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| Around the World in Eighty Days by Richard Cowling |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 54. Chorus. In order to be faithful to Jules Verne, most of the characters are written male. How you cast them is up to you! (For example, whilst it was not so in Fogg's day, the Reform Club is now open to women!) |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal score for seventeen songs and nineteen pieces of incidental music is provided with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Full-length school musical based on Jules Verne's novel. By the nature of the story, there are a lot of locations, but these can be presented in as simple or complex a way as you please. |
| Synopsis | Phileas Fogg accepts a wager to travel around the World in Eighty days. Armed with only Passepartout (his trusty French manservant) and pursued by a detective, he sets out, venturing via Egypt, India (where he acquires a princess!), Japan and the USA. |
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** Conductor's score and band parts (Clarinet/Alto Sax/Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, Bass, and Keyboard) for 'Around the World in Eighty Days' by Richard Cowling
** Midi Files for the 36 songs and instrumentals from Around the World in Eighty Days by Richard Cowling. The files contain the band arrangements plus vocal lines.
** Backing Tracks for the 36 songs and musical pieces from Around the World in Eighty Days by Richard Cowling. (The tracks are the orchestrated instrumentals, with additional instruments playing the vocal lines.)
** Vocal recordings of all the songs from Around the World in Eighty Days by Richard Cowling. (Vocals by Richard Cowling and Leanne Cooper.)
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Big Shot by Jonny Ardern
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 15. Chorus. All characters are adults, but could be played by teenagers. Characters are Americans (of various regions), one Englishman and one Mexican-American. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano & Vocal score (17 songs, 4 instrumentals) provided with the Producer's Copy of the script. Score for Musical Director and band (piano, guitar, bass, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax) available as optional extra. |
| Style | Musical set in and around a casino. Songs in various styles including swing, ragtime, tango and jazz-funk. |
| Synopsis | Gambler Ryan Thomas brings his naive English friend Jack to a casino. Whilst discovering the perils of the Blackjack table, Jack falls for Alice, the pianist with the house band. Unfortunately, Alice is already spoken for by Louis Diaz, known as Mr. Big Shot for his reputation as a lucky gambler. Luck which Jack decides to test - with unforeseen consequences, for this is the 1950s and Las Vegas gambling is dominated by the mob... |
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** Musical Director's Score for Big Shot (showing all vocal and instrumental lines) plus separate band parts for guitar, bass, tenor sax and alto sax. (Download as .pdf file.)
** A CD of backing tracks for all 17 songs from the musical 'Big Shot'.
** A Zip file containing MP3 backing tracks for all 17 songs from the musical 'Big Shot'.
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| Blackmailing Butterflies by Nigel Holloway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 16. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. Recommended 4 or more Chorus |
| Run Time | Around 140 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Scores for songs (mainly from The Beggar's Opera) are supplied with Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | A full length comedy play with music, set in a garden and a rehearsal room. |
| Synopsis | Tensions within a theatre company arise when a couple of mid-life crises unexpectedly drag past and present emotions into the sharp focus of an ambitious young blackmailer. |
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** A set of MP3 files with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Blond by Rob Wellington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Characters are all adults, but suitable for a teenage cast. |
| Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's copy comes with sheet music (piano and vocals) for 13 songs. |
| Style | Small-cast comedy musical, packed with manic zaniness. Few staging requirements, but some interesting sound effects (head struck by frying pan, that sort of thing). Includes mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Jackson Bligh isn't quite the brilliant detective he thinks he is, but he undertakes the job of safeguarding James Blond's amazing recipe from the dreaded Morticia De Bauch. She's in league with James' sister, and it'll take a miracle to save the world... |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| Christmas Cat and the Pudding Pirates by Jeanette Ranger & Christopher Lillicrap |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 12. Chorus. The chorus of additional ratlings is optional. |
| Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for the overture and 9 original songs are included with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical family show - not a pantomime, but containing some of the elements - musical numbers, a comedy cooking scene, over the top heroes and villains, a magical helping hand, and plenty of audience participation. Single set. |
| Synopsis | The good ship Santa Claus is sailing home with all the precious cargo needed for Christmas. When it's hijacked by the rat pirate Jolly Roger, it's up to Christmas the ship's cat, along with the ship's cook and a magical mermaid, to save the day. On the way there are excellent songs, jokes and physical comedy. |
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** Vocal demo tracks for the 9 songs from Christmas Cat and the Pudding Pirates by Jeanette Ranger and Christopher Lillicrap.
