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| Daisy Saves the Day by Peter Ayre |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Charcaters include a pantomime cow. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for 4 songs are made in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short pantomime (a one-act panto by length, but divided into two acts!) |
| Synopsis | The villainous Mondays seem to be behind a spate of cow-nappings that have depleted local herds. Now the only cow left is the amazing Daisy, whose milk has magical restorative powers. Can our heroes keep Daisy safe from the villains and sort out their love lives into the bargain? |
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| Dick Whittington and His Cat [Adult Version] by Rob Thorn |
| 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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| Esmerelda and the Baron by Leo Finn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. The characters include a tree (always good for a wooden performance). |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short British pantomime designed for a small cast on a small stage with minimal scenery. |
| Synopsis | The evil Baron Grim rules the land since the mysterious death of the Duke and his wife. He wants to uncover the charms of young Esmerelda, but she has fallen in love with the stranger, young Hott, who is really the Prince. Will true love triumph? Of course it will. |
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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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| Goose Joose by Russell Gillman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Characters include Geraldine the Goose, who is described as a puppet controlled by other characters but could also be someone in a goose costume. It's styled as a British pantomime, so the usual panto juxtapositions apply. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Mini panto - some panto conventions, but crammed into a very short production. Minimal set. |
| Synopsis | Daffodil farm is in trouble - unless the animals eat their food and the goose starts laying again, nothing will sell at the market! Dame Daffodil sends her daughter to find a man to help them out, but she's kidnapped by Wizard Fafafafafafa! Can heroic Peter Thigh save her and the farm? |
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Hansel and Gretel by Sally Gander
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| 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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| Hood by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] Plus additional time for songs and dances. |
| Music | Production notes list recommended songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Not a true British Pantomime (lacks, for example, the ritual audience participation and pantomime dame), but contains many of the ingredients - plenty of jokes and extravagant characters. |
| Synopsis | The Sheriff of Nottingham has taken over Loxley Manor and plans to marry Marian. Prince John is coming to the wedding, together with his personal assistant and a passing bishop. Robin Hood assembles his Merry Men but with unexpected plans. |
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| It's Panto, Boris - But Not As We Know It by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Written for six separate actors (probably a mix of male and female), but could conceivably be played by one, probably female. |
| Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Six monologues - which could easily be performed as video conferencing pieces. |
| Synopsis | A collection of six pantomime-themed monologues referencing topical issues of 2020. |
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Jack and his Amazing Multi-Coloured Beanstalk by Geoff Bamber
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Though it is not specified in the script, Jack's Mother could be played by a Male (as a pantomime dame) and Jack could be played by a Female (as a panto principal boy). Cast includes a pantomime cow. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Simple English pantomime. Simple sets. Lots of strong characters, lots of comedy. |
| Synopsis | Jack's family are so poor that they must sell their treasured cow. Unfortunately they entrust the job to Jack, whose profit is a handful of beans. The result is a beanstalk and an attempt to rescue the kidnapped princess. |
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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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