‘A BIT OF
A PANTOMIME’
by Marilyn
Grose
ACT 1
STAGE CUE: OVERTURE
OPEN BLUE CURTAIN TO REVEAL BLACK TAB
(Enter Gretel – she sits on
the front of the stage engrossed in a big book)
MUSIC: ‘THIS IS MY STORY’ – Principals &
Villagers
I waited all my life,
lived it by the book, now I know that's not my story.
You take me as I am. Love me as I look, standing here in all my glory.
I am sweetness. I am bratty.
I'm a duckling I am
chatty
We’re a mess of contradictions in a dress.
We are sassy. We are sappy.
When I'm with you I am happy. This is my story.
You laugh at all my jokes even though they're crude.
You don't mind that I'm not classy.
We make a perfect pair, radiant and rude.
So in love and much too gassy.
I’m an ogre, I am scary.
I’m a Piggy I am Hairy
We have bold and brand-new stories to be told.
We will write them. We will tell them.
You will hear them.You will smell
them.
This is our story.
GRETEL - Spoken
Now THIS is how this LITTLE ogre came down to the swamp in search of happiness.
Oh no it’s not. Oh yes it is
And some Ug – a – ly bugs
And a very handsome
Baron!
Okay... And a Duck!
And a Fairy Godmother! And Snow White
And a cross-dressing wolf! Three bears!
PRINCIPALS/VILLAGERS
What makes us special...
What makes us special...
What makes us special...What makes us special...
What makes us special...What makes us special...Makes us strong!
We have froggies We have fairies.We
have ghosties
I'm an Aries! We've a giant and an og-re here to try.
We are puppets We are rabbits We are hobbits with bad habits.
We're a screwy but delighted crazy stew.
We are diff'rent and united. You are us and we are
you.
This is our story. This is our story. This is our story.
God bless us! Every one!
The End!
(All off except Gretel. Enter Hansel - she doesn’t hear or acknowledge him)
HANSEL What’s that you’re reading Gretel, I
haven’t seen that before.
Is it yours?
GRETEL(not really listening) Hmmmm?? Oh no, it’s
granny’s. She said I could borrow
it. She said it would keep me out of
trouble for a while
HANSEL HUH!
FAT CHANCE! What’s it about?
GRETEL It’s got just about every pantomime, fairy
story and nursery rhyme in it you could ever think of. It’s been in her family for generations. She told me to take VERY good care of it
HANSEL It must be VERY old. I wonder where she got it from
GRETEL (still reading) Oh, she told me that. She said it was given to her great, great
grandmother by some weird old lady with a GOLDEN DUCK!! Of course, I don’t
believe a word of it
HANSEL Well, THAT’S a fairy
story if EVER I heard one!!.(looking over shoulder) HEY!
ALADDIN!! Come on Gretel, let ME have a look!!
(Hansel tries to grab the
book but Gretel pulls it away and they argue and fight over it. Finally, book comes apart and pages fly all
over the place)
GRETEL (REALLY cross) HANSEL!! YOU!! YOU!!!
HANSEL It’s not ALL my fault, I mean, I didn’t
MEAN to do it, it just sort of well, happened.
I think we had better leave home….. and QUICK!!
GRETEL LEAVE HOME?
We can’t leave home! Don’t be so STUPID!
HANSEL Have you got a BETTER idea?
GRETEL NO!...............but…………
HANSEL Well neither have I………….(he goes & then turns back. Gretel is picking up the pages of the book so
he helps her, scoops them all up quickly and grabs her arm) COME
ON!!! (he drags her off)
SOUND/LIGHT:
THUNDER & LIGHTNING (Enter Hairy Fairy and Piggy Wiggy
- SL)
HAIRY FAIRY Worst of the evening to you…..SAD
ones!! I am Hairy Fairy the dastardly
demon, denizen of darkness, debonaire of disguise……
and THIS is my assistant Piggy Wiggy
PIGGY WIGGY And I HATE little children!!! They SMELL and
worst of
HAIRY FAIRY (Going down into audience) You are all a WASTE OF SPACE!! Why do you bother
coming? We don’t want to entertain the
likes of YOU!
