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Old King Cole [Version 2] by Bob Heather and Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Characters have the usual panto types plus a pantomime dog, an Egyptian mummy and a brief cameo for the Loch Ness Monster. |
Run Time | Around 150 minutes. [Estimated!] (Assuming all the songs are used.) |
Music | The script has spots for (up to) 15 songs. The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions plus a few customised lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Very funny full-length British Panto (with an original plot teased out of the familiar song). [Originally published in 2011. Revised edition published in 2013.] |
Synopsis | Thwarted by Aladdin (in another panto), the wizard Abanazar is after another magical object to give him power - and this time he steals Old King Cole's crown. An unlikely party sets out to retrieve the crown, featuring Candy Floss, the sweet shop owner, Rhubarb Fool, the Jester, Hey, Diddle and Dee (the famous fiddlers three) and led by Jack, Candy's son, who wants to be a hero and win the traditional hero's reward of half a kingdom and the Princess's hand in marriage. Princess Rose is all in favour of this, but there's a snag - she's already betrothed to a prince from the neighbouring kingdom... |
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The Olympian Myths by Tony North |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute, large cast play for schools in the style of Ancient Greek drama. (Appropriate for the English National Curriculum KS2 History topic Ancient Greece.) |
Synopsis | A brief introduction to some of the gods of Greek legend |
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Once Upon a Time by Paul Barron & Sarah Dyson Best Seller Performance by Oswestry Musical Theatre Company awarded NODA West Midlands (District 2) best panto, 2015. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. Usual pantomime juxtapositions - dame played by a man, principal boy by a girl. After that, you can make up your own mind! |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Some songs suggested in the Producer's copy of the script - others are left to the native wit of the production team. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Two-act English Pantomime (physical comedy, jokes, cross-dressing, that sort of thing.) |
Synopsis | The daughter of Cinderella is about to marry the son of Snow White, banishing evil from Pantoland forever or so the ancient prophecy says. Naturally the baddies aren't taking this lying down! Evelyn, the wickedest of wicked witches, spirits Princess Lottie and her two idiot helpers Nick and Nack away from the palace and drops them on the edge of Pantoland in the hopes that Prince Marvellous will despair and abandon his plans to marry her. Of course, the Prince embarks on a rescue mission, but what lies in store for him? |
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One in the Eye by Bill Siviter with Lea Anderson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Since the characters include 'William's Army' and 'Harold's Army' the numbers are rather vague (or very flexible, depending on the gloss you want to apply). Most of the characters are supposedly male, but don't let that stop you. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with sheet music for six original songs (one of which is reprised). |
Style | An educational, historical, rhyming comedy musical. (There. What does that leave out?) |
Synopsis | The story of the Harold, the last Saxon king of England who proves adept at dealing with his riotous brothers and Viking invaders, but is finally overcome by William, Duke of Normandy, with his secret weapon... |
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Open the Book by Jon Boustead |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. The demons' lines are split between three characters, but only to indicate there are several demons. They could be shared amongst as many demons as you have available. |
Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama - or possibly a modern melodrama - for youth theatre. Two locations, but no set required. (British English - including slang for 'cigarette'.) |
Synopsis | The seven deadly sins are represented in the characters of the members of a theatre company rehearsing 'Faust'. Director Matt is the worst offender and is drawn into the grasp of Lucifer by a group of demons. |
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Pandemonium by Jonny Ardern |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Whilst most of the denizens of the nether-world are written male, they could, with just a few changes of personal pronoun, be played female. Characters include Cerberus, the three-headed dog. Flexible chorus of demons. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A somewhat divine comedy! Multiple settings, but minimal staging requirements |
Synopsis | Azaeus is unhappy with his lot. He wants more from being a demon - a look at the Devil's record collection, for a start. He is, after all, reputed to have the best tunes. Azaeus rallies the legions of Hell and they overthrow Satan in an exorcism ceremony. But with Satan gone, Hell begins to collapse, and it's not long before Azaeus has to go to Heaven to beg a favour from the Almighty... |
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Panto in Snowalot by David K Bainbridge & Michael Lucas |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Characters include Australian penguins and a two-headed gatekeeper. |
Run Time | Around 76 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script lists suggestions for 14 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | British Pantomime - traditional in style but with a wholly original story. |
Synopsis | The evil Sun Queen is determined to destroy the snowy kingdom of Snowalot, so King Belchalot and Queen Laughalot must set a quest - destroy the Sun Queen and win the hand of Princess Sneezalot! But the Princess herself is determined to go on the quest, as is the boy who loves her... |
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Panto in the Jungle by David K Bainbridge & Michael Lucas |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 43. Chorus. Twelve principals plus chorus (some of whom are animals.) |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Suggestions for 15 songs are made in the producer's copy of the script Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | British pantomimes (with all that entails) with a jungle setting. (First published February 2010, revised edition published May 2023.) |
Synopsis | An original panto tale about Prince Mabooboo taking the throne of his tribe, only to be usurped by the evil witch doctor Witchetty Grub. Can Ginger and Nuts, Dame Doris and Cara Loft save the day? Of course they can. |
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Panto in the Stone Age by David K Bainbridge & Michael Lucas |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Nineteen songs are suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A full-length pantomime with various settings. |
Synopsis | It is the year 10,000 BC and the Mayoress of Sandstone Hills is celebrating her birthday. Granny Granite is baking the perfect birthday cake, but the evil Chief of Police and his two Constables have a scheme to ruin the day. When the Mayoress falls dangerously ill, Granny Granite, her son Flint and their pet dinosaur Rex must find an antidote. |
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The Panto of the Opera by Stuart Ardern |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions with a dame played by a man and the principal boy played by a girl. Also includes cameo appearances by Toulouse-Lautrec and a pantomime horse. |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music (piano and vocal) for 12 original songs is supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
Style | English pantomime - a fantastic tale (in this case based on the gothic horror story 'The Phantom of the Opera') told with songs, jokes, puns and slapstick. |
Synopsis | Mysterious goings-on at the Paris Opera house - the new owner discovers that her premises are threatened with closure by villainous English Lord, Frank Lee, that she is under perpetual scrutiny from a Health and Safety inspector and that the Opera House is haunted by the mysterious Phantom, who seems to be giving singing lessons to Christine, a newcomer who has attracted the attention of the wealthy patron, Raoul. Not only that, but the owner is under siege from a stream of composers who want to pitch ideas for new shows to her (some of which might sound a little familiar) and, what's more, a gold statue has gone missing from the roof. Can Raoul save Christine from the Phantom? Can anyone save the Opera House from Frank? |
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