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| A Pair of Vents by Peter Appleton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. At least one of the ventrilloquists' dummies is female, but, when all's said and done, they are supposed to be ventrilloquists' dummies. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. No set (could be done front-of-curtain with just a couple of chairs). |
| Synopsis | Two ventriloquists and their 'dummies' give us a very funny exchange of verbal dexterity, to the point at which the dummies take over the act. |
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| Palindrome by Scott Kingsnorth |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 29 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act, palindromic drama |
| Synopsis | Set a dystopian factory, where the senseless make-work is disturbed only by the enforced dancing and the occasional new arrival, we discover that things can change and still stay the same. |
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| Palmy Balmy Days by Richard Morris |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. All characters are senior citizens. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script suggests music and songs - including gospel songs, spirituals and hymns. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Long one-act play (or a full-length play designed to be played as a single act). Single (minimal) set, few props. Contains swearing and recreational vegetation. |
| Synopsis | On the threshold of the afterlife, Divine Intervention greets the newly arrived (or recently departed), the start of a reconciliation process, and a review of the lot each was dealt in life.
A meditation on the vagaries of getting old and the expectations, frustrations and disappointments of the participants. |
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| Panda Solution by David Lovesy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. No set required. |
| Synopsis | An expert in breeding pandas in captivity explains a radical new programme... |
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| Pandemonium by Jonny Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Whilst most of the denizens of the nether-world are written male, they could, with just a few changes of personal pronoun, be played female. Characters include Cerberus, the three-headed dog. Flexible chorus of demons. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A somewhat divine comedy! Multiple settings, but minimal staging requirements |
| Synopsis | Azaeus is unhappy with his lot. He wants more from being a demon - a look at the Devil's record collection, for a start. He is, after all, reputed to have the best tunes. Azaeus rallies the legions of Hell and they overthrow Satan in an exorcism ceremony. But with Satan gone, Hell begins to collapse, and it's not long before Azaeus has to go to Heaven to beg a favour from the Almighty... |
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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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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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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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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Panto in the Stone Age by David K Bainbridge & Michael Lucas |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Nineteen songs are suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length pantomime with various settings. |
| Synopsis | It is the year 10,000 BC and the Mayoress of Sandstone Hills is celebrating her birthday. Granny Granite is baking the perfect birthday cake, but the evil Chief of Police and his two Constables have a scheme to ruin the day. When the Mayoress falls dangerously ill, Granny Granite, her son Flint and their pet dinosaur Rex must find an antidote. |
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| The Panto of the Opera by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions with a dame played by a man and the principal boy played by a girl. Also includes cameo appearances by Toulouse-Lautrec and a pantomime horse. |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music (piano and vocal) for 12 original songs is supplied with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | English pantomime - a fantastic tale (in this case based on the gothic horror story 'The Phantom of the Opera') told with songs, jokes, puns and slapstick. |
| Synopsis | Mysterious goings-on at the Paris Opera house - the new owner discovers that her premises are threatened with closure by villainous English Lord, Frank Lee, that she is under perpetual scrutiny from a Health and Safety inspector and that the Opera House is haunted by the mysterious Phantom, who seems to be giving singing lessons to Christine, a newcomer who has attracted the attention of the wealthy patron, Raoul. Not only that, but the owner is under siege from a stream of composers who want to pitch ideas for new shows to her (some of which might sound a little familiar) and, what's more, a gold statue has gone missing from the roof. Can Raoul save Christine from the Phantom? Can anyone save the Opera House from Frank? |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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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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