JUNIOR
PLAYS
- Plays for Primary-Aged Performers -
Each of the following plays deal with themes which appeal
to children
They
are based upon many varied sources (nursery rhymes, songs, etc)
and generally feature large group parts with approximately 25 individual
characters.The format is usually flexible and the characters provide
a great deal of scope for individual interpretation.
Click
on the play titles below to see a sample of each script
Whittlemore
Manners - The kooky Whittle
family go on an ill-fated picnic and are abducted one by one
The
Hunting Of The Snark - Lewis
Carroll's intrepid crew set out to catch the mythical Snark encountering
all sort of Wonderland characters
Tongue
Twister Town - Shelley (who
sells sea shells by the sea shore) and her tongue twisted friends
are involved in a prohibited pickled pepper perpetration
Mini
Spooks - All of the boys and
ghouls at Doc Frankie’s Day-Care Centre – Drac, Wolfy, Zombobby
and Zombetty – become little monsters
Myth
World - Famous myths from
all over the globe compete to win the ‘Myth World Pageant’
– even last year’s ‘Ugly Duckling’?
The
Man From Ironbark - Banjo
Patterson's barber's lark ends up in a close shave of a different kind
Hocus-Pocus.com
- The wizards and witches need to move into the
21st Century so they put a little magic back into… well…
magic
Hypno-Twists
- The Amazing Denby – hypnotist extraordinaire
– mesmerises with his stage show but things don't go according
to plan…
Customs
Check - An airport where going
through Customs means actually going through your customs!
Fairground
- An old woman swallows a fly at a country fair
and unleashes a mystery of gastronomic proportions
Nursery
Crimes - News just to hand
– Mr H. Dumpty has fallen from the wall. Was it an innocent slip
or a shattering shove?
Thicker
Than Water - The family takes
the field for the big event – Grandma Wanda's 70th Birthday. But
who will survive to the day’s play?
Typewriter
- Sandy has to write a murder mystery but she's
run out of ideas so the characters in her scripts revolt and go on strike
Unnatural
Disasters - Like a 'Funniest
Home Videos Show', we watch various families become some of the biggest
natural disasters on the planet
