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Being Nice by Mark Niel Performance by Ashrow Theatre Co. nominated for Best Production award at the Buxton Fringe Festival, 2011. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act, single set comedy play. (Contains swearing.) |
Synopsis | Geoff, a divorcee pays his mortgage by renting out rooms to Emily and Alison, two girls in their twenties. Emily has a crush on Geoff and is mortified when Alison, a much more outgoing and earthy type, weighs in with advice and practical help. The three ponder the different dynamic and set out the boundaries of the potential relationship, but does Alison have a secret she's not sharing with Emily? |
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A Bench In The Park by Robin Wilson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy thriller. |
Synopsis | Joe's bed is a park bench, which - during the day, is used by a number of seemingly unconnected people. As conversations unfold, their relationships with each other and with Joe take a surprising twist. |
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Between Appointments by Frances A. Lewis |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Eight on-stage characters plus two offstage voices and the option of additional non-speaking patients in the dentist's surgery. |
Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Two-act comedy/farce with a split stage - half dental surgery, half living room. |
Synopsis | Jeffrey gets himself into a tangle when his girlfriend Veronica and wife Claudia end up with identical handbags... And just as Veronica has got herself out of that mess, there's the arrival of her jailbird brother who needs cover - and think's Veronica is it. The two acts of this play function as separate one-act plays and are available separately as - Switched and AKA Charlie |
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Beware McGruff! by Skip Chalker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. The script includes 'a number of police officers'. That number could be one. |
Run Time | Around 78 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | An entertaining full-length comedy, riffing off Shakespeare's Scottish Play. US English with American cultural references. |
Synopsis | In the middle of a production of Macbeth, Mark finds himself thrust into the lead role. Moreover, the denizens of the props store predict he could lead the drama company. Soon he's up to his neck in corpses and dire warnings. |
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Beware of the Agapanthus by Robert Brown |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Nine on-stage characters and an offstage male voice (called Dave). |
Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play - a well crafted comedy with a gentle start which gathers pace as the chaotic situation develops. Contains swearing |
Synopsis | The credit crunch has not been kind to ex-investment banker James who has not only lost his job but also his investments along with his gold digger wife Geraldine. His Father has died and left him, and spinster Sister Peggy, a large house in a village in rural Ireland where he decides to make a new life for himself. The barbecue party he has arranged to get to know his neighbours descends into chaos with a series of unexpected arrivals and equally unexpected revelations. |
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The Big Freeze by Sharon Hulm |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Usual pantomime juxtapositions, plus, possibly uniquely, ninja penguins. Lots of opportunities for doubling (especially if you have flexible penguins). |
Run Time | Around 150 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions (and some original lyrics) are provided in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Original full-length British Pantomime. |
Synopsis | Winter has been falling down on the job for the last decade, so Lord Coldfinger concocts a cunning plan to return the Winter Queen to full power - fooling a flunky into breaking her heart, leaving her colder than ever! |
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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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Big Idea by Nigel Holloway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy satirising an amateur dramatic company. Minimal set but a variety of 'sound effects' props which are used live are essential. Notes include how to make a Wind Machine! |
Synopsis | Big Idea is a comedy about the members of the local amateur dramatic society, the Off-the-Wall Theatre Company (none of whom bears any resemblance to anyone you might have met). The 'Big Idea' in question is a new television series, where a lucky person gets the chance to fulfil a great ambition. In this case, the Off-the-Wall company's director, the egotistical Jonathan, has harboured a dream of writing a masterpiece for the stage. The TV series gives him the chance to have his play broadcast on national television - with the help of the other members of the Off-the-Wall Theatre Company, who do not necessarily share Jonathan's view of his abilities. |
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The Big Night IN by Richard Marsh |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length comedy, with adult themes and language, set in a living room. |
Synopsis | Great pals Tony, Rob, Simon and Gary meet for another of their usual - nights out. They become dismayed when they realise that they are getting older, girlfriends are getting serious and marriage, kids, slippers, and mortgages beckon. But even staying IN is not as simple as it used to be. |
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Bill 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 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy structured in two act (but on the boundary between one-act and full-length in run-time). Contains swearing. Multiple settings, but with minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | A multi-strand story that introduces us to five separate characters in the first act, then draws all their tales together in the second: Bill with his knee-replacement, David mourning his lost mother, Audrey arrested for her Fancy Dress Brawl, Rita marrying again and Constance trying a new exercise routine. |
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Bill and Ben the Twilight Men by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Characters with playing ages from thirties to sixties. |
Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act comedy, single set (lounge bar of a village pub). Contains mild swearing and Lancashire accents. |
Synopsis | Bill is a curmudgeonly barman who nurses a desperate love for the landlady, Rose, but she's being courted by out-of-towner Ben, a suave, rich man. But a new guest at the pub, a spate of burglaries and the local copper's inventions combine to turn Bill's fortunes around. |
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