I bet you all wear sad pink
and blue pyjamas and fluffy slippers…..
PIGGY WIGGY Here?..... boss? YOU’VE got a pair of them in your
wardrobe! Go on, you KNOW you have you
old scallywag. Yes, they’re all fluffy
and in the shape of cute little……………
HAIRY FAIRY BE SILENT!.....or TOMORROW……I might decide
to have
SOUND/LIGHT: DIM
LIGHTS FOR CRYSTAL BALL. MUSIC:
EERIE SOUNDS
We will see what’s going on
down in PANTOLAND!! There must be some
trouble we can cause and evil we can spread.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!! (They start to
chant together round the crystal ball)
BOTH Demons, spirits, devils, elves
We want all the goodies for OURSELVES
We’ll fight all the goodness if you’ll give us a
hand
And show us the way to PANTOLAND (They laugh loudly)
PIGGY WIGGY Look Boss, look! Two little children (he makes a face)
YEUCK!!! AND they’re all on
their own
HAIRY FAIRY Wait, the picture changes. What’s this?
NO!! It CAN’T be!
Look, the people in Pantoland, they’re all mixed up! There’s Cinderella climbing the beanstalk and
Humpty Dumpty eating porridge in the Three Bears house!! Looks like we have already cast some EVIL
spells.
PIGGY WIGGY I bet there’s LOTS more trouble we can make
THERE!!
HAIRY FAIRY Yes, and they
will never know it’s us because WE are the masters of disguise. (to
audience) and YOU had better watch
out too. Say ONE WORD to anyone about
what we are dressed in or what we are doing and you are ALL DEAD MEAT!! (He goes off)
PIGGY WIGGY YEAH! Did you hear that? You’re gonna be ALL
DEAD ME…
HAIRY FAIRY (from the wings) PIG SQUEAK!! GET HERE!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PIGGY WIGGY (Jumps again)
OINK!! Coming boss!! (he runs off)
(Enter Fairy Godmother and
her assistant, Sugar Plum MUSIC:
‘FAIRY INTRO’
F.G.MOTHER PHEW! Hairy Fairy’s been here! I can still smell his socks! Pooo! I wouldn’t
wish THAT smell on ANYONE!
SUGAR PLUM Do you think he’s been up to no good?
F.G.MOTHER Sugar
(to audience) Do YOU know what he’s up to? Come on, you can tell US! We want to make sure he gets what he
deserves. Come on then, tell us, where
is he going?
AUDIENCE PANTOLAND!
SUGAR
F.G.MOTHER Well, we can certainly try Sugar
AUDIENCE YES!
F.G.MOTHER Well you COULD sound a bit more
enthusiastic – YOU should try getting up here and doing this you know, its not easy!. Now, lets try that again shall we – do YOU think you could help
us?
AUDIENCE YES!!!!
SUGAR PLUM You COULD??
That’s MARVELLOUS!
F.G.MOTHER Now, all you have to do is tell us what
they are disguised as each time they appear.
SUGAR PLUM That way, we can match him and, hopefully,
save the day
F.G.MOTHER SO!
