Full-Length, Full-Cast Pantomimes
Pantos with large casts (generally flexible, by means of a chorus) and a run-time of more than an hour.
These are intended to be shows suitable for family audiences.
(Sometimes, that is a judgement call - some jokes that go down well in one production will not suit a different audience. Read the scripts and see!)
Full-Length, Small-Cast Pantos
These are shows
designed to be produced by small companies.
We've defined this as any panto which can be done by a cast of 15 or fewer and without a requirement for a chorus!
These are all designed as family shows (but again, we recommend that you read them first to see if they will suit your audience).
Risqué Pantomimes
These shows generally contain a high level of innuendo or other content which may not suit a family audience.
Mid-Length Pantomimes
Shows with run-times of 20 to 75 minutes (so generally the length of a one-act play). Many originally written for schools, but frequently performed by a wide variety of other organisations!
Family Shows
An alternative to pantomime. These shows share some of the characteristics of panto - they are family shows which would fit in a pantomime slot, but could play equally well at other times (as they are not tied to the pantomime season!)
Panto Shorts (non-rhyming)
Shows running at less than 20 minutes and not in verse.
Rhyming Pantomimes
These are generally short
pantomimes written in rhyming couplets.
Pantomimes by Theme
Other themes are available! These are just some....
Aladdin - see also
Tales from the 1001 Nights
Ancient History (Greece, Rome, Egypt...)
Arthurian Romance (a good Knight's entertainment)
Beauty (including
Sleeping
and with
The Beast)
Cats (associated with Whittington, Boots and others)
Cinderella
Hood (Robin, Red Riding, Babes in the Wood...)
Jack and the Beanstalk
Mother Goose
Pirates (Treasure Island, Peter Pan, etc.)
Science Fiction
Snow White
Victoriana (Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Sherlock Holmes...)
The
Wild West
Music with Pantomimes
Pantomime is a form of variety entertainment and therefore music often forms a part of such shows.
We deal with this in a variety of ways. Usually, the songs are optional, but they vary from suggestions
for using popular songs to music written especially for the show. If you are after a particular approach to music, try one of the following...
Pantos with song suggestions
Pantos with some sheet music
Pantomimes with a complete set of sheet music
Pantomimes for which music CDs are available