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| Old King Cole [Part-Rhyming Panto] by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Many of the characters are nominally male (the title King is a clue), but it's a panto so you can cast it however you like! |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 8 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act British pantomime told partly in verse. |
| Synopsis | Old King Cole is a merry old soul, but the nine other kings of the land are less friendly, as they plot to steal Cole's crown and usurp his throne. However, they soon realise there is someone more villainous than them, who will use every trick in the panto villain book to thwart their plans. |
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The Panto Puzzle by Mary Portalska
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. There are 13 named characters, but four are off-stage voices (could be recorded or played by anyone who isn't on stage at the time), one actor is intended to play three on-stage roles and another could play three. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A mixed-up pantomime adventure. (Non-musical, though there would be nothing to stop a production adding songs at appropriate points.) |
| Synopsis | Dame Dolly and Cheeky Charlie turn up at the theatre to find out that the pantomime has been cancelled this year. The caretaker shows them the boxes containing previous pantos, to discover that three things have been stolen from Cinderella's box by the sorceress Evilena. Dolly and Charlie must visit three other pantomimes to get them back. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Pantomime Academy by Helen Spencer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 16. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 52. No chorus. The script as written features 52 speaking roles and 3 non-speaking roles but can easily be adapted to suit larger or smaller groups. Most roles are gender-neutral. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producers' copy of the script contains suggestions for well-known songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act pantomime ideal for performance by Key Stage 2 students. |
| Synopsis | The Pantomime Academy is putting on a big show to celebrate its centenery, but poor Maurice seems destined to always play the back of the cow. Follow him on his journey to be recognised as someone greater. |
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| Peter, Pan and the Lost Toys by Anne Bourke |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 64 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 8 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one-act pantomime for school productions. Uses some of J.M. Barrie's characters in an original story. |
| Synopsis | When a precious bear is stolen by some pirates, Peter enlists the help of some Darling children (and their step-brother) to hunt down the thieves. Meanwhile the pirates themselves are getting fed up with doing all the work for their Captain. |
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| The Prince and the Pussycat by Jon Dwyer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Lots of flexibility in the casting. There is no formal role for a pantomime dame, but the Queen could be cast as a dame (as could Primrose!) Likewise, the prince could be played by a female as a pantomime principal boy. Cast includes several mice! |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] Length could be increased using additional songs. |
| Music | A few songs are suggested in the producer's copy of the script. More could be added at the discretion of the production team! Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Mid-length British Pantomime. Magic, jokes and a slapstick decorating scene! |
| Synopsis | Polly Perkins is clearly destined to marry Prince Oliver, but there's a problem - the bad fairy has turned her into a cat. Will true love run its course, or will she just have to content herself with eating the palace mice? |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| The Princess and the Dragon by Andrea Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Chorus size may be varied at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 73 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for 9 songs are included in the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A new-style, true pantomime - in two acts, with assorted settings. |
| Synopsis | The King and Queen of Pantoland have sent their son Prince Peter to assist Theatreland with their dragon problem. Riches for Pantoland? And opportunities for the evil Sir Douglas to enrich himself, at the expense of others? Luckily, Prince Peter saves the day and marries his true love... |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Rapunzel II - Back To The Tower by Sian Nixon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 21. Chorus. Eleven principles plus chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions, plus a pantomime camel. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 8 songs plus incidental music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Mid-length British pantomime. A completely different angle on the story of Rapunzel, starting a long way from the tower. |
| Synopsis | It's time for Princess Rapunzel to get married, and the Queen has taken the advice of her wicked advisor Willy Advisor that they should interview a dozen candidates. Willy, of course, intends to rig the competition - so that his son will win. But Rapunzel has already fallen for Prince Lufred Now, even if she doesn't know it... |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Rhyming Aladdin by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. This is an English pantomime, so Widow Twankey could well be played as a pantomime dame and Aladdin as a principal boy (so male playing female and female playing male) |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act Rhyming English pantomime. Simple sets, mainly simple props (give or take a laundry basket on wheels). |
| Synopsis | Aladdin, a washerwoman's son falls for a beautiful princess. In his urgent need for wealth, he is tricked into accompanying the wicked Abanaza on an expedition to retrieve a magic lamp. Abanaza traps Aladdin in a cave, but with a lot of magical help Aladdin escapes and (after a few twists and turns) love triumphs. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Rhyming Beauty and The Beast by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. Characters include a talking horse. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A simple, humorous rendition of the tale of Beauty and the Beast in one-act and in rhyme. |
| Synopsis | A merchant goes to trade his wares and bring back gifts for his three daughters. Two of them, greedy and vain, desire jewellery, the other, fair and good-natured, wishes for a rose. But the merchant plucks a rose from the garden of the Beast, and he must pledge the Beast his daughter's hand in marriage to save his own life. |
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| Rhyming Captain Hook by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. The chorus (of Lost Boys, Indians and Pirates) is optional. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comic, rendition of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan as a rhyming pantomime. Minimal set requirements, but includes a comic cookery scene. |
| Synopsis | Captain Hook plots his revenge on Peter Pan, with the help of a crocodile and a poisoned cake. Peter Pan, Tonkerbell (the punk fairy) and the crocodile have other ideas.
Note that as with all adaptations of Peter Pan, we pay half the author's royalties to Great Ormond Street Hospital |
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