Panto Crime
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.
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This show has 6 songs... |
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. |
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| 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
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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. |
