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Big Top Barry by Brent Alles
Published: 19 February 2025
Production by Eclectic Full Contact Theatre, Chicago, IL, Playground Festival 2024, Audience Choice Award Winner
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 24 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA simple story with a strong moral message and plenty of animal-themed fun. American English.
SynopsisThe Linguini Brothers Circus's most famous act is Lionel the lion whose roar thrills and chills crowds wherever he goes. Lionel's young son, Barry, can't roar like his dad and needs to find what he can do to be a star on his own.
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Cassandra by David Morrison
Published: 19 February 2025
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 115 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA very engaging full-length historical thriller, with plenty of twists and turns and a mystery that will leave audiences with plenty to discuss.
Synopsis1941. The staff at Bletchley Park are overworked and understaffed in their mission to decode German naval messages. A new girl, Cassandra, demonstrates an incredible ability which can speed up the process - only to mysteriously disappear. As the clock ticks on the fate of a large convoy, a desperate search gets under way to find her, and to determine if an enemy agent is operating amongst the codebreakers.
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King Mac by Rob Ricards
Published: 19 February 2025
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The witches might be assumed female, but Shakespeare says they have beards (which of course was a joke as well as an insult, since in his theatre company they would have been played by men).
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy sketch, having fun with Shakespeare's Macbeth.
SynopsisThe three witches are concocting a potion, with the Thane of Cawdor's underwear as the key ingredient. They have a prophecy for King Mac, but will need payment first.
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Cinderella [Version 4] by James Barry
Published: 13 February 2025
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. Nine principals plus (non-speaking but singing and dancing) chorus.
Run TimeAround 108 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNine songs are suggested (others may be used at the discretion of the production). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StyleFull-length British pantomime - comedy, magic and mayhem, told well with plenty of good jokes.
SynopsisThe classic rags-to-riches (kitchen to palace) story brought to the stage with a 1920s seaside setting, with mainly appropriate Jazz Age-style songs and a dream sequence Swan Lake ballet for the Wicked Stepsisters.
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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The Thursday Night Ladies' Club by John Ford
Published: 7 February 2025
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 108 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFull-length play in a single set, structured in four acts (covering four different evenings in the same pub).
SynopsisA group of women meet every month in their local pub. Whether it's quiz night, a disco, or a Christmas do, what they're really going for is each other's company. But their differing attitudes, particularly between the bullish Helen and the eco-warrior Amanda, often cause conflict.
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The Pink Posy Guide to Writing Romance by Fiona and David Barker
Published: 6 February 2025
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA funny comedy monologue, satarising (poor) romance writing.
SynopsisMarjorie is giving a talk to prospective writers of romance novels about how to write the more intimate scenes, but has little sexual experience herself and is prone to over-excitement.
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Endings by Bob Hartwell
Published: 23 January 2025
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 55 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleAn engaging drama with nuanced characters and a satisfying payoff. Structurally in two acts, but of one-act length. Single (living room) set.
SynopsisElderly widower Peter Cresswell is perfectly happy with his house and garden, but his son and daughter-in-law, in need of money to bail out their troubled business, are pushing for him to sell it. His daughter Catherine and neighbour Susan are more supportive, but Catherine’s marriage is on the rocks and Susan has untold secrets.
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The Game of Murder by Deborah Hugill
Published: 23 January 2025
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 50 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA finely crafted piece offering a new twist on the murder mystery. Single set, divided into three working areas - two permanent, furnished locations and a flexible area for other scenes.
SynopsisDCI Waddington and his team have an unconventional approach to solving crime, and new arrival DC Knight will really have to learn to play the game their way if they are going to send the killer directly to jail without passing Go.
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Benchmarks by Bob Hartwell
Published: 21 January 2025
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 90 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleThe classic park bench set is the starting point for a gently funny and satisfying script that gives strong roles for six actors.
SynopsisAround an ordinary park bench on a November day, the stories of six people intersect - an old lady determined to make trouble, a paranoid and overworked park keeper, a teenage mother anxious to meet a stranger, a jogger desperate to get fit, a businessman secretively making notes, and a married woman keen to deceive her husband.
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Dominico Hall by David Winfield
Published: 21 January 2025
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 26 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA good drama with some thoughtful consideration of homelessness. Easy to stage on a single set (an abandoned chapel, which can be indicated by very little furniture).
SynopsisTwo young vagrants with a slightly older mentor find themselves in an abandoned seminary building. As they discover more about the place and each other, their place of refuge is interrupted by the arrival of two security guards.
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