You’d better sit up and pay attention – come on, sit up straight, no
slouching. One last thing, if he tries
any funny business, don’t worry, we are going to cast a spell of protection
over you. That way, no harm will come to
any of you (they both wave their wands
and chant)
BOTH Fairies, nymphs, so true and good
Come to this place and do what you should
Protect these people every one
And take them home safely when our panto’s done
F.G.MOTHER There, that should give them more protection
than a tin of Sure deodorant!! (MUSIC: ‘FAIRY’ as they go off)
STAGE CUE:
OPEN BLACK TAB ON VILLAGE SCENE
MUSIC: THIS OLE HOUSE – Mother Hubbard, Cinders, Villagers, Children
VILLAGERS
This ole house once knew
his children, this ole house once knew a wife
This ole house was home and
comfort as we fought the storms of life
This ole house once rang
with laughter, this ole house heard many shouts
Now she trembles in the
darkness when the lightning walks about
CHORUS
Ain’t a gonna need this house no
longer, ain’t a gonna need
this house no more
Ain’t got time to fix the shingles, ain’t
a got time to fix the floor
Ain’t got time to oil the hinges nor to mend no window
panes
Ain’t a gonna need this house no
longer, she’s a-getting’ ready to meet the saints
MOTHER HUBBARD
This ole house is really
shaky, this ole house is really cold
This ole house lets in the
rain, this ole house lets in the cold
Oh my knees are a-gettin’ chilly but I feel no fear nor pain
Cos I see an angel peekin’ through the broken window pane
REPEAT CHORUS
VILLAGERS
This ole house is afraid of
thunder, this ole house is afraid of storms
This ole house just groans
and trembles when the night wind flings its arms
This ole house is gettin’ feeble, this ole house is needin’
paint
MOTHER HUBBARD
Just like me it’s tuckered
out but I’m a-gettin’ ready to meet the saints
(Enter Children)
CHILDREN
Ain’t a gonna leave this house no
longer, ain’t a gonna leave
this house no more
We’ve got time to fix the
windows, we’ve got time to fix the floor
We’ve got time to oil the
hinges and to mend the windows too
Ain’t a-gonna leave this house no
longer, we’re a-movin’ in next door to you
This ole house needs all us
children, this ole house needs just one wife
It will be our home and
comfort as we fight the storms of life
This ole house will ring
with laughter, this ole house will hear our shouts
Now we’ve moved into this
ole house we’ll be always round about
ALL
Ain’t a-gonna leave this house no
longer, ain’t a-gonna leave
this house no more
We’ve got time to fix the
windows, we’ve got time to fix the floor
We’ve got time to oil the
hinges and to mend the windows too
Aint a-gonna leave this house no
longer, we’re a-movin’ in next door to you
MOTHER HUBBARD All right my dears, that’s enough singing
and dancing for now. It’s time we got
some work done, there’s SO much to do
CHILD 1 Oh Mother Hubbard, MUST we?
CHILD 2 Can’t we just do one more song?
M.HUBBARD Perhaps later my dears. I DO so want to get
this ole house looking clean and ship shape.
That estate agent must have seen us coming. He had a RIGHT nerve selling it to me at THAT
price. He MUST have known what a state
it was in
VOICE OFF Oh no I didn’t!
ALL Oh yes you did!!
(Enter Hansel and
Gretel. They wander in looking around in
disbelief)
HANSEL Excuse me, can you tell me where we are,
only we seem to have lost our way and I left my trail of stones and bread in
the forest
CINDERELLA (teasing)
SO! YOU’RE the little litterbug who’s been leaving all that trail of rubbish in
the forest, are you? Do you know there
have been THREE major complaints against you?
OFFICIAL I might add!!
CHILD 1 ONE!
Littering the forests as under Section 5, Page 17, Paragraph 3 of the
Jelly Stone Handbook……..
CHILD 2 TWO!
Laying false trails around the forest as under Section 1, Page 6,
Paragraph 98………….
CINDERELLA AND!!..............on more than ONE
occasion, you’ve messed up the trails left by the 2nd Saltash Cub
Scouts. They ended up at the old witch’s
house. SOME of them were……………BAKED
ALIVE!!!! (Everyone giggles)
M.HUBBARD CINDERS!!
CHILDREN!! – STOP TEASING!! (to Hansel & Gretel) Take no
notice. Now then, did you say you were
lost my dears? (they nod) We’ve just moved in, you can stay with us for
a while if you like. Later on, we’ll get
Aladdin to take you home. (they nod, puzzled)
HANSEL (to Gretel in a loud whisper) Aladdin?? My
HERO!!
