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| The Strictly Talent Factory by David Pemberton |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. Intended for a youth theatre group, but could well be performed by adults or a company of mixed ages. |
| Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The script suggests 10 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Comedy play with (suggested) songs. In length it's on the boundary between a one-act play and a full-length play (it could occupy a full evening or be paired with a shorter piece). Structurally in two acts. |
| Synopsis | A musical play with energy, fizz, music and dance. In a world dominated by television talent competitions two families with great ambition battle it out for the ultimate prize of celebrity. The Lemons and the Greens continue a long-running feud with each other on to a TV talent show. With an astute use of Shakespearian themes and quotations ('the perfect antidote to all this madness') along with imaginative settings and flashbacks we are taken on a modern journey with a wry and satirical comment on reality television and the culture of celebrity. |
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| Stromboli the Puppet Master by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Principal characters nominally adults (give or take a wooden puppet and a cat). Chorus could be mixed adults and children. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Song suggestions included in the Producer's Copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Magic, evil villains, jokes and a talking cat. An unconventional pantomime (without a doe-eyed heroine). |
| Synopsis | Geppetto makes Pinocchio, whom the Blue Fairy brings alive. Pinocchio is tricked into joining Stromboli's puppet show. He overhears Stromboli's plan to marry, then kill the Duchess Chloroform, so Stromboli must get rid of him. Pinocchio escapes, and Stromboli chases him into the wood, where the Weird Sisters protect him and get their revenge on Stromboli. Pinocchio, achieves his greatest wish to become a real boy. Everybody is happy - Hurrah! |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Suite 145 by Paul Bovino |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. There is no overlap between the characters in the four plays - which does not exclude the possibility that they are played by the same actors. |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collection of 4 one-act plays, each with a single (New York apartment) setting. The plays function independently, so could be performed separately or together. Contains swearing (but only as an incidental attribute of character, situation and comedy). |
| Synopsis | Four plays, linked by the setting - Suite 145 - a New York apartment address (although it is not necessarily the same building!) The plays take place in different eras, with different occupants and certainly different tastes in decor! |
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| Sunshine on my Shoulder by John Peel |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One well-known song is suggested to be played at the ending. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A full-length drama about a holiday to Tenerife - though able to be performed with minimal sets. |
| Synopsis | The final sale of the family business has just been confirmed, and Thomas is off on a golfing holiday with his wife Pru and their friends Guy and Sally. But things aren’t quite as they seem for Guy and Pru. |
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| Surprise Me Darling by Bob Heather |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. There are four or five 'extras' specied in the script but not included in the cast numbers here. They appear only at the end of the final scene. (These might be omitted if the rest of the cast make enough impact!) |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full length domestic comedy. Single living-room set. Contains swearing and mild adult themes. |
| Synopsis | John and Chrissie have been married for nearly two years. With a pending anniversary, buying presents has never been John's good point, so he tries the easy way out by trying to give Chrissie the money to by her own present. Chrissie insists that she would prefer a surprise. After a rushed dinner party where everything goes wrong, John decides to change his ways and surprise Chrissie more often, but he finds the element of surprise is not easy to master.
'This witty comedy will have you wincing at times with the near pin-point accuracy of the relationship comments it makes. It is sure to delight audiences in search of a great nights entertainment.' - Amateur Stage |
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| Surprise! Surprise! by Philippa Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. Nine on-stage characters plus six off-stage voices (which could be recorded). |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A fun comedy with a variety of strong characters, who are all developed well over the play. A good balance of verbal and physical humour, and of comedy and drama. |
| Synopsis | Jess's son has arranged a weekend getaway in a Derbyshire cottage for her seventieth birthday, with surprise guests in attendance. The problem is, neither her husband nor the son have bothered to turn up themselves, and the guests he's randomly picked from her contacts aren't the ones she'd have chosen to spend her special day with. |
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| The Swan Princess by Dave Jeanes |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Production notes list recommended songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British Pantomime, based on Swan Lake. Magic, an evil villain, slapstick and running gags! |
| Synopsis | Rothbart the sorcerer has turned Odette into a part-time swan. Fairy Truelove contrives to break his spell with the help of Prince Otto, Chester the Jester and dame Griselda Pudding. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| The Sword in the Stone by Tina & Robert Burbidge |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. The usual panto flexibility with gender assignment! |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for 12 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime, full of jokes, parodies and spectacle. |
| Synopsis | The story of England's Greatest King gets a reworking, panto style. When humble page Arthur pulls a sword from a stone, he should become king, but jealous Mordred, aided by his witch of a mother, has other ideas and steals the throne. Can Merlin and Arthur's friends save the day? |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Tainted Love by Johnny Grim |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Thirteen song suggestions, to be played between scenes. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | An irreverent full-length comedy for adults with a single (living room) setting. Potentially offensive language. |
| Synopsis | Julie has invited her friends Vanessa, Sheila, and Carol over to her house, on the pretence of showing off her recently installed gazebo. Unbeknownst to her friends, Julie has something far more tantalising to share with them. |
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| Talking in the Library by Jackie Carreira |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 86 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length play with a single (library) setting. |
| Synopsis | The disparate group of regulars at the library along with the librarian and his assistant discover things about each other, and perhaps more importantly themselves and their relationships, over the course of a few weeks. |
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