swanky and the Hairy Godmother, the pigs hatch a plan to end Leloup's schemes. |
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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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Toys in Pieces - The T I P by Philip Bird (music Isabelle Michalakis) Performance by Potteries Theatre Co. won the 'Originality and Imagination Award' at the Stoke-on-Trent Festival, 2010. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 25. No chorus. Whilst there are twenty-five speaking roles, it would be possible to add additional toys and, particularly, rats. (Oh, and while we're at it, the characters include a seagull.) |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Piano and vocal scores for three original songs (by Isabelle Michalakis) are supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
Style | Music play for performance by youngish children. |
Synopsis | A daring group of toys set off on a mission to rescue a damaged toy from the Tip. They must race against the sunrise and a pack of hungry rats to succeed. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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Treasure Island [Version 5] by Lou Treleaven |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | 11 songs to be performed, and 1 to be danced to but not sung, are suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full-length British pantomime based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Can be produced on minimal or more elaborate sets. |
Synopsis | The traditional tale of pirates and lost treasure, given a fresh spin for presentation as a panto, with new twists on old characters. |
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Tribes United by Richard Morris |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. Very flexible cast - the two tribes largely behave as ensembles. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play written to be used to develop children's movement, group work and dialogue skills. |
Synopsis | The Sculptor Tribe are bored with each other because they all look the same. They go to the Clay Mountains and make a new tribe out of clay. All goes well between them until the Evil Beaky Bird intervenes. |
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Twelve Odd Passengers by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. The characters are nominally nine men and five women, but in the context the genders do not really matter! |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short play for children. A single setting (nominally a guardroom, but only requires furniture, and not much of that). |
Synopsis | Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's The Mail Coach Passengers the months of the year introduce themselves with descriptions of their attributes. |
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V For Valentine by Olivia Arieti Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Five songs with new lyrics to traditional tunes. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A musical sketch perfect for teaching children about Valentine's Day. |
Synopsis | It's Valentine's Day party time and Miss Daisy and her class are preparing for the event. Unusual guests arrive and help the teacher to introduce the festivity's traditions, nursery rhymes and songs. |
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The Vikings by Andrew Yates Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 43 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Two origninal musical scores supplied with the producer's copy of the script, plus new lyrics to 4 familiar melodies. |
Style | A one act musical play for schools. |
Synopsis | An educational and musical play that dispels a few myths about Vikings, while providing some real insight into their history and daily lives, as well as their effect on Britain. |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show ** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files ** Backing tracks plus backing tracks with lead melody line for 5 of the 6 suggested songs from The Vikings by Andrew Yates. (The 6th song is a pop song for which a Karaoke track would suit better than Andrew's arrangements!) ** Vocal Demo tracks for the 5 songs from The Vikings by Andrew Yates ** Vocal Demo tracks for the 5 songs from The Vikings by Andrew Yates ** Zip file of backing tracks plus backing tracks with lead melody line for 5 of the 6 suggested songs from The Vikings by Andrew Yates. (The 6th song is a pop song for which a Karaoke track would suit better than Andrew's arrangements!)
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Waterspout Hero by Raymond Blakesley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. In the USA, 'Incey Wincey Spider' is known as 'Itsy Bitsy Spider'. Somebody may know the reason for this linguistic divergence, but we certainly don't. The choruses (flowers and raindrops) are optional. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act comedy play for kids. Single set. (And aside from the set, only one prop, and that's a piece of paper.) |
Synopsis | The Incey Wincey Spider is about to attempt climbing the waterspout, and his scheming wife Minki Minki has tricked a fly into helping him - if only by being a snack! Only Big Drip and the Raindrops stand in Incey's way. Meanwhile, the weeds and flowers argue and the sun has a few questions for a knowledgeable bookworm. It's amazing what you learn living on a compost heap. |
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