GRETEL Shhhh!!
(Enter Muvverluvvaduck
– Hansel & Gretel look at each other with their mouths wide open as they
realise who she is)
MUVVER WOOAHH!! Steady on there
girl. (she spots Hansel & Gretel)
Hello Ducks! Don’t stand their
with your mouths open, there’s a bus coming!
What’s your names ducks?
HANSEL I’m Hansel and this is Gretel, my sister
GRETEL Who are you?
MUVVER
ALL QUACK, QUACK, OOPS!!
MUVVER Sorry about that me ducks. Low level flying practice today.
Now, where were we? Oh yes, I am Muvverluvvaduck
DILLY & DAFFY (from the wings)
MUVVER!! MUVVER!! (they enter)
MUVVER Ahhh!! My
BE..U..TIFUL daughters, Dilly and Daffy.
Come here my darlings and meet Hansel and Gretel. (they
both walk over to Hansel trying, unsuccessfully, to look attractive, they keep
tripping up etc..)
DILLY Well now, HANSEL, how are YOU!! MY what
SPLENDID clothes you have. Of course,
they are not as nice as MINE!! Gosh I am
SO beautiful!!
DAFFY (pushing
her out of the way) Hands off
Dilly, I saw him first, he’s MINE not YOURS! (they
start to fight and Hansel looks uncomfortable)
GRETEL (trying
to calm the situation and be polite)
You must be VERY proud to have TWO such beautiful daughters Mrs Luvvaduck
JACK (from the wings) MUVVER!!
MUVVER Ahhh! My HANDSOME son (Jack enters pulling a small double decker bus carrying the Ugly Duckling. Muvver turns to Hansel & Gretel)
SEE! I TOLD you there was a bus coming!
(She grabs Jack to hug him)
QUACKERJACK!!
(motions to audience to
repeat it)
JACK MOTHER!! I WISH you wouldn’t call me that!!
MUVVER QUACKERJACK! (motions
to audience again) WHAT have you
got there?
JACK Well! You’ve heard
of a duck billed platypus?
ALL Yes?
JACK Well! THIS is a
MUVVER (at
the top of her voice)
JACK And when it gets bigger, it’ll be GREW SOME more!! (he laughs)
MUVVER I haven’t finished yet!!
JACK I was afraid of that!
MUVVER What?
JACK
MUVVER It’s ILL-MADE, ILL-SHAPED, ILL-DRESSED,
ILL-BRED, and
ILL-EGAL
U. DUCKLING I’m not an Eagle, I’m a duckling and I’m
not ill!
MUVVER You WILL be by the time I’m finished with
you! You’re FOUL!! FOUL, he he (to audience) Get it? It’s a
joke, Foul? Duck? (duck flies across, all duck) (to
Ugly Duckling) YOU are nothing
but an UGLY duckling!
(to Neil) Cue, song?
NEIL No! That’s later!
U.DUCKLING (sadly) I take it you don’t like me?
MUVVER LIKE you?
LIKE you? I only like golden
yellow or BE…UTIFUL
ducks like my BE....U..
WASHEE (calling from the back of the hall) MUVVER, Oh MUVVER!!
I’ve got your washing here. Where
are you?
(Enter Widow Washee and Aladdin from the back of the hall with a load of
white washing. There is a lot of business and antics as they try to get up
through the audience but can’t see where they are going and keep bumping into
each other and getting in a tangle. They eventually fall up steps and the
washing goes everywhere)
MUSIC: BIG CRASH
ALL QUACK QUACK OOPS!
