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Panto Crime

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Our story starts with the endings of four pantomimes: Snow White, Cinderella, Aladdin and Red Riding Hood, but none of them are working out quite as they should.

Who's been mucking about with the endings, and why?


Will Cinderella and Snow White find their princes?

Will Red Riding Hood get her granny out of the wolf's tummy?

Will Aladdin ever make Jasmine, his high-maintenance girlfiriend happy?

And will Alan the squirrel ever find his nuts?

But there's villainy afoot, and this time there's a perfect villain.
But he has a less-than-perfect sidekick, so there's no telling what will happen!

The pantomime to end all pantomimes - this show breathes new life into a well-loved genre.

With music this show runs at about 90 minutes and is suitable for children ageed between 10 and 16.

 

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This show has 6 songs...

  • Oh No It Isn't!
  • The Magnificent 7
  • Ugly
  • The Last Man in China
  • I Want Everything
  • Story Ends
  • The CD contains 12 tracks - each of the songs is recorded with and without a guide vocal. The vocal version will help the children learn the song and the plain backing track can be used for the actual performance.

    Fairy Godmother

    Wicked Queen
    Snow White

    Brainy
    Cranky
    Antihistameeny
    Dozy
    Weepy
    Pasty
    Nippy

    Reg, a woodsman  
    Thisbe
    Clorinda
    Wicked Stepmother
    Cinderella
    Buttons

    Prince Perkiss of Polonia
     
    Abanazar
    Princess Jasmine
    Aladdin
    Wishee-Washee
    Widow Twankey

    Prince Charming
     
    Red Riding Hood
    Genii

    Malopious
    Pig

    Wolf
    Granny

    Ghost or ghosts

    Storyteller 
     

     

    Cast: 30 characters, with scope for a chorus and dancers.

    An extract from ACt 1 - Red Riding hood meets aladdin's Genii

    Red Riding Hood:...Um. Excuse me.
    Genii: Yes master?
    Red R H: What lamp?
    Genii: I’m sorry, master?
    Red R H: You said (does impersonation of Genii’s voice) ‘I am the Genii of the Lamp’. It’s just there’s no lamp. You appeared when I rubbed this jar of jam.
    Genii: Jar of jam, master?
    Red R H: (Holding out jar.) This jar of jam.
    Genii: (Takes jar, looks at it and scratches his head.) That is a mystery, master.
    Red R H: So are you the Genii of the Lamp, or the Genii of the Jar of Jam?
    Genii: I’m not sure, master. I normally live in a lamp. I’m sure it was a lamp when I went in.
    Red R H: Perhaps you could be the Genii of the Lamp, Temporarily Residing in the Jar of Jam.
    Genii: Perhaps, master.
    >Red R H: Why don’t you try it?
    Genii: Pardon, master?  
    Red R H: I’ll rub the jar; you appear and do the ‘I am the Genii…’ thing again.
    Genii: Is that your first wish, master?
    Red R H: Don’t be daft. Come on, just try it.
    Genii: No, master. I would feel silly.
    Red R H: Pleeease!
    Genii: (Sighs) All right, master. Your wish is my command.
    Red R H: It’s not a wish!
    Genii: Sorry, master. It’s just something I say.
    Red R H: Off you go.
    (Genii exits.)
    Red R H: Hmm. This (to the side the Genii exited) JAR OF JAM needs a bit of a clean.
    (She rubs it with her hand. There is a bang and a flash and the Genii appears, arms folded.)
    Genii: I am the Genii of the Lamp, Temporarily Residing in the Jar of Jam!
    Red R H: (Clapping excitedly) That’s it. Now you just need to stop calling me ‘master’ and we can be friends. 

    If you would like to see more download the whole of this scene as a PDF by clicking here.

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