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A Stranger's Guide to Panto by Leo Finn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. The numbers in the cast depend on how you deal with the dragon (two people, one person or one doubling with the villain.) Most of the roles - except the Heroine and, because this is panto, the Hero, are written male. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short (sketch-length) narrated British pantomime. Simple to stage (single set) give or take the dragon. |
Synopsis | A quick review of the major points of that most peculiarly British of shows, the Pantomime. A show that explains comedy through comedy. |
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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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Strangers When We Meet by Scott Carpenter |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A ten minute play. |
Synopsis | Malcolm and Eira are both in their sixties, and looking for love. As the two make awkward small talk, childhoods are revisited and memories are stirred. Perhaps they are not strangers at all |
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Street Talk by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. No set requirements. From the Laughter Lines collection. |
Synopsis | A case of shopping and... gossiping. |
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The Stubborn Little Girl and the Spider's Web by Jon Boustead |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. Whilst there is no explicit chorus, there is a lot of flexibility in the numbers of Witches and Shrieks. |
Run Time | Around 19 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Drama for the junior ranks of a youth theatre, a mix of narration and action with no specific set requirements. |
Synopsis | Isobel, a stubborn and rather rude girl, learns the error of her ways through encounters with a magical woodpecker, a vampire, witches, a spider and the awesome Shrieks. |
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Student Of The Year by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One male offstage voice, could be recorded. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short sketch with a simple set. |
Synopsis | Proud parents are always sure their child is the best, but here the school secretary has a master card... |
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Substance Abuse by David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | Two British expats reminisce on what they miss from the old country. |
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Suffragette by Stuart Ardern |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A simple sketch (for an Edwardian Music Hall). No set - could be done front of curtain. |
Synopsis | Edward discovers - to his horror - that his wife is leaving... |
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Summer Break by Caroline Spencer |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Character (playing) ages are 11 (F), 15 (M) and adult (M). Intended for a company of teenagers. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short play for and about teenagers. No set requirements. A difficult situation handled with grace and balance. |
Synopsis | Anna and Steve, a brother and sister, spend some quality time together, and Steve tells his little sister something he couldn't tell anyone else. |
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Sunny Side Up by Stephen Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both character written male but could be changed to female. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch. A dark comedy sketch. Simple set. |
Synopsis | Mr Cruthers is looking to sort out his stay at the Sunny-Side-Up campsite, but it's more than a little unusual. Not least because some of the helpful staff are a bit on the - er - dead side. |
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Superhero Holiday by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. No set requirements. (The audience have to imagine the palm-fringed beach...) |
Synopsis | There are times when a hard working super hero has to have a holiday... |
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