WASHEE Tut, Tut! Just
(Aladdin goes off and Washee picks up the clothes) (to Neil) Here Luvvy, pass me
that pair of knickers will you. (Neil passes a big pair of bloomers up on a long
stick. Aladdin returns with the ‘clothes horse’ – a costume horse dressed up)
Ah! The CLOTHES HORSE!! (they lay clothes over top to ‘dry’ - horse goes off)
MUVVER Widow Washee, I’d
like you to meet Hansel & Gretel.
They’ve lost their way in the forest and don’t know how to get back
home. I said they could stay with us for
a while and perhaps Aladdin will find some time later to show them the way back
home
WASHEE How VERY nice to meet you both. I am Widow Washee. I wash and work, week in week out, whitening
whites in Washee’s Workhouse, the wickedest wash woom in the west I’ll wager and this, is my son, Awaddin!
ALL QUACK, QUACK, OOPS!
WASHEE SOWWY!!
Aladdin!
ALADDIN (quietly protesting to Washee) I am NOT your son!
I never HAVE been and I never WILL be and I………
CINDERS (curious because of what she’s overheard) Aladdin? Whatever is the matter with you? You are
ALWAYS saying that to your poor old mum
WASHEE Ere!! Not so much of the OLD, thank you!
MUVVER No, don’t you be so
WASHEE Now then, DAZ is your laundry bill so put
your hand in your PERSIL and just give me the money and I’ll just WASH &
GO! Come on, it’s THREE WEEKS!!
JACK WHAT? HOW COME?
ALADDIN Well, there’s 5 shirts, 4 pairs of bloomers,
10 pairs of socks, undies, skirts and THAT’S just
last weeks
JACK But I thought we paid you last week
WASHEE OMO you didn’t!!
MUVVER I’m sorry, Widow Washee,
I’m completely skint at the moment.
QUACKERJACK!......(motions to audience to repeat it) spent it all on sweets (Jack protests) The ONLY way I can pay you is if my
BE…A…U…TIFUL dear Delilah here will lay me a golden egg
MUSIC: DELILAH
MUVVER
Lay me an egg oh Delilah to
pay for my laundry
ALL
Quack quack
quack quack quack
MUVVER
Lay me an egg please
Delilah I need one right now
ALL
Quack quack
quack quack quack
MUVVER
Don’t stand there laughing
ALL
Ha ha
ha ha
MUVVER
If you don’t lay me an egg
then you’ll laugh no more
ALL
Way, hay, hay, Delilah
Have you eaten all your Quackerwheat (Delilah shakes
her head)
Lay, lay, lay, Delilah
When you’ve eaten all your Quackerwheat
(Delilah shakes her head
sadly, she tries to lay an egg but fails and shakes her head miserably)
DILLY Oh mum,
DAFFY (Produces
a tablecloth with all items attached)
She’s laid a TABLE FOR BREAKFAST!! (Dilly and Daffy giggle)
MUVVER (shouts crossly) QUACKERJACK!!! (motions to audience to repeat)
JACK
MUVVER Never mind
MUSIC: DELILAH
ALL
Delilah you know that you
must have a go keep on trying
Quack, quack, quack, quack,
quack
Washee is cross and you must please the boss don’t start
crying
Quack, quack, quack, quack,
quack
Just keep on laughing
Ha ha
ha ha
Now that you’ve eaten your
grub then you’ll lay a big………one
Lay lay
lay, Delilah, you have eaten up your Quackerwheat
Lay lay
lay, Delilah, now you’ve eaten up your Quackerwheat
You must lay a big one for Muvver today
MUVVER
To pay for my laundry then
you won’t be
ALL
To pay for her laundry then
you won’t be
(Delilah goes through
antics trying to lay a big egg, makes ‘quacking’ noises and encouraged by
everyone. She lays an enormous golden
egg – All Cheer)
MUVVER Well I’ll be darned! Just look at the size of THAT! All 24 carat gold!!
WASHEE Looks like you can pay me my money after all
Muvver and still have some left over for
yourself. Tell you what, I’ll look after
it for you (snatches the egg from her) make sure nothing happens to it.
