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Warm, Hot, Getting Hotter by Lou Treleaven Winner, Wimbledon Playfest 2014 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 27 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy, with a strange restaurant setting. |
Synopsis | It gradually becomes clear that the oddly decorated restaurant, the strange waiter, and the very hot food are not what they seem... Each of these diners has a past that they may really be regretting. |
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Watch This Space [Comedy Play] by Karrena Dewhurst |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. One of the characters is the voice of the computer - conceivably recorded, but probably better live. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play, set in space. (There is also a follow-up, 'Watch This Space Too', by Leo Finn, using the same characters.) |
Synopsis | Rodney's just the cleaner on the spaceship, and he's the butt of everyone's jokes, even the shipboard computer. But when an Alien species threatens the ship, only Rodney's brain has the... spare capacity for telepathic communication. It's up to him to save the ship! |
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Watch This Space [Pantomime] by tlc Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Four of the characters are 'voice-overs' and could easily be doubled by other members of the cast. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act space panto with a few Star Wars and Star Trek parodies thrown in for good measure! |
Synopsis | The distant planet of Nonamia is held in the iron grip of the wicked Queen Evilena. This vane and preening monarch has now taken a dislike to her stepdaughter the beautiful princess Tia Maria and instructs her Henchman, the sinister Raft Raider to dispose of the child! Who can save her? Perhaps the crew of the Starship USS Compromise and an assortment of robots can help? |
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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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Watch Your Back by Liz Dobson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Barlow is a male voice on a telephone speaker and might be doubled (or, possibly, recorded). |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy. Single 1970s office set. |
Synopsis | This takes us back to a typical typing pool in 1972, where lecherous Head of the Accounts Department, Mr.Crawley, known as Creepy Crawley to the girls in the office, rules the roost. Supervisor Marjorie is frustrated in her attempts to shelter her girls, Gill and Sally, from his sexist antics until newcomer Helen presents her with a delicious opportunity to make sure that Mr. Crawley gets his just desserts. |
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Waterspout Hero by Raymond Blakesley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. In the USA, 'Incey Wincey Spider' is known as 'Itsy Bitsy Spider'. Somebody may know the reason for this linguistic divergence, but we certainly don't. The choruses (flowers and raindrops) are optional. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act comedy play for kids. Single set. (And aside from the set, only one prop, and that's a piece of paper.) |
Synopsis | The Incey Wincey Spider is about to attempt climbing the waterspout, and his scheming wife Minki Minki has tricked a fly into helping him - if only by being a snack! Only Big Drip and the Raindrops stand in Incey's way. Meanwhile, the weeds and flowers argue and the sun has a few questions for a knowledgeable bookworm. It's amazing what you learn living on a compost heap. |
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Watt's Cooking by Raymond Blakesley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 31 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act drama for children to perform, with simple sets. |
Synopsis | Recalcitrant child Edna's nature is transformed - when she is sent away to live with mean old pie maker Mrs Watts, who grants Edna's wish to have her name changed to Goldilox. She is successful in persuading the Bear family to enjoy fruit and vegetables rather than meat, but the sting in the tail hints of a grisly end for Mrs Watts. |
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Way Off Course by Barry Lambert |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Dr Dorris Boffin talks a strange, clipped form of English. This is deliberate. |
Run Time | Around 29 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy/drama. Single set - a police operations room with a single entrance (which need not be a practical door). |
Synopsis | Inspector Whalley and colleagues investigate the iniquities of a team-building course - and win the gratitude of the boss into the bargain. 'Way Off Course' is available with two other episodes in Inspector Whalley's Casebook - Volume 2. |
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The Way To A Man's Heart by David Weir |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 27 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act comedy for two actors. Some strong language. |
Synopsis | Following a frosty breakup, Ellie and Andrew meet to divide their possessions. Among them - a winning lottery ticket. |
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We Are Not Amused by Richard Morris |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. The characters are a mix of adults and children, intended to be played by children. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | Lyrics to three songs (to traditional melodies) are embedded in the script Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Exploration of Victorian society in a mixture of verse and prose. |
Synopsis | Museum exhibits come to life to explore aspects of Victorian society. |
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We Have Character by Sherrill S. Cannon & Kerry E. Gallagher |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. A narrator and (up to) 25 children. Since all the children's roles could be doubled, in theory it could be done by a cast of two, but in practice it is intended as a full-class piece. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] With songs, which may vary the length of performance. |
Music | The producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for up to eight songs. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | One-act performance piece for young children. |
Synopsis | A rhyming exploration of well-known children's books, with simple parables drawn from the characters. |
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