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Dick Whittington and His Cat [Adult Version] by Rob Thorn Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Twelve principals plus chorus. (In this incarnation, both Whittington and Sarah, the cook need to be played by men. |
Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | An Adult Pantomime - British panto format, but a lot of innuendo and adult jokes. Not specifically musical, but there is scope for adding songs. |
Synopsis | A rip-roaring 'in-your-face' side-splitting gallop through the Dick Whittington story full of innuendo and double entendre. Not for the faint hearted, this panto is full of pace, hilarity and fun for audience and cast alike. |
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Frumps-a-Daisy by Susan Vesey |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Characters include a cat and a mouse. |
Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Nine songs are suggested in the Production Notes with original lyrics provided. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Sparkling, original one-act pantomime. |
Synopsis | The King of Vislania returns from a world cruise with a new wife, a stepmother for his beautiful daughter, Princess Daisy. Princess Daisy visits the Kingdoms of Ice, Fire, and Water in her attempts to keep up with the demands of her wicked stepmother. Along with her friends Cat and Mouse and Dilly the cook she encounters the Snowman, the Gingerbread Man and the Rainbow Queen in the magical kingdoms who all help with her tasks. All is well in the end as the old retainer Pickles is released from his enchantment and is revealed as the handsome Prince Phillip who woos Daisy and all live happily ever after. |
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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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Hansel and Gretel by Sally Gander Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Includes a pantomime dame (usually, but not necessarily played by a man), but doesn't have a formal 'principal boy' role. The chorus includes sniggering goblins and a pantomime owl! |
Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Opportunities for music at the discretion of the producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Short British Pantomime, suitable for performance by children or adults. (Technically a two-act play, because there are two acts, but classified as a one-act, because it's not long enough to need an interval!) |
Synopsis | A few unconventional twists to the Grimm brothers' tale. The witch wants an extention for her cottage. Enter the odd job men, Short and Sweet. (Given that it's a gingerbread cottage, this is a really odd job.) Meanwhile, Hansel and Gretel have got lost in the woods (by following an escaped cake!) and their mother (Dame Betty Knott) is going frantic. |
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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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Jack and Jill by Susan Vesey |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. An unusual set of characters, including two fairies, three ducks, innumerable ducklings and Dobin the pantomime horse. (The duckling roles in particular are suitable for younger children.) |
Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] Two act structure, but one act length. |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for six songs, including some new lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | British pantomime - lots of running jokes for audience participation. Two-act structure but one-act in length! |
Synopsis | Widow Winkle is unable to pay the rent to Baron Badbottom whose daughter, Jill, thinks Jack Winkle is really a prince and so wants to marry him. Unable to raise any funds, Jack tries to contact the Water Fairy he thinks lives in the well. Stan Winkle has, meanwhile, called on the Bag Fairy for help. But, the Baron has acquired the very last wish in the land, and they have to work out how to get it off him to make all their dreams come true. |
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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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Nigel and the Musketeer-ettes by Lee Sofianos |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Sheet music (piano and vocal) for 8 oiginal songs is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
Style | One-act musical pantomime. |
Synopsis | The days of the Three Musketeers are over. The only one left is Porthos, and it's his daughters, Angel and Crystal, who are given the job of guarding a princess, under theat from the arch-villain, Esmeralda - advisor to the king, but bent on the ruling in her own right. Angel, Crystal and the princess flee from a kidnap plot, and look for help from the legendary d'Artagnan. What they find is not d'Artagnan but his unlikely son, Nigel, who is going to need a little training to become a hero... |
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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 ** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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Old King Cole [Part-Rhyming Panto] by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Many of the characters are nominally male (the title King is a clue), but it's a panto so you can cast it however you like! |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 8 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act British pantomime told partly in verse. |
Synopsis | Old King Cole is a merry old soul, but the nine other kings of the land are less friendly, as they plot to steal Cole's crown and usurp his throne. However, they soon realise there is someone more villainous than them, who will use every trick in the panto villain book to thwart their plans. |
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The Prince and the Pussycat by Jon Dwyer |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Lots of flexibility in the casting. There is no formal role for a pantomime dame, but the Queen could be cast as a dame (as could Primrose!) Likewise, the prince could be played by a female as a pantomime principal boy. Cast includes several mice! |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] Length could be increased using additional songs. |
Music | A few songs are suggested in the producer's copy of the script. More could be added at the discretion of the production team! Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Mid-length British Pantomime. Magic, jokes and a slapstick decorating scene! |
Synopsis | Polly Perkins is clearly destined to marry Prince Oliver, but there's a problem - the bad fairy has turned her into a cat. Will true love run its course, or will she just have to content herself with eating the palace mice? |
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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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The Princess and the Dragon by Andrea Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Chorus size may be varied at the Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 73 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Suggestions for 9 songs are included in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A new-style, true pantomime - in two acts, with assorted settings. |
Synopsis | The King and Queen of Pantoland have sent their son Prince Peter to assist Theatreland with their dragon problem. Riches for Pantoland? And opportunities for the evil Sir Douglas to enrich himself, at the expense of others? Luckily, Prince Peter saves the day and marries his true love... |
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Rapunzel II - Back To The Tower by Sian Nixon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Eleven principles plus chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions, plus a pantomime camel. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 8 songs plus incidental music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Mid-length British pantomime. A completely different angle on the story of Rapunzel, starting a long way from the tower. |
Synopsis | It's time for Princess Rapunzel to get married, and the Queen has taken the advice of her wicked advisor Willy Advisor that they should interview a dozen candidates. Willy, of course, intends to rig the competition - so that his son will win. But Rapunzel has already fallen for Prince Lufred Now, even if she doesn't know it... |
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Rhyming Captain Hook by Richard Coleman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. The chorus (of Lost Boys, Indians and Pirates) is optional. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comic, rendition of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan as a rhyming pantomime. Minimal set requirements, but includes a comic cookery scene. |
Synopsis | Captain Hook plots his revenge on Peter Pan, with the help of a crocodile and a poisoned cake. Peter Pan, Tonkerbell (the punk fairy) and the crocodile have other ideas. Note that as with all adaptations of Peter Pan, we pay half the author's royalties to Great Ormond Street Hospital |
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