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| 22 Hardcastle Court by Gary Diamond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Characters are four adults, with a range of ages, and two seventeen-year-olds (who like each other). |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play. Two sets (with the neat conceit that in moving out of her mother's house, Emily takes her sofa with her!), one of which requires a practical door. Contains some bad language (and lots of good language) and mild adult themes. |
| Synopsis | When Emily finally manages to move out of her Mother's house, she thinks her worries are over, but thanks to the flat's former owner, she has to contend with mysterious calls from Mr X as well as her mother's interruptions and an amorous pair of students wanting help with their play... |
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Absolute Pantomonium! by Jon Monie
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Seven roles, but intended to be played by a cast of four. Whilst some of the roles are nominally male or female, it's a pantomime, so it's up to you how you sort this out. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 9 songs (and a reprise), with some panto-specific lyrics. All songs are at the discretion of the production. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act British pantomime with an original story written for a cast of four. |
| Synopsis | When the beloved Fairy Tales is kidnapped by the villainous Killjoy, a young unnamed girl from the village of Ensemble must locate the Magical Book of Pantomimes and embark on a journey that will change her life forever. Along for the ride are the handsome Prince Charmless and the hapless Tilly and Billy Topps from the local Panto Emporium. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| The Adventurers' Club by Damian Woods |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A light hearted one act comedy. |
| Synopsis | A group of twenty-somethings assemble to discuss a possible future expedition. The leader Tom has an idea to realise a great ambition - unrealistically - which he surprises the group with. Before long Tom's mother interrupts proceedings and galvanises the group into action. |
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Aladdin [Small Cast, Short Version] by tlc Creative
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Designed for a small (or very small) cast (with alternative sections to cover the maximum doubling). Jasmine intended female (optionally doubling with the slave of the ring), Abanaza male (doubling with genie), for the rest, make your own mind up! |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act British pantomime for a small cast. |
| Synopsis | Penniless wastrel Aladdin falls for Princess Jasmine. To win her, he needs a fortune, and quickly! Enter the evil Abanaza with a scheme involving a lamp, a cave and the odd genie or two... |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Albert by Janice Sampson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] May be staged with an interval. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy drama. Structurally in two acts, but of one-act length. Contains swearing (and a coffin). |
| Synopsis | Before flying out to Sacramento to visit his ailing brother, Albert leaves a recording of a few confessions in case something happens to him. There has been a plane crash, and Albert's valedictory address is watched by his grieving son, daughter and sister, who learn a few surprising things, but are in for an even bigger surprise... |
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| Albert and More Women by Richard Hills |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, single (London flat) set. (This uses the same characters and setting as 'Albert and His Women', but functions as an intependent play - thus they could be used together or separately.) Contains minor swearing. |
| Synopsis | Albert and his son Tom continue their search for women - Tom by taking Albert's tips and Albert by getting Tom out of the flat. But tonight they both get much more than they bargained for! |
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All By Myself by Robert Scott
Best Seller The EGA Trophy for Outstanding Production, Best Male Support and Best Presentation by Rhyl Liberty Players at Clwyd Community Theatre Association Festival of One-Act Plays 2019 (UK) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four characters may be M or F |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy, with no specific set. |
| Synopsis | Seven years alone on an island after his shipwreck have driven Larry to the edge of sanity, but that's nothing compared to the shock of discovering he's not - and never has been - alone! |
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Anniversary by Stephen Scheurer-Smith
Best New Play Sawston Drama Festival 2010 Production by Waterbeach Community Players |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy fuelled by family tensions. |
| Synopsis | Kevin decides to celebrate his 25th Wedding Anniversary by recreating the wedding reception but his plans start to unravel with the arrival of his drunken brother... |
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| Artists Anonymous by John Passadino |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Ralph's mother is an offstage voice and could, conceivably, be a recording. The pizza deliverer is silent and compatible with whatever gender range is open to the producer! |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play, single set. A sharp script with some interesting characters and real emotion in it. |
| Synopsis | Three long-serving writers meet up for their weekly writing meeting. Will this be the one where they finally crack the winning formula, or just the one where Ralph, living in his parent's basement again after his latest marriage break up, cracks? That was a lousy sentence, but this time they think they've come up with a winner... they'll fake the death of one of the writing team and use the publicity to sell a story at last! But who will get the chop for the sake of success? |
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Bad Reception by Paul Vincent
Performance by Little Eyases Theatre Co. won best play at The Golden Beaks Comedy Festival at Theatre-on-the-Steps, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, September 2007 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Characters are a mixture of adults and teenagers, intended to be played by teenagers. For the purpose of showcasing, it could be performed by a cast of three (all female, but playing female and male roles) or a cast of three girls and one boy. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Single set (easy to do in a minimalist way), contemporary setting, simple props. Comedy. (Limited use of mildly offensive language.) |
| Synopsis | Kayleigh and Lucy are put in charge of their school's reception desk for the morning. To get herself out of a fix, Kayleigh pretends to be the Headmistress when answering the phone, setting up a chain of events that spins out of control... |
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