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The Pied Piper of Hamelin [Version 2] by Hilary Mackelden |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Most of the characters are written male, but this is panto and nobody will mind if genders are switched! Chorus of rats, dogs and cats is intended to be played by children, |
Run Time | Around 140 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The script contains places for fourteen songs, suggestions for most of which are included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | British pantomime. A full-length show, with very simple sets, so easy to stage in a non-standard environment. |
Synopsis | The classic tale of the Pied Piper told in panto style with a happy ending! Hamelin's greedy mayor is up for re-election, and when the town is invaded by rats, he hires a piper to get rid of them, but then he won't pay up. |
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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 Pied Piper of Hamelin [Version 3] by Tina & Robert Burbidge |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. It's a pantomime, with the usual ration of gender-flexibility, plus any number of rats! |
Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 17 songs, with some orginal lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | The story of the Pied Piper reshaped into a very satisfactory pantomime format. A good line in jokes, with plenty of cheese-related humour involved! |
Synopsis | Alvin's a musician who loves the Mayor's daughter, but can't marry her because he's too poor. When rats plague the town, the Mayor uses them as scapegoats for the town's misery, but if Alvin can rid the town of vermin he can marry Ellie and become wealthy.... |
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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 Pied Piper of Hamelin [Version 4] by Lorraine Mason |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Flexible numbers, with choruses of townsfolk, children and rats. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 17 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | British pantomime (with German setting!) |
Synopsis | Rattenfanger the piper rids the town of rats but takes his revenge when the Mayor can't pay the agreed fee. Lots of panto action with a German Dame Pumpernickel, Hero Fritz and Villainous Rats, not forgetting sweet Anneleise or the panto cow! |
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The Pied Piper by Bob Heather |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions are assumed, with Heidi the pantomime dame played by a man and Ralf, the principal boy, played by a young woman. |
Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Two sets of lyrics supplied with the script, all other songs are at the discretion of the producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | English pantomime - comedy, silliness and puns! [Originally published in 2006, revised edition published 2012.] |
Synopsis | Hamlin is over-run with rats, too many for the Councillors Hans and Nees to deal with so the Council decide to respond to an advert in the local paper for a Piper who claims to be able to rid anywhere of four-legged pests. Unfortunately the Mayor can't afford to pay, so the Piper runs off with the Mayor's daughter Greta and the village children. Will Ralf and the other villagers be able to rescue Greta and the children from the Piper before it's too late? |
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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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A Pig Tale by Kevin Jannetts Production by Loch Duich Primary School won Adjudicator's special award. South West Ross District Youth SCDA Festival 2016. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. The chorus is the sort that rushes on to perform songs and dances in various guises! Most of the roles are gender-neutral, although one of the pigs is called Maureen and the wolf is called Alan, both of which tend to be specific. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] (This allows 20 minutes for 11 songs/dances.) |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 11 songs/dances Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act family comedy show with music. A fairytale send-up. Contains Scottish accents! |
Synopsis | The story of the Three Pigs gets a revamp in this Scots story, allowing a couple of Narrators to bring the story to life with anthropomorphic pigs struggling to find a story they can take part in to keep their deal with a Fairy Solicitor. Add in a Big Bad Wolf called Alan, and it all works out fine in the end. |
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Pinocchio [Version 2] by Dawn Cairns |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. Chorus size can be flexible |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] Variable timing with your choice of songs. |
Music | Producer's copy contains 17 song suggestions Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A traditional full length Pantomime in two acts retelling the story of Pinnochio, including songs, dances and plenty of audience participation. |
Synopsis | This family show is brought to life with plenty of pantomime characters, including a wicked witch, fairies and dame Mamma Macaroni who indulge in lots of knockabout fun. |
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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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Pinocchio [Version 3] by Andrew O'Leary |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion |
Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length pantomime in two acts re-telling the story of Pinocchio, and including a dame. |
Synopsis | Gepetto is a talented puppetmaker, but he really wants a son. Using the last of his money he makes a wonderful puppet and wish. Now Pinocchio has to fulfil Gepetto’s wish, avoid temptation and become a real boy - Pantomime style! |
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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 Piper Of Hamelin by Steven Allen |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion. Nucleus of principal characters plus some excellent opportunities for comic cameos. |
Run Time | Around 118 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Suggestions for 14 songs are included 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 packed with verbal and visual comedy. |
Synopsis | A sparkling original treatment of the story of the fabled Rat Charmer in which the infestation of Hamelin is tangled with a sourcerer's attempts to gain control of a magical flute. |
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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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A Piracy Pantomime by Giles Black |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Chorus size variable at Producer's discretion. |
Run Time | Around 104 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Song suggestions for 7 songs are included with the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A new pantomime-style piratical play, with songs and a variety of settings. |
Synopsis | Dame Harriet and her son and daughter run The Happy Haddock restaurant, but the latest fish delivery also contains a mermaid clutching a treasure map. Soon the trio are off in search of Captain Pew's treasure! On the way they encounter pirates and parrots and cannibals, with lots of fun and good jokes! |
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The Pirate Queen by Tim O'Brien |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 29. Minimum total without doubling = 40. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with scores for 6 original songs (one of which is reprised). |
Style | Time-travelling musical for kids with a healthy dose of piracy thrown-in. |
Synopsis | Jack, Darrell and Sean are three students living in the shadow of their more successful peers. But when a freak storm during a fishing expedition causes them to be whisked back to the 18th century and they encounter a crew of pirate women, they may be about to change history! |
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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
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