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| Dracula - A Pain in the Neck by Daniel Krueger & Elwood Johnson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 23. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 120 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for 18 original songs plus incidental music is supplied with the Producer's Copy of the script. |
| Style | Musical Gothic horror Melodrama! |
| Synopsis | A faithful translation of Bram Stoker's vampire classic to the musical stage, rendered in a melodramatic style! |
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** Conductor's score and band parts (Perc., Bass, Cello, Violin, Reeds 1 & 2, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano & Synth) for Dracula - A Pain in the Neck. Music by Elwood Jay Johnson, orchestrated by Wade Clark.
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Esther by Richard Cowling
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| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script comes with piano and vocal scores for 16 songs, one instrumental and 15 scene-change pieces. (A conductors score and band parts are available as an optional extra.) |
| Style | Full-length Musical based on the biblical story of Esther. Designed as a school musical, could equally well be done by an adult or mixed company. |
| Synopsis | King Xerxes of Persia maries Esther, a Jewish orphan who has been brought up by her uncle, Mordecai. Haman, the chief minister of Xerxes court insists that everyone bow down to him. When Mordecai refuses to do so, Haman flies into a rage and plans to kill Mordecai, and all the Jewish people in the kingdom. Mordecai calls upon Esther for help, but this means she must confront the mighty Xerxes... |
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** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** Backing CD with instrumental version of the 16 songs and 16 musical interludes (including scene changes) for the musical Esther by Richard Cowling.
** Vocal tracks for the 16 songs (with 16 musical interludes) from the musical Esther by Richard Cowling. (Vocals by Leanne Cooper and Richard Cowling.)
** Conductor's score and band parts (keyboard, trumpet, trombone, woodwind, bass, etc.) for the songs and incidental music (32 pieces) from the musical Esther by Richard Cowling.
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| Frankenstein - The Monster Musical by George Douglas Lee |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 17. Minimum total without doubling = 19. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The Producer's Copy of the script comes with piano/vocal scores for 13 original songs. |
| Style | Gothic horror musical comedy! |
| Synopsis | If Mary Shelley had written a version of Frankenstein for children, this is how she might have approached it - as a heartwarming family musical, filled with mad scientists, misbegotten creatures and an angry mob!
On a rainy night when the power is out, a father tells his son the story of Frankenstein, and we are transported to Victor Frankenstein's Laboratory with Mary Shelly singing of the creation of the creature. We meet the creature, his bride and a croud of villagers, led by the rabble rouser Frau Gribble, whipped into a frenzy and go in search of 'the Monster'. Eventually, they come to realise that he was just misunderstood! |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| The Great Fairytale Robbery by Eric Scott, John Regan & Deanne Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 20. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. Doubling of one character is essential in this script. |
| Run Time | Around 94 minutes. [Estimated!] Songs included in the timing for this production. |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for ten songs are provided with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | A musical play for children with multiple settings. |
| Synopsis | The evil head of a TV studio is determined to rid the world of children's books, and sets out to destroy fairytale and pantomime characters. Poor Cinderella is first on her list, but many familiar characters are also affected. Scarecrow Oz, magically given a brain, devises a cunning rescue plan... |
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** A 'rehearsal CD' with piano arrangements of songs from the show
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| A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen (Musical) by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 8. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 23. Minimum total without doubling = 40. No chorus. Lots of speaking parts, but few characters per scene so easy to structure small rehearsals. Whilst it does not require a chorus, there is scope for extra characters in a few of the scenes. Some of the characters sing! |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Sheet music for 7 original songs and 3 pieces of incidental music is provided with the producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | Comic retelling of fairytales as a musical play. Many scenes, but using the same few pieces of 'set furniture'. Simple props. |
| Synopsis | Hans Christian Andersen gets an unexpected visit from the Brothers Grimm - who seem to be upset over the matter of stealing story lines. A competition ensues, with characters from Andersen and Grimm stories taking the stage - often in unexpected ways. |
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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
** Backing tracks for the 7 songs and 3 pieces of incidental music for 'A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen'
** Vocal tracks for the 7 songs (plus 3 pieces of incidental music) for 'A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen' by Sue Gordon. (Arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Leanne Cooper and, Jonny & Stuart Ardern. Recordings by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
** A zip file of backing tracks for the 7 songs and 3 pieces of incidental music for 'A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen'
** Vocal tracks for the 7 songs (plus 3 pieces of incidental music) for 'A Grimm Night for Hans Christian Andersen' by Sue Gordon. (Arrangements by Dave Watt, vocals by Leanne Cooper and, Jonny & Stuart Ardern. Recordings by Dave Watt and Jonny Ardern.)
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