|
| John Lennon Assembly by Sue Russell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 58. No chorus. Lots of cast flexibility! |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script includes suggestions for musical interludes. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Short assembly piece for a full cast of children. No specific set requirements (give or take the representation of a bed!). |
| Synopsis | A short review of the life of John Lennon, looking at where he fitted in to the twentieth century. Written to support the English National Curriculum Key Stage Two, History Unit 20 - What can we learn about recent history from studying the life of a famous person? |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Jonah And The Giant Fish by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short biblical story play, in three scenes, for children. |
| Synopsis | A re-telling of Jonah and his reluctance to preach to the people of Ninevah. Or - The one that didn't get away! |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Joseph And The Truth Stick by Roger Hurn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 33. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one-act drama ideal for school assemblies. |
| Synopsis | In this cautionary tale of Ancient Egypt, Joseph is able to use his wisdom and guile to determine who had stolen the Pharaoh’s priceless gemstone. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Josephine And Her Sisters by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 13. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 29. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Narrated biblical epic with a twist! One act, no specific set requirements. |
| Synopsis | You've heard about Joseph and his coat of many colours... but who made the coat? Find out in Josephine And Her Sisters (and the Amazing Organically-Dyed Fashion Collection) |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Josh's Wall by Ian Elmslie |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Teenage cast recommended. |
| Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A thought-provoking short play, for GCSE level students. |
| Synopsis | Three friends meet up on Christmas Day to discuss the death of their friend. What does it mean, and why did they not know it was coming? And what would people say about them if they died? |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Feedback | Click here to find out what other customers said about this script. |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Journey of a Plastic Bag by Jenny Gilbert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Characters are a mix of adults and children, assumed to be played by children. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for an overture and 8 songs/dances. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Minimalist presentation, in which the workings of the theatre - scene changes, particularly - are exposed to the audience. Simple story interspersed with songs/dances. |
| Synopsis | We follow the lifecycle of a plastic bag, from manufacture, through multiple uses to final disposal and recycling. A vehicle for environmental awareness. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| The Journey of the Magi [Verse] by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 21. No chorus. There are options to double some parts, to split the narrator's role amongst multiple players and to add a non-speaking chorus.
The characters include a camel. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Rhyming nativity play (from the perspective of the Magi). Lightly humorous take. No set requirements, simple props (give or take the camel). |
| Synopsis | The story of the Three Kings told as a rhyming Chrismas story. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| A Journey to Oz by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. Lots of scope for choruses of munchkins, wolves, crows and bees! |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Rhyming (non-musical) version of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. Multiple locations, but can be staged as simply as necessary! |
| Synopsis | A tornado plucks Dorothy Gale from Kansas and drops her and, more significantly (from the perspective of a tendancy to squish), her house, on top of a despised witch. Two quests follow (as do a scarecrow, a tin man and a lion), before she is able to return home. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Journey To The End Of The Rainbow by Sian Nixon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 30. Chorus. Additional cast members can be included in the non-speaking roles. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A family fantasy show with colourful settings. |
| Synopsis | Young Lenita's quest to find the end of the rainbow is prompted by her family's poverty. Her fantasy journey through the colours of the rainbow takes her through various lands and dangerous adventures, ultimately fulfilling her dreams. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|
|
| Jungle Book by Debbie Chalmers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. Many parts could be male or female, and some doubled, at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] This is dependent on the optional use of music suggestions. |
| Music | Ten songs are suggested in the Producer's copy of the script, but are not essential to the production. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length drama for children, with optional music and dance, and various (simple) settings. |
| Synopsis | Faithful to Kipling's work, the story of Mowgli's life in the jungle and his interaction with his jungle friends comes to the stage. The world of man with beasts, as well as his constant battle with tiger Shere Khan, is brought to vivid life - in an action-packed plot. |
| Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
| Click here to read the script or Click here for more details. |
|