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| Saint Nicholas and the Three Purses of Gold by Timothy Hallett and Nicholas Richards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 9. Chorus. Technically, there are no characters - that is to say, it could be sung by a soloist. In practice, the intention is for the singing to be shared between several narrators and a chorus whilst the story is mimed by actors. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with a complete piano and vocal score. |
| Style | A sung story. (Technically, that makes it a Cantata, but don't let the fancy name put you off!) Does not require any set or props, but props could be used as part of a mime of the story. |
| Synopsis | Where does our modern Santa Claus come from? He's descended from legends of Saint Nicholas, the fourth century Bishop of Myra - legends such as this one! |
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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
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| Salem Witches by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. Characters cover a range of ages. Could be played by a youth theatre company or a mixed-age company. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for seven original songs are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Play with music. Structurally in two acts, but of one-act length (that is to say, it could form half an evening's entertainment!) |
| Synopsis | Historical drama, based on the events in Salem Massachusetts in 1692 when personal disputes spilled-over into accusations of witchcraft and the prosecution of numerous townsfolk. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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Samson - The Musical by Sue Gordon
Performance by Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts won the award for Best Junior Production at the Wilmslow Guild One Act Play Festival, 2008 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. Whilst the script doesn't specify a chorus, there are groups of 'Israelites' and 'Philistines' and 'Delilah's friends' whose numbers could be expanded. |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for 8 original songs are provided with the Producer's Copy of the script |
| Style | Humorous musical version of the story of Samson and Delilah. Simple sets, basic props (give or take the lion!). There is also a version of this script as a play. (The same script, without the songs.) |
| Synopsis | See the book of Judges, chapters 13 to 16 (give or take the bit where Delilah catches Samson with a jam jar, and with a cha-cha-cha for hairdressers). |
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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
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** High quality backing tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical. (Recording by Dave Watt of the Musical by Sue Gordon.)
** Vocal tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical by Sue Gordon. (Musical arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Jonny Ardern, Stuart Ardern and Leanne Cooper. Recording by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
** Zip file containing MP3 high quality backing tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical. (Recording by Dave Watt of the Musical by Sue Gordon.)
** Zip file of MP3 vocal tracks for the 8 songs (plus finale music) for Samson - the Musical by Sue Gordon. (Musical arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Jonny Ardern, Stuart Ardern and Leanne Cooper. Recording by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
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| A Savoy Christmas Carol by Nigel Holloway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. The main characters are adults, with a smattering of children. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | A Piano and Vocal score for all the 27 songs (with 22 orchestral pieces scored for multiple instruments) is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. The scores have deliberately kept away from extremes of vocal range. |
| Style | Operetta, setting the Charles Dickens story to the music of Arthur Sullivan. |
| Synopsis | A traditional re-telling of Dickens' classic story of the redemption of a miser, using pieces from many of Gilbert and Sullivan's musicals with original lyrics. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Additional copy of the Piano and Vocal Score for 'A Savoy Christmas Carol' in an A4 ring binder. Scores for 29 songs and 22 (orchestrated) instrumentals. (This is the same as the copy provided with the Producer's Copy of the script.)
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| SCInderella by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. It is assumed that this will be played as a pantomime, with the dame (in this case the ugly sisters) played by a male (doubling as both sisters) and the principal boy (Prince Charming) will be played by a female. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One popular song is suggested (for which additional lyrics for one verse are supplied in the producer's copy of the script). Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Small cast pantomime with integrated science content, designed to support the (English) National Curriculum Key Stages 2 and 3. (Not the whole of the curriculum, obviously!) Audience participation, slapstick, silliness and science. |
| Synopsis | Prince Charming is on the hunt for the girl of his dreams but the mean ugly sisters, Positivia and Negativia will try their best to stop Cinders from making it to the Ball. Along the way the audience and the characters learn all about pollination, separating mixtures, circuits, light and forces. With lots of audience participation, a fairy godmother and, like all good fairytales, a happy ending! |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
** MP3 backing track for I'm a Believer for use with the science pantomime SCInderella. (By arrangement with Sound-board.com)
** A four-page colour activity pack with jokes, games and puzzles to reinforce the Science from SCInderella. Ready to be downloaded from the internet (2.7MB file) and printed for your audience. (Content identical to the monochrome version.)
** A four-page black-and-white activity pack with jokes, games and puzzles to reinforce the Science from SCInderella. Ready to be downloaded from the internet (2.7MB file) and printed for your audience. (Content identical to the colour version.)
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| Scrooge's Christmas Carol by Darren Humphries |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains suggestions (and new lyrics) for five songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Mid-length, British pantomime. A comic rendition of Dickens' Christmas melodrama. |
| Synopsis | The Dickens tale with some huge liberties taken to make it as much of a pantomime as possible!
Scrooge and his housekeeper Lottie the Hottie go on a ghostly journey through the past, present and future in an attempt to make the old skinflint change his ways. |
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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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| Shadowdancer by Wesley A. Knoch |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 26. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for 9 songs and three instrumentals are supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical for teenagers. (Structured in two acts, but of one-act length.) Minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Rocky, the bullying leader of his gang, is led into a scary world of shadows, where he learns that he needs to pay his dues... |
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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
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| Sheer Luck Holmes by Bob Heather and Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 19. Minimum total without doubling = 25. Chorus. Nine principals, three cameos, various chorus roles (for adults and juniors) and a pantomime dog. |
| Run Time | Around 112 minutes. [Estimated!] [Estimated run time allows for 16 songs.] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script contains suggestions for 16 songs, with original lyrics for three of them. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime treatment of Conan Doyle's great detective. Originally published in 2012, with a reworked version published in August 2017. |
| Synopsis | Pantomime with a capital P! All of the familiar panto ingredients and characters are here as the goodies all join together to solve the mysterious case of the missing art works. Holmes is assisted by his housekeeper Dottie the dame, the frustrated inventor of fantastical gadgets, and Baskerville the pantomime dog, in his quest to thwart baddies Mary Arty and Hudson the butcher whose sausages are not all they seem. The story moves at pace to the happy ending with quickfire repartee, reminiscent of Abbot and Costello coupled with lots of action, audience participation, song and dance, a love story and lashings of corny jokes. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| The Sheriff Of Council Flats by Hilary Mackelden |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 33. Chorus. Includes a Grizzly Bear and a horse. |
| Run Time | Around 130 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 14 songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | British pantomime with a Wild West setting. |
| Synopsis | The town of Council Flats is plagued by Six Gun the Outlaw and his band, and there's no sign of the man sent to bring the cavalry. Frank and his sister Jessie are accidentally made Sherriff and deputy - can they save the town? Panto fun out west. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Sherlock Holmes - The Panto by Jenny Gilbert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 11. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 43. Chorus. Mrs. Hudson as Pantomime Dame, Charlie (the hero) assumed to be played by a female as a 'principal boy'. Lots of 'cameo roles' and a pantomime dog! |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script contains a list of 12 suggested songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | Unconventional pantomime, parodying Conan Doyle. A variety of characters, a Holmsian plot, plenty of spectacle, songs, dances and a magic trick. |
| Synopsis | In the foggy streets of London, somebody is murdering umpires, Princess Freda is in jeopardy and Queen Victoria is not amused. Could this be a dastardly plot from arch villain Moriarty? And why is there a sudden outbreak of false moustaches? Inspector Semaphore and Sergeant Dull are baffled. Sherlock Holmes and the trusty Watson are on the case, but one step ahead of them is Charlie, the leader of the Baker Street Irregulars, and a canine catastrophe called Baskerville. |
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** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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