MUVVER (is
not sure and snatches it back) NO! It’s alright Washee,
I’LL look after it, you’ve PROBABLY got something better to do. (they
fight over the egg and end up with Washee
getting it back. SOUND/LIGHT THUNDER & LIGHTNING Hairy Fairy & Piggy Wiggy
enter. He waves his ‘Wand of Woe’ and all
on stage freeze)
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HAIRY FAIRY HA HA HA HA HA!
I’d like to have that duck for myself.
She can lay ME golden eggs ALL day and if she stops………I will have her
for CHRISTMAS DINNER!!
PIGGY WIGGY HE HE HE! Christmas dinner
eh? That’s a good one bo…….
HAIRY FAIRY ZIP YOUR LIP! NOW! I never said you could
laugh. All we have to do is sing that
PATHETIC little song again and she will lay for US!!
(they start to sing, very
badly, the chorus of Delilah but nothing happens)
MUSIC: FAIRY (Enter F.G.Mother &
Sugar Plum)
F.G.MOTHER You really are a simple minded old fool
Hairy Fairy. Do you RE
HAIRY FAIRY Mind your own business you NOSEY old
woman. Hairy Fairy has his ways, be they
fair or FOUL! Of course, if it’s ME they
are
SUGAR PLUM Can’t you hear them booing and hissing
you? We’ve got them on OUR side, YOU
can’t do a THING to Delilah
PIGGY WIGGY Oh REALLY?
And why not? Are YOU going to do
something about it? I don’t THINK so! He
he he he
he!! (gestures to
punch Sugar Plum)
F.G.MOTHER Oh yes we are. WE have WHITE on our side. Mr WHITE!!
MR WHITE! (enter
Mr White from side door) Would you
please show this NASTY little creep the door
MR WHITE (picks up Piggy Wiggy by the
seat of his pants and takes him to
the door) There you are SONNY, THAT’S the door (he throws him out)
HAIRY FAIRY YOU can’t get rid of me THAT easily and as
for THIS lot (points to audience) if THEY try anything, I’ll turn THEM into pigs……ALL
of them! Ha ha
ha ha ha!! Now then Delilah, are you going to come with
me?…….and don’t YOU try anything either or you’ll find yourself OVEN READY
before you know it…and that’ll COOK YOUR GOOSE!!
(He laughs. Fairy Godmother waves her magic wand at
Delilah MUSIC: FAIRY unseen by Hairy Fairy. He tries to take Delilah by the neck but she
bites him)
HAIRY FAIRY OWWW!!! That HURT!! MUM!!!! (to
audience) Oh yes, YOU can
laugh………yes, you CAN laugh…..this is
PANTOMIME you know. Oh very well, I’m going to find Piggy Wiggy. YOU will all be sorry when I return.
(He runs off as Fairy
Godmother and Sugar Plum wave their wands, MUSIC: FAIRY unfreeze the
cast and go off, Enter Pied Piper and Wagpuss. Washee goes into laundry)
PIED PIPER Good day to each and every one of you
and good morrow to YOU (audience) ladies and gentlemen.
I am the Pied Piper of Hamelin and THIS is my dear cat and trusted
timekeeper, Wagpuss
JACK Hello Mr Piper and what brings YOU to Pantoland?
PIED PIPER I have come to play for Baron Loafalot. He is
organising a ball and he’s going to invite everyone in the town
ALADDIN He must be up to something. He never usually gives us ANYTHING!, In fact,
he’s the meanest skinflint I’ve ever known.
When my mum does his washing SHE usually ends up paying HIM!
PIED PIPER Well, actually, he’s looking for
suitable young ladies to work at the castle in return for their keep
ALADDIN Huh! Thought as much……. the lazy
good for noth……..
