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| 1001 Arabian Nights and a Matinee by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Characters include a pantomime camel. Dame assumed to be played by male, principal boy by female. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for 7 original songs supplied with the producer's copy of the script. (Other songs at the discretion of the producer.) |
| Style | British Pantomime. Slapstick, visual jokes, puns, mayhem and a camel. |
| Synopsis | There's trouble brewing in old Baghdad! Unless the Princess Jasmina marries before her 21st Birthday, the evil Vizier will take control of the city! Things look grim... but hang on! A posse of would-be heroes are here to save the day! The love sick Ali Barber (who pines for the Princess), his dim witted brother Singbad the sailor and his fearsome mother, Dame Barber are ready to intervene and foil the villain's fiendish plot. They are helped along the way by their pal 'Bob' (a lad with a secret), a pantomime camel named Humpy and a lady Genie who's been stuck in a magic ruby for far too long! |
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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
** Rehearsal CD with music for the 7 songs which are supplied with the '1001 Nights' master scripts. [Note that the script also suggests two points at which additional songs might be added at the discretion of the producer. These are NOT on the CD!]
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| Aladdin by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 31. Chorus. Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal boy by Female. Lots of small speaking parts for chorus members. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Lyrics and sheet music to six songs supplied with the Producer's Copy. Production Notes suggest additional songs. |
| Style | British Pantomime. Strong characters - dynamic hero, hissable villain, camp genie, henpecked emperor, etc. Packed with jokes, wordplay and sight gags. |
| Synopsis | Mayhem in China as the wicked Abanaza wields the magic lamp with its great and powerful genie, and captures the Emperor's daughter. Aladdin comes to the rescue, with the aid of Widow Twankey and the camp Genie of the Ring. |
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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
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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Another Cat, Another Hat by Stuart Ardern
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. As presented on the web site, the script requires a minimum cast of 15, but the Producer's Copy provides a number of variations to the text which can reduce the cast size to 10 (with doubling).
It's panto so gender is flexible. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] (Variations cutting characters and dances would bring the time down to around 20 minutes.) |
| Music | The script has several places for songs and dances at the producer's discretion. The score for one song is provided (it's not essential, but it happens to fit.) |
| Style | One-act rhyming pantomime version of Puss in Boots, designed for minimal sets but requiring a few portable items. |
| Synopsis | The miller's son, to his distress
Is poor and can't court the princess
That's something which his cat disputes -
A talking cat, it's Puss in Boots! |
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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
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Cinderella by Stuart Ardern & Bob Heather |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 27. Chorus. Ugly sisters assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for two songs, plus an additional set of original lyrics supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. Other songs suggested in the production notes. |
| Style | British Pantomime. Packed with jokes, wordplay and magic. Running jokes and audience participation. |
| Synopsis | The Prince must marry (otherwise his stipend will be cut off) and holds a ball to choose a bride. Cinderella is banned by her ugly sisters and cruel stepmother, but her fairy godmother ensures a happy ending |
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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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| Cinderella Goes All Inclusive by Jonathan Goodson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] The estimated run time allows time for 12 songs. |
| Music | The Producer's copy of the script includes suggestions for 10 songs plus the score for a short original song. |
| Style | Original pantomime with a familiar core. |
| Synopsis | The traditional story of Cinderella is given a real twist in this pantomime. Not only is Cinders herself in a wheelchair, but Buttons is not all he appears to be, and the Prince ends up marrying... Well, not who you'd expect! |
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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
** Zip file containing a vocal demo and a rehearsal track for 'It's Your Birthday', Jonathan Goodson's original song for his pantomime 'Cinderella Goes All Inclusive'
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| Goldilocks: Bears All by Jonathan Goodson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 114 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for 1 original song is provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. The Producer's Copy also contains suggestions for a further 11 songs. |
| Style | Large-cast British panto with an original story, spun out from the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. |
| Synopsis | Goldilocks loves the woods and all the creatures in them, but her sister Raven loves Lancelot, and he loves her. Doesn't he? Surely he’s not just trying to gain possession of the cottage they live in to get access to new coalfields? |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Vocal Demo and rehearsal track (piano with vocal line played on another instrument) for 'Crystal Shallows', the original song from 'Goldilocks: Bears All' by Jonathan Goodson.
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| The Pied Piper and the Tail of the Rat King by Peter Nuttall |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. The usual pantomime juxtapositions apply. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's script includes the music of an original song, together with a brief reprise. Other songs may be added at the discretion of the production team. |
| Style | Pantomime treatment of the Pied Piper (although, to fit with the constraints of panto, a lot of the story has changed!) |
| Synopsis | A new twist on an old tail...sorry, tale. The Pied Piper leads all the rats away to a secret cave so that he can become Mayor of the town, but he soon reveals himself to be greedier and more of a pest than the rats ever were. Brave Rattles the rat has to try to free the rats and the town! |
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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
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Puss in Boots (Full Cast) by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Characters include an ogre, a talking cat and a pantomime donkey! Dame assumed to be played by Male, Principal Boy by Female. |
| Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music to two songs and a set of simple fanfares supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. Other songs suggested in the production notes. |
| Style | British Pantomime. Strong characters, packed with puns, sight gags, running jokes and slapstick. |
| Synopsis | Tom, the hero, is bequeathed a cat in his father's will. An unusual cat. A cat with the gift of the gab. A gift for getting Tom into trouble - and out of it again in his quest to marry a princess. |
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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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| Puss in Boots (Small Cast) by James Barry |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. King can double as the Ogre. We assume that Harry (the hero) is played by a man and puss is played by a woman. (But this is pantomime, so make your own mind up!) |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | One original song score provided with the Producer's Copy of the Script. Other song spots listed in the script, to be used at the discretion of the producer. |
| Style | Traditional pantomime, with jokes, slapstick and magic. |
| Synopsis | Harry, the miller's youngest son, inherits the magical talking cat (who refuses to answer to 'Tiddles'). Harry falls for the princess, but to win her hand, he has to confront the ogre in a battle of magical transformations. |
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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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| Rapunzel has a Bad Hair Day by Jonathan Goodson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 21. Minimum total without doubling = 26. Chorus. There are 8 speaking roles for juniors, which could be played by 4 actors. The chorus could be the juniors plus the ensemble of principals or could be augmented by additional non-speaking actors. |
| Run Time | Around 102 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes the score for one original song and suggestions for 8 other songs. |
| Style | Full-length British pantomime. The original story, the characters, the jokes, and the resolution all come together to make a very satisfying script. |
| Synopsis | The earthquake-prone village of Little Thicket has a legend that, under the right circumstances, ancient buried gold will burst from the earth. Escaping her own earthquake, Rapunzel has fled to the village, followed by her wicked guardian. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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