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| Bullies by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children. (Could all be played by children.) |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for eight songs are included with the Producer's Copy of the script |
| Style | One-act musical play for performance by children or a mixture of adults and children. Very simple set and no specific requirements for props. |
| Synopsis | A review and also a revue! A series of linked musical sketches presenting an investigation of issues surrounding bullying at school, covering reasons for bullying and approaches to dealing with it. |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Caradog And The Celts by Penny Burns |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 17. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 45. Chorus. Very flexible numbers, with groups of Celts and Romans of various occupations, and opportunites for singers and dancers. The roles are a mixture of adults and children, but inteded to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Keyboard and Vocal scores (with added percussion) for seven songs and one instrumental are provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | One-act Musical Drama for schools (fitting with the Key Stage 2 History topic on Roman Britain). |
| Synopsis | Following the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD, the Celtic resistance was led by Caradog (called Caratacus by the Romans). The play dramatises the life of the Celts on what is now the Welsh border and the battle for the hill fort of Caer Caradog. (We are also taken to Rome for a meeting with the Emperor Clau-Clau-Claudius.) |
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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| Christmas Cat and the Pudding Pirates by Jeanette Ranger & Christopher Lillicrap |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. The chorus of additional ratlings is optional. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for the overture and 9 original songs are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical family show - not a pantomime, but containing some of the elements - musical numbers, a comedy cooking scene, over the top heroes and villains, a magical helping hand, and plenty of audience participation. Single set. |
| Synopsis | The good ship Santa Claus is sailing home with all the precious cargo needed for Christmas. When it's hijacked by the rat pirate Jolly Roger, it's up to Christmas the ship's cat, along with the ship's cook and a magical mermaid, to save the day. On the way there are excellent songs, jokes and physical comedy. |
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** Vocal demo tracks for the 9 songs from Christmas Cat and the Pudding Pirates by Jeanette Ranger and Christopher Lillicrap.
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| Dare to Love A Dream by Rob Wellington & Linda McKinlay |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes piano and vocal scores for overture plus 15 songs. |
| Style | Romantic Comedy Musical - a modern fantasia on Alice in Wonderland. |
| Synopsis | Teenager Alice Wandaland lives with Uncle Lewis and Aunt Caroll and longs for a knight in shining armour to come and whisk her away. Her dreams come to life as she searches for her true love assisted by Dee Tweedle and son Dumphrey. |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Doggonit by Tim O'Brien |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Since most of the characters are dogs, the gender of the actors doesn't really matter. (Most of their owners are female.) There is an optional, flexible chorus with various groups of dogs, owners and security guards. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for seven original songs are supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | One-act musical for kids. |
| Synopsis | Dogs, of course, can talk - but only to each other. The exception is Dakota - a dog trained to speak in secret by his owner, Caitlin. But this leads to trouble for them both after a disturbance at Ms Nancy's School of Dog Obedience, leading to an encounter with the sinister Dr. Live - a wicked scientist with a mission to create the perfect dog...
Every dog has his day. (Dogs with no tails have weak ends.) |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Dracula - A Pain in the Neck by Daniel Krueger & Elwood Johnson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for 18 original songs plus incidental music is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical Gothic horror Melodrama! |
| Synopsis | A faithful translation of Bram Stoker's vampire classic to the musical stage, rendered in a melodramatic style! |
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** Conductor's score and band parts (Perc., Bass, Cello, Violin, Reeds 1 & 2, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano & Synth) for Dracula - A Pain in the Neck. Music by Elwood Jay Johnson, orchestrated by Wade Clark.
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| Drama Club Must Die! by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 13. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 35. No chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children, but all could be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Complete set of original lyrics and musical arrangements based on traditional tunes supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical play set in an American High School (but could be played by younger children). Simple sets. |
| Synopsis | The High School budget needs to be cut. The drama club is under threat from the unsympathetic principal. Can the Drama Club save themselves by creating a production of The Wizard of Oz from scratch? |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Echo and Narcissus by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Simple piano/vocal scores for four original songs are supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | A fifteen-minute musical based on Ancient Greek myth. |
| Synopsis | Hera, the queen of the gods, is furious when she discovers that her husband Zeus has been unfaithful, and she takes it out on the object of his affections, the articulate Echo. Echo falls for the handsome Narcissus, but she cannot make him understand because of Hera's curse, which confines Echo to repeating the words of others, and meanwhile Narcissus is in love with his own reflection. (Not a happy lot, the Ancient Greeks!) |
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| Entre las Líneas by Sofía Kin & Pilar Muerza |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Personajes incluyen un lobo (de cuento de hadas)! El coro (de los niños) es opcional. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Partituras musicales de trece canciones se incluyen con la copia del productor del guión.
(Scores are provided with the Producer's copy of the script.) |
| Style | Comedia musical para los niños en un Acto. Escenario mínimo. Utilería simple. |
| Synopsis | Es hora de un cuento para dormir, pero las cosas no son como nos hemos acostumbrado a esperar de ellos... El lobo feroz tiene miedo a los niños pequeños y las princesas están luchando contra dragones para rescatar a los príncipes durmientes.
Spanish translation of 'Between the Lines' by Erica Glenn. |
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
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| Esther by Richard Cowling |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script comes with piano and vocal scores for 16 songs, one instrumental and 15 scene-change pieces. (A conductors score and band parts are available as an optional extra.) |
| Style | Full-length Musical based on the biblical story of Esther. Designed as a school musical, could equally well be done by an adult or mixed company. |
| Synopsis | King Xerxes of Persia maries Esther, a Jewish orphan who has been brought up by her uncle, Mordecai. Haman, the chief minister of Xerxes court insists that everyone bow down to him. When Mordecai refuses to do so, Haman flies into a rage and plans to kill Mordecai, and all the Jewish people in the kingdom. Mordecai calls upon Esther for help, but this means she must confront the mighty Xerxes... |
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** Backing CD with instrumental version of the 16 songs and 16 musical interludes (including scene changes) for the musical Esther by Richard Cowling.
** Vocal tracks for the 16 songs (with 16 musical interludes) from the musical Esther by Richard Cowling. (Vocals by Leanne Cooper and Richard Cowling.)
** Conductor's score and band parts (keyboard, trumpet, trombone, woodwind, bass, etc.) for the songs and incidental music (32 pieces) from the musical Esther by Richard Cowling.
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