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| It Never Rains But It Pours by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One song, to be played over the closing actions, is suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with minimal set requirements.
(Previous version published in 2019, revised edition published 2021.) |
| Synopsis | The ark has sprung a few leaks and Noah and his family have been bailing out water. Noah’s wife tells Noah to ask God to stop the floods. They soon discover that they need to make an appointment to speak to God, which isn’t as easy as they first thought. |
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| It'll All End In Tiers by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Beverley is described as 'an older woman', but without a specific age, so there's considerable flexibility. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short prose comedy monologue. |
| Synopsis | Beverley, an older lady who lives alone, has found a novel way to combat loneliness - attending weddings uninvited. |
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| It's A Cat's Life by Louise Wade |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 26 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play for youth theatre. |
| Synopsis | A group of cats are introducing the latest kitten to life on the lane, when a stray offers a differing view of humans and their houses. Before any conclusions can be drawn, the kitten gets into danger and needs rescue. |
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| It's a Farce by George Freek |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Does exactly what it says on the label, in two short acts (though of one-act length) with clever dialogue and physical comedy. Single living-room set. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | A professional meeting between teacher Ernest and the head of his department, Janice, is misinterpreted as a clandestine romantic liaison. Unfortunately for Ernest, the misinterpreter is his wife's best friend who cannot help reporting her observations. Add in neighbour Bob, who has suicidal tendencies, and cookie 'therapist' Marcia who has arrived to offer Ernest a massage and we have a recipe for farcical mayhem. |
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| It's A Funny Old Game by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Whimsical two-men-in-a-pub sketch. |
| Synopsis | Dave and George spending a night out at the local pub watching a televised football match. They get philosophical after the final whistle. |
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| It's A Funny Old World by Bill Tordoff |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music to one song is provided with the Producer's Copy of the Script. (The tune is 'John Brown's Body' - or 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' if you prefer.) |
| Style | One-act youth comedy play. Single set (though a cricket pavillion on Neptune is a rather bizarre location). |
| Synopsis | A group of ladies from 1913 are marooned on Neptune. How did they get there, and why are they still alive? Two crews from competing nations arrive to try and puzzle out the mystery, but they need to know what happened to the other missions first... |
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| It's A Panto Jim... But Not As We Know It by Andrew Yates |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 33. No chorus. It's a panto - make your own mind up as to who plays what. Opportunity for three dame figures - cookie and the ugly sisters - plus seven dwarves four mice and a few other creatures. No formal chorus, but lots of minor roles. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for eight original songs are provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | British pantomime - in which the worlds of fairytale and TV science fiction collide, boldly going where no panto has gone before. |
| Synopsis | The crew of the Spaceship Centipede interrupt their hundred year mission to help the Seven Dwarfs wake Snow White and on the way they help Cinderella get the man of her dreams. Just another day on the final frontier, give or take the evil Queens and mice. |
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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
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| It's About Time by James P Brosnahan & Joseph S Kubu |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One character is an offstage voice, optionally recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act, light comedy, play. |
| Synopsis | Nick has brought Kim to the museum to look at art, but also to propose. Unfortunately they are interrupted by Nicholas who seems to know a lot about art and the two of them. He is actually a future version of Nick, and has his own plans for the evening. |
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| It's All Greek by Tony Domaille |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Collection of short comedy plays featuring Ancient Greek heroes and god. A set of riffs on myths. |
| Synopsis | Five funny plays, each with a cast of two or three, Locations include Troy, Mount Olympus, the skies and a couple of unexpected Ancient Greek offices. |
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| It's Been A While by Bibi Berki & Mark Lingwood |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Non-specific lift muzak is to be briefly played at one point in the scene. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with a hotel set suggested by props and lighting. Adult content. |
| Synopsis | A couple have booked a hotel room for the consummation of their clandestine love affair. Being inexperienced in this sort of thing, they find there is more to it than they first thought. |
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