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| A Midsummer Night's Dream The Pantomime by Matthew Harper |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Variable chorus number at Producer's discretion |
| Run Time | Around 155 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Songs and musical suggestions included with the Producer's copy. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime, with the Shakespearean storyline |
| Synopsis | This adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream includes all the usual pantomime characters and fun, making the original play easily accessible without losing the essence of the story. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Much Ado About Panto by Barry Wood |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. Characters include a dancing bear and a pantomime horse called Graham. |
| Run Time | Around 117 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for six songs with Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime with an original story incorporating characters (and an incredible number of lines) from Shakespeare's plays. |
| Synopsis | Borrowing characters and situations from the best of the Bard, this story presents a pair of star-crossed lovers, a king mistrusting his wife, girls disguised as boys (or foxes), a man with an ass's head and love triumphant. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Old King Cole [Version 2] by Bob Heather and Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Characters have the usual panto types plus a pantomime dog, an Egyptian mummy and a brief cameo for the Loch Ness Monster. |
| Run Time | Around 150 minutes. [Estimated!] (Assuming all the songs are used.) |
| Music | The script has spots for (up to) 15 songs. The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions plus a few customised lyrics. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Very funny full-length British Panto (with an original plot teased out of the familiar song).
[Originally published in 2011. Revised edition published in 2013.] |
| Synopsis | Thwarted by Aladdin (in another panto), the wizard Abanazar is after another magical object to give him power - and this time he steals Old King Cole's crown. An unlikely party sets out to retrieve the crown, featuring Candy Floss, the sweet shop owner, Rhubarb Fool, the Jester, Hey, Diddle and Dee (the famous fiddlers three) and led by Jack, Candy's son, who wants to be a hero and win the traditional hero's reward of half a kingdom and the Princess's hand in marriage. Princess Rose is all in favour of this, but there's a snag - she's already betrothed to a prince from the neighbouring kingdom... |
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| Panto in Snowalot by David K Bainbridge & Michael Lucas |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Characters include Australian penguins and a two-headed gatekeeper. |
| Run Time | Around 76 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script lists suggestions for 14 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British Pantomime - traditional in style but with a wholly original story. |
| Synopsis | The evil Sun Queen is determined to destroy the snowy kingdom of Snowalot, so King Belchalot and Queen Laughalot must set a quest - destroy the Sun Queen and win the hand of Princess Sneezalot! But the Princess herself is determined to go on the quest, as is the boy who loves her... |
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| Panto in the Jungle by David K Bainbridge & Michael Lucas |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 43. Chorus. Twelve principals plus chorus (some of whom are animals.) |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for 15 songs are made in the producer's copy of the script Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomimes (with all that entails) with a jungle setting. (First published February 2010, revised edition published May 2023.) |
| Synopsis | An original panto tale about Prince Mabooboo taking the throne of his tribe, only to be usurped by the evil witch doctor Witchetty Grub. Can Ginger and Nuts, Dame Doris and Cara Loft save the day? Of course they can. |
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Peggy's Pirate Panto by David and Fiona Barker
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 96 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script has spots for up to 16 songs and dances (plus overture and entr'acte), with some examples suggested in the producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime, traditional style, but an original story - albeit with many familiar pirate tropes thrown in. |
| Synopsis | Peggy wants to follow in the footsteps of her late pirate mother and recover her fabulous lost treasure, but her father wants to keep her safe. Sadly for him, the wicked pirate Captain Crook needs Peggy to get that treasure. |
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| Peter Pan - Youth Version by Rachael Ashworth |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 27. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 81 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 18 songs, including altered lyrics for one. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | An adaptation of J M Barrie's Peter Pan written to be performed by a mixed age group of young people to a family audience. |
| Synopsis | Wendy, Michael and John Darling accompany Peter Pan to Neverland, 'flying' through a scene using simple ultraviolet light effects. The lost boys greet them, along with Tiger Lily and (in a twist to the original) her tribe of bickering sisters and cute little brother. A gang of pirates provide comedy and lots of topical/child friendly banter. With audience participation, this is a show which has received rave reviews and standing ovations from the audiences it has been performed to.
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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| Peter Pan (The Panto) by James Barry |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. Characters include pirates, redskins, lost boys, mermaids, a rollerskating fairy and, of course, the crocodile. (This being a pantomime, there's a pantomime dame - in this case it's Tiger Lily.) Very flexible numbers, with choruses of various sorts. |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | James Barry's full-length British pantomime treatment of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Whilst it's done in a modern panto style, the story remains faithful to the original. Includes flying sequences. |
| Synopsis | Peter Pan and Tinkerbell the fairy lead Wendy Darling and her brothers on an adventure to Neverland, leading to the final showdown with Peter's enemy, Captain Hook (and Hook's enemy, the crocodile).
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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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
** DVD containing two animated flying sequences by Edward Haversham (to go with 'Peter Pan - the Panto' script by James Barry). The animations should be projected onto a gauze with the actors flown behind it. The animations are silent.
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Peter Panto by Suzan Holder
Awarded as 'Most Original Youth Production Concept', 2015, by the Association of Community Theatre (ACT) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 109 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | There are 15 song suggestions provided with the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime with songs and various settings. |
| Synopsis | An action-packed adaptation, which brings all the usual sorts of pantomime fun, together with song and dance whilst staying true to the original story.
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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| 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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