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The Other Side by Iris Winston |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short play for youth theatre, a story, but with a strong moral core. |
Synopsis | Ruth is visiting an Art Gallery as part of the school field trip, when she sees a picture of a cabin that looks familiar. She falls into the painting and meets Narg, who takes her back to something she doesn't want to remember. |
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Pea Pandemonium by Jessica Sandys-Clarke |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Whilst some of the characters are nominally female, they are, when all is said and done, vegetables! |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute farce for kids. Minimal set, simple props. |
Synopsis | It's a regular day in Chill Pepper's Salon, with massages, manicures and bizarre temper tantrums. Today also sees two pea twins reunited. |
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Pipkin and the Angel by Geoff Bamber Production by Chelford Junior Players won the Best Junior Play at Chelford Drama Festival 2014 & Best Junior individual Performance (for Cappuccino Angel) at Wilmslow Guild One-Act Play Festival. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Some of the characters are written with specific gender but can be changed very easily. More flexibility in numbers is possible by expanding or contracting the number of villagers, mechanics and police. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play for kids. No specific set requirements. |
Synopsis | Pipkin is down on his luck. He really should turn over a new leaf and give up a deeply unsuccessful life of crime. Can he change his ways when he accidentally meets the similarly luckless Cappuccino Angel? The answer would seem to be no, even with the Angel's boss on the case. |
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The Plan by Sue Gordon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Monologue for a teenage girl. Single set (her bedroom) can be represented minimally. Simple props. |
Synopsis | The plan was hatched between Donna and her friend Kaylee, and at the end of it, one of them was going to be going out with Danny, the swimming pool lifeguard. But which one? And would things actually go to plan? |
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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 |
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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Questions of French History by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 58. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 47 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A series of comic, educational sketches with no set necessary. Adaptable for presentation as a whole or as a pick and mix, for use as an assembly piece or a classroom aid. A large number of roles but performable by just a handful of actors. |
Synopsis | A series of sketches touching light-heartedly on several episodes of French history, from the Stone Age to the Common Market, providing elementary oral French and a bit of fun with history. |
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Rainforest Assembly by Sue Russell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's copy of the script gives suggestions for songs/music to accompany the piece. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Educational piece for a school class with a good deal of information amongst the jokes and songs, and several jumping-off points for further study. No specific staging requirements. |
Synopsis | An educational presentation on the animals and occupants of the rainforests of the Amazon. |
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The Rise and Fall Of The Chocolate Rapperz by L. M. Harrison |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. Lots of flexibility (in number and in gender - many of the characters with gender-specific names may be changed easily.) |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play for kids with a message about nutrition. It's about a musical group, so whilst no music is suggested, it is expected that the produciton will add songs and dances. |
Synopsis | A pop duo at the height of their fame make the mistake of taking too many treats and become addicted to the sugar high, losing their crowns to the next music sensation. Can their manager and their biggest fan bring them back to healthy eating, exercise and success? |
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