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Peter Panto by Suzan Holder
Awarded as 'Most Original Youth Production Concept', 2015, by the Association of Community Theatre (ACT) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 28. Minimum total without doubling = 35. Chorus. Variable chorus size at the Producer's discretion. |
| Run Time | Around 109 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | There are 15 song suggestions provided with the Producer's copy of this script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full length pantomime with songs and various settings. |
| Synopsis | An action-packed adaptation, which brings all the usual sorts of pantomime fun, together with song and dance whilst staying true to the original story.
Note that as with all adaptations of Peter Pan, we pay half the author's royalties to Great Ormond Street Hospital |
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| The Pied Piper of Hamelin [Version 2] by Hilary Mackelden |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Most of the characters are written male, but this is panto and nobody will mind if genders are switched! Chorus of rats, dogs and cats is intended to be played by children, |
| Run Time | Around 140 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script contains places for fourteen songs, suggestions for most of which are included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime. A full-length show, with very simple sets, so easy to stage in a non-standard environment. |
| Synopsis | The classic tale of the Pied Piper told in panto style with a happy ending!
Hamelin's greedy mayor is up for re-election, and when the town is invaded by rats, he hires a piper to get rid of them, but then he won't pay up. |
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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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| The Pirate Princess by Sharon Hulm |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 20. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 88 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | 15 songs are suggested in the producer's copy of the script, with altered lyrics for 2 of them. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length pantomime with various settings. |
| Synopsis | Princess Aurora finally finds her one true love only to lose him after all the men in his village are pressganged by the Pirate King. There is only one thing any self-respecting - and ethical - Princess can do: steal Daddy’s flagship and go after the Pirate King. |
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| The Prince and the Pussycat by Jon Dwyer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 18. Chorus. Lots of flexibility in the casting. There is no formal role for a pantomime dame, but the Queen could be cast as a dame (as could Primrose!) Likewise, the prince could be played by a female as a pantomime principal boy. Cast includes several mice! |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] Length could be increased using additional songs. |
| Music | A few songs are suggested in the producer's copy of the script. More could be added at the discretion of the production team! Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Mid-length British Pantomime. Magic, jokes and a slapstick decorating scene! |
| Synopsis | Polly Perkins is clearly destined to marry Prince Oliver, but there's a problem - the bad fairy has turned her into a cat. Will true love run its course, or will she just have to content herself with eating the palace mice? |
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| Puss in Boots (Full Cast) by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Characters include an ogre, a talking cat and a pantomime donkey! Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music to two songs and a set of simple fanfares supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. Other songs suggested in the production notes. |
| Style | British Pantomime. Strong characters, packed with puns, sight gags, running jokes and slapstick. |
| Synopsis | Tom, the hero, is bequeathed a cat in his father's will. An unusual cat. A cat with the gift of the gab. A gift for getting Tom into trouble - and out of it again in his quest to marry a princess. |
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Puss in Boots [Version 2] by tlc Creative
Best Seller Performance by Huncote Amateur Theatrical Society won several 'Pantomime Alliance' awards in 2008 (including 2nd place in panto of the year). |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 31. Chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions are assumed - the Principal Boy is played by a girl, the dame is played by a man. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions with new lyrics are included in the producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Full-length traditional British pantomime - a struggle between good and evil, a leavening of magic, a lot of jokes, a bit of slapstick and a talking cat. That sort of thing. |
| Synopsis | Jack, the miller's son has been left with just the family cat in his father's will and although he has great ambitions it is unlikely he will amount to much! Things soon change with the arrival of his Auntie Hettie and the revelation that Puss can talk (and look pretty fetching in a pair of boots)! Soon Jack, Auntie and Puss are embroiled in a complex scheme to persuade the King and Queen that Jack (masquerading as the Marquis of Carabas) is suitable husband material for the beautiful Princess. But first they will have to contend with a jealous noble suitor a pair of dastardly henchmen, and a hideous shape-shifting Ogre! |
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| Puss in Boots [Version 3] by Dave Jeanes |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Cast include the usual pantomime juxtapositions (Dame played by a male, principal boy by a female) plus, of course, the hero is a talking cat! |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for songs (but not sheet music). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime, complete with a magical cat! Some complex - but rewarding! - plots and routines. |
| Synopsis | Swindled out of his rightful inheritance by his older brothers, Peter is left with a handful of coins and the mill cat. He rescues Princess Pamela from a kidnap attempt and becomes the Marquis of Carabas to win her hand. |
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| Reading by Firelight by Margaret Histed |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Range of (playing) ages from 'the twins' aged eight to their seventy-year-old grandfather. (The twins need not be identical, nor of the same gender.) |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A touching short play (three 'acts', but a total time of only 15 minutes). Single domestic set - mainly indicated by a few essential props. Contains one mild swear-word (which can be dropped at the direcor's discretion). |
| Synopsis | Eddie's family surprise him with a party on his seventieth birthday, but there's a row and his granddaughter leaves suddenly. She returns later to open her heart to the old man and gain some understanding. |
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| Rhyme for Reason by Madeline A. Stringer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with a single (living room) setting. Some strong language. |
| Synopsis | Carrie is coping with caring not only for her gently demented mother but also for two teenage children and a useless husband. Her daily grind is brought to life and all ends in harmony as everyone starts to pull together. |
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