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| Aladdin and the Wishing Tree by Peter Nuttall |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions apply. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Production notes include suggestions for two songs (and lyrics for one of them). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime for a small cast. Fast-paced verbal comedy. |
| Synopsis | A twisted tale of lamps, genies and wishes - not the regular Aladdin story, even though it contains most of the common elements! |
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| The Beauty Sleeping by Peter Nuttall |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. It's a pantomime, so the gender of various characters is open to a wide interpretation. In any case, one of them is a cat. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | British pantomime. |
| Synopsis | A novel reworking of the classic Sleeping Beauty tale that includes a precognitive goblin, a money-obsessed king, a wicked witch, a good witch and a talking cat. |
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| Cinderella [Small Cast Version] by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. The monster could be doubled by the actor playing the fairy. The off-stage voice might be recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script does without songs (or song suggestions), but productions may add songs if they feel it appropriate. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A version of the classic fairytale, for a scmall cast,, adapted (shortened) from TLC Creative's popular full-length, large cast version. Presented in one act but a production could be split into two acts, particularly if lengthened by songs. |
| Synopsis | Cinderella lives a life of drudgery, bullied by her horrible Ugly sisters, Salmonella and Listeria. Her only comfort is her pal Buttons! Prince Charming is holding a ball to meet his bride to be. Can this be the chance that Cinders has been waiting for? Despite the best efforts of her two malicious Ugly Sisters, Cinderella shall go to the ball with the help of her Magical Fairy Godmother! |
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| Cinderella and the Pantomime Thief by Peter Nuttall |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Lots of flexibility in the casting - Cinderella and the Witch are female, Abanaza, Wiggle and Buttons are male, after that you can decide whether the Ugly Sisters should be played by men and Prince Charming female as a 'principal boy'. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | There are opportunities for songs in this show, but the author leaves the details to the discretion of the production team! Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Small cast English pantomime (based on a collision of traditional pantomime stories). |
| Synopsis | The Wicked Witch and Abanazer are trying to take over the world, but which one of them is behind the string of panto prop thefts? Can policeman Buttons solve the wicked crime and help the Prince marry Cinders, or will he marry her himself? Much fun is had with a few panto conventions in this unconventional panto. |
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| Cinderella and the Velvet Slipper by Peter Nuttall |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | There are a few suggestions for songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A British panto for a small cast, this new look at the old favourite Cinderella launches into action from the off with lots of jokes both old and new. |
| Synopsis | All of the customary characters are here - the ugly sisters of course, Dandini and his wicked step brother, the less than charming Prince Charming. Buttons joins in as usual (but this Buttons' mother is Cinderella's witchy godmother, Toggles). Add in a fed up King Charming (along with the Town Clerk! and Toggles' potions), loads of action, jokes and audience participation and here we have a recipe for a bracing and intriguing new slant on an old favourite. |
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Dick Whittington [Version 11] by James Barry
Best Seller Nominated for Best Script in the Great British Panto Awards 2020 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. It's a pantomime. Make your own mind up as to who plays what. Some doubling is essential - a running visual joke. |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 15 songs & dances. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length panto for a small cast (or small group of principals and non-speaking chorus). |
| Synopsis | Dick Whittington falls for Alice Fitzwarren and becomes a proxy in Fairy Bow Bells' war with King Rat. Having met with a cat and some success working for Alderman Fitzwarren, Dick is taken on a sea voyage with Captain Horatio Barnacle (who bears a striking resemblance to Alderman Fitzwarren) and, after a shipwreck, meets the Sultan of Morocco (who bears a striking resemblance to Alderman Fitzwarren). |
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| Excalibur - The Pantomime by Ralph Summers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. Characters include a gorilla! |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | All songs at the discretion of the Producer (no suggestions given in the script). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime - jokes, mayhem and magic, including the legendary 'Glastonbury Cabinet'. |
| Synopsis | King Arthur takes Guinevere out into the country to celebrate their wedding anniversary, leaving Lancelot in charge of the Throne and Aunt Philly in charge of the preparations for the party. Excalibur is left in the care of Trainee Knights Sir Endor and Sir Price. The wicked Mordred sneaks into Camelot with a parchment that says the rightful king is whoever sits on the throne holding Excalibur. He tricks the knights and gets the sword, but is foiled by Merlin and his magical cabinet, restoring order just in time for the royal couple's return. |
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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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| The King Arthur Show [90 Minute Version] by David Edkins |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. There's a lot of flexibility in who plays what, especially when it comes to Henry the bipedal horse and the The Questing Beast (a terrible monster, snake head and leopard body). Production notes include how to swap two female characters to male, |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] Run time assumes the use of 8 songs. |
| 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 full-length pantomime for a small cast. (A longer version for a larger cast is also available.) |
| Synopsis | All is peaceful in the Kingdom of Camelot. No naughty knights have tried to take over for ages. If only King Arthur would stop trying to get a sneaky look at his present and a sneaky taste of his cake before his birthday. However, the evil Morgana is being a bit mean again, and only a man whose name definitely isn't Wayne can stop her. But beware the Questing Beast! |
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| Mixed-Up Mother Goose by Karen Doling |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. The chorus appears mainly for the opening and closing songs. (The director could choose to make greater use of the chorus with additional songs and dances or to dispense with it altogether.) Otherwise, the usual pantomime juxtapositions, plus a cat! |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for five songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length British pantomime for a small(ish) cast. A gentle, modern interpretation of a traditional story. |
| Synopsis | The tale of Mother Goose, swindled out of her golden egg-laying goose by her own desire for youth, but aided this time by Dick Whittington, on his way to London. |
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