(Villagers & Children
go off. Washee runs out of the laundrette chasing the
4 Bugs. She is shouting and screaming at
them ‘Get out of here’ ‘Go on – SCRAM’ etc etc. the Bugs run around and into a corner where
they hide in a corner, holding each other tight)
WASHEE Aren’t they the UGLIEST little bugs you’ve
EVER seen, Muvver?
The CHEEK of them! ONE was
actually wiping her FACE in my BEST WHITE TOWELS after eating out of my
LARDER!!
MUVVER Oh I agree!
‘ORRIBLE little things. They get
EVERYWHERE!! I dunno, bed bugs here, caterpillars
there. They’ll be the RUIN of your
business Washee
CINDERELLA WIDOW WASHEE!! MUVVER LUVVADUCK!! I’m
SURPRISED at you treating them like that!
They’ve done no harm. Look,
you’ve made the dear little things cower in the corner. Come on little bugs, it’s all right, you can
come out
CATERPILLAR Hello Cinderelly, I am Caterpillar and this is Dragonfly,
Bedbug and Earwig
EARWIG ‘Ere we go, ‘Ere we go, ‘Ere we go……(the rest shut him up)
ALL BUGS Hello Cinderelly
DRAGONFLY You are SO kind Cinderelly. We won’t hurt you and we don’t bite –
honestly
CINDERELLA Well….I suppose you COULD stay but you
will have to help me with the cleaning,
there is so much to do
ALL BUGS We will Cinderelly….
Thank you
MOTHER HUBBARD I’m not sure I want those little critters in
my house.
No one asked ME if they
could stay. It’s a good job you told
them they would have to work for their living Cinderella (she goes off followed by everyone except Cinderella,
the Bugs, Hansel, Gretel and the Orphans)
GRETEL I wouldn’t mind going to that Ball. Are you going Cinderella?
CINDERELLA I’d love to but I haven’t got a ball gown
to wear. I could buy one at the
market…….if I had the money
CHARACTERS
HANSEL) Brother and….
GRETEL) Sister
CINDERELLA - Poor
MUVVERLUVVADUCK – (MOTHER GOOSE type character –
CAN BE GIRL OR BOY AS DAME)
DILLY & DAFFY – HER DAUGHTERS – AGAIN CAN BE
GIRLS OR BOYS AS DAMES
JACK – MUVVERS SON – (Bit simple & shy – He
takes care of the Ugly Duckling)
HAIRY FAIRY – BADDY – LOTS OF DIFFERENT DISGUISES
– Every Baddie in every panto you can think of!
PIGGY WIGGY – HIS ASSISTANT – DIFFERENT DISGUISES
– Every Goodie in every panto you can think of!
FAIRY GODMOTHER – GOOD FAIRY – DIFFERENT
DISGUISES – Every Goodie in every panto you can think
of!
SUGAR PLUM – HER ASSISTANT – DIFFERENT DISGUISES
MOTHER HUBBARD – Motherly character
UGLY DUCKLING
WISHEE WASHEE (Dame character preferably)
ALADDIN – HER SON/DAUGHTER? – THERE’S A TWIST!!
DELILAH – THE DUCK
MR WHITE – CARETAKER – COUPLE OF LINES ONLY
PIED PIPER
WAGPUSS – HIS CAT
CATERPILLAR, BEDBUG, EARWIG, DRAGONFLY – THE 4
UGLY BUGS
GIANT – VOICE OFF STAGE
CHORUS ONE LINERS – Lots of!
FIRE BRIGADE – 2, 3 or 4
SIR LOAFALOT -
THE BARON
FRIAR TUCK
MAID MARIAN
ROBIN HOOD
DADDY BEAR, MUMMY BEAR, BABY BEAR
LITTLE MISS MUFFETT
MARY MARY
SNOW WHITE
HUMPTY DUMPTY
PARAMEDICS
POLICEMEN
GRUMPY
CROCODILE
The majority of the latter parts are from people
within the chorus to give them the opportunity of a small part at some time