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| The Pied Piper [Version 5] by Steve Shaw |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 24. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions for 15 songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime. |
| Synopsis | A new look at the traditional story, with pantomime action and songs. The Piper weaves his magic to thwart the sneaky Town Treasurer and get the girl of his dreams. |
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| The Pied Piper of Hamelin - A Question of Rats by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. Very flexible numbers. Whilst the mayor is addressed as 'Mr Mayor', there is no other reason for that role or any other to be of specific gender. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for kids. |
| Synopsis | The Mayor of Hamelin needs a plan to rid the town of a gang of disagreeable rats. He decides to offer a reward for their removal and the challenge is successfully taken up by a mysterious pipe-playing stranger. However the Mayor's popularity among the celebrating townsfolk takes a downturn when he refuses to pay the stranger and the town's children go the way of the rats. Is there another plan? Apparently not. |
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| The Pied Piper of Spamtin by S. J. Edwards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 25. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 31 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Anarchic one-act play for children, based on the folk tale. Minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | The town of Spamtin is being overrun by rats, but the treasury is empty. Can the mayor find a solution to the problem that doesn’t require payment up front? Or will Honest Joe use the vermin problem to become the new mayor? |
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| The Pied Piper by Bob Heather |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions are assumed, with Heidi the pantomime dame played by a man and Ralf, the principal boy, played by a young woman. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Two sets of lyrics supplied with the script, all other songs are at the discretion of the producer. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | English pantomime - comedy, silliness and puns!
[Originally published in 2006, revised edition published 2012.] |
| Synopsis | Hamlin is over-run with rats, too many for the Councillors Hans and Nees to deal with so the Council decide to respond to an advert in the local paper for a Piper who claims to be able to rid anywhere of four-legged pests. Unfortunately the Mayor can't afford to pay, so the Piper runs off with the Mayor's daughter Greta and the village children. Will Ralf and the other villagers be able to rescue Greta and the children from the Piper before it's too late? |
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| A Pig is a Pig is a Pig by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Nominally three men and three women, but the genders of the characters are not integral to the story (and have been changed from the original short story), so they can be switched around as required. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play. Single set (the front desk of Acme Express Shipping Company). |
| Synopsis | When Mary Flannery receives a shipment of guinea pigs, she is forced to keep them whilst a dispute over shipping fees is settled. Guinea pigs breed quickly, however, and soon she has more than she can handle...
Based on an original story by Ellis Parker Butler. |
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A Pig Tale by Kevin Jannetts
Production by Loch Duich Primary School won Adjudicator's special award. South West Ross District Youth SCDA Festival 2016. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. The chorus is the sort that rushes on to perform songs and dances in various guises! Most of the roles are gender-neutral, although one of the pigs is called Maureen and the wolf is called Alan, both of which tend to be specific. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] (This allows 20 minutes for 11 songs/dances.) |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions for 11 songs/dances Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | One-act family comedy show with music. A fairytale send-up. Contains Scottish accents! |
| Synopsis | The story of the Three Pigs gets a revamp in this Scots story, allowing a couple of Narrators to bring the story to life with anthropomorphic pigs struggling to find a story they can take part in to keep their deal with a Fairy Solicitor. Add in a Big Bad Wolf called Alan, and it all works out fine in the end. |
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| Pinocchio [Version 2] by Dawn Cairns |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 25. Minimum total without doubling = 28. Chorus. Chorus size can be flexible |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] Variable timing with your choice of songs. |
| Music | Producer's copy contains 17 song suggestions Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A traditional full length Pantomime in two acts retelling the story of Pinnochio, including songs, dances and plenty of audience participation. |
| Synopsis | This family show is brought to life with plenty of pantomime characters, including a wicked witch, fairies and dame Mamma Macaroni who indulge in lots of knockabout fun. |
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| Pinocchio [Version 3] by Andrew O'Leary |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at Producer's discretion |
| Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length pantomime in two acts re-telling the story of Pinocchio, and including a dame. |
| Synopsis | Gepetto is a talented puppetmaker, but he really wants a son. Using the last of his money he makes a wonderful puppet and wish. Now Pinocchio has to fulfil Gepetto’s wish, avoid temptation and become a real boy - Pantomime style! |
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| The Piper Of Hamelin by Steven Allen |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion. Nucleus of principal characters plus some excellent opportunities for comic cameos. |
| Run Time | Around 118 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Suggestions for 14 songs are included 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 packed with verbal and visual comedy. |
| Synopsis | A sparkling original treatment of the story of the fabled Rat Charmer in which the infestation of Hamelin is tangled with a sourcerer's attempts to gain control of a magical flute. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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Pipkin and the Angel by Geoff Bamber
Production by Chelford Junior Players won the Best Junior Play at Chelford Drama Festival 2014 & Best Junior individual Performance (for Cappuccino Angel) at Wilmslow Guild One-Act Play Festival. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Some of the characters are written with specific gender but can be changed very easily. More flexibility in numbers is possible by expanding or contracting the number of villagers, mechanics and police. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for kids. No specific set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Pipkin is down on his luck. He really should turn over a new leaf and give up a deeply unsuccessful life of crime. Can he change his ways when he accidentally meets the similarly luckless Cappuccino Angel? The answer would seem to be no, even with the Angel's boss on the case. |
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