Download or read book The Big Book of Panto Scripts written by Brian Luff and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a panto script? This bumper collection contains full length, tried and tested scripts for the top 5 most popular pantomimes of the last ten years. Channel 4 comedy writer Brian Luff's versions of Aladdin, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Jack & the Beanstalk and Dick Whittington have been performed in venues all over the UK. The shows all have big casts, loads of great parts, and are ideal for productions by amateur and pro-am theatre groups. The scripts are packed with slick comedy routines, hilarious sketches, messy slapstick and fast, snappy banter. NODA recently described Brian's Aladdin & the Pirates as "A very clever script with many modern twists. A superb example of the panto art!" Please note that a license must be obtained before performing any of the scripts in this book. For more information visit pantoscripts.biz
Download or read book How to Write a Pantomime written by Lesley Cookman and published by Accent Press. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are thousands of pantomimes staged throughout the world every year, most of them in Britain. Most groups, whether they be amateur drama societies, schools, Women's Institutes or Village Hall committees are constantly on the lookout for something fresh and original. This is often a matter of economics, as professional pantomimes can be costly in terms of performing rights, let alone the cost of scripts. This book is aimed at those people who take part in this increasingly popular hobby, and at the writer who wishes to write a pantomime, either for a local group, or, indeed, for mass publication.
Download or read book Cinderella written by Guy Unsworth and published by Stuart Jade Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the efforts of her ugly sisters, Chlorine and Maureen, Cinderella shall go to the Royal Ball with the help of Buttons and Fairy Liquid. However, with mistaken identities, mishaps and magic hats on the menu, the journey isn't a simple one and an unsuspecting audience member will need to save the day.'Guy's fantastic scripts tick every box. They combine all the great traditions of pantomime with a fresh and fun twist for a contemporary audience. Best of all, they tell the story with truth and heart. I love them!'Bonnie Langford'Laugh a second stuff. Guy's scripts are jam packed with great gags and hilarious routines, sprinkled with panto magic.'Joe Pasquale
Download or read book The Wicked Book of Panto Scripts written by Brian Luff and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the success of The Big Book of Panto Scripts, this is Brian Luff's second collection of traditional family pantomimes. In this book you will find over 400 pages of full length scripts for Snow White, Beauty & the Beast, Robin Hood and a pantomime version of A Christmas Carol called Mr Scrooge. There is also an alternative version of Cinderella with an X Factor-style singing contest for the hand of Prince Charming. Brian has written a cult comedy series for Channel 4 and several award-winning short films. His original fairy story Reversal was nominated for Best Animated Short at the Paris Film Festival in 2021. All the scripts in this book have big casts and are ideal for productions by amateur and pro-am theatre companies. The shows are packed with slick comedy routines, hilarious sketches, messy slapstick and fast, snappy banter. NODA described Brian's Aladdin & the Pirates as "A very clever script with many modern twists. A superb example of the panto art!" Please note that a license must be obtained before performing any of the scripts in this book. For more information visit pantoscripts.biz.
Download or read book A History of Pantomime written by Maureen Hughes and published by Remember When. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each Christmas entire families in the UK troop off to see, what one could almost say is 'the obligatory'. annual entertainment, known as Pantomime. It is a traditional, seasonal way of life for the British envied the world over, and one which only the British seem to understand! Pantomime serves both to entertain and to introduce each new generation to the joys of theatre in the most unique of ways, for this is not a type of theatre one merely watches, but one in which the audience participate often in the most seemingly boisterous and bizarre of ways. The whole experience is steeped in tradition, traditions which only the British seem to understand, which is probably why we are proud to call it a 'British Experience.'In A History of Pantomime Maureen Hughes takes a brief look at the history of Pantomime as well as taking a humorous look at some of the above mentioned traditions; she also gives a synopsis of each of the well-known Pantomimes whilst exploring the eccentric world of the characters who appear in them. There is also a short piece on just some of the most well-known and loved of the actors who each Christmas take on the part of Pantomime Dames across the UK, as well as a look at others who have contributed to this magical world of fun and eccentricity. It is thought by some to be frivolous and pointless piece of theatre, but a browse through this informative book and you will soon find that Pantomime is an art form all of its own, requiring the most dedicated and talented of actors/actresses who are prepared to honour and perpetuate this wonderful tradition as it is passed down from one generation to the next.As seen in The Telegraph and the Sunday Post (Glasgow).
Download or read book The Economics of the British Stage 1800 1914 written by Tracy C. Davis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-21 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of economic theory in relation to the development of nineteenth-century British theatre.
Download or read book Actors Yearbook 2013 Essential Contacts for Stage Screen and Radio written by Hilary Lissenden and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actors' Yearbook is an established and respected directory that enables actors to find work in stage, screen and radio. It is the only directory to provide detailed information for each listing and specific advice on how to approach companies and individuals, saving hours of further research. From agents and casting directors to producing theatres, showreel companies and photographers, Actors' Yearbook editorially selects only the most relevant and reputable contacts for the actor. Articles and commentaries provide valuable insight into the profession: auditions, interviews and securing work alongside a casting calendar and advice on contracts and finance. This is an incredibly useful professional tool in an industry where contacts and networking are key to career survival. The listings detailed in this edition have been thoroughly updated alongside fresh advice from industry experts.
Download or read book He s Behind You written by Jon Bradfield and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-23 with total page 1624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Screamingly funny, utterly filthy and unexpectedly moving" – Mark Gatiss "Jon and Martin's pantomimes have huge heart. I haven't missed one for years" – Matthew Todd Above The Stag Theatre's adult pantomimes are a London institution, selling out every year. Celebrating a decade of laughter, He's Behind You! makes these acclaimed theatre scripts available for the first time, placing queer characters front and centre in popular fairytales, myths and legends. Reimagined versions of Cinderella, Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast, Treasure Island, Jack and the Beanstalk and more combine wit, wonder and social satire with the best traditions of the great British panto.
Download or read book I Am What I Am written by John Barrowman and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2010-06-26 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with juicy titbits from behind the scenes of Doctor Who and Torchwood, along with heart-warming family anecdotes and personal revelations, plus John's perspective on fame and how it has affected him.
Download or read book Uncle John s Bathroom Reader Jingle Bell Christmas written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming collection of merry tales and Christmas lore in the Uncle John’s tradition. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…again! Uncle John’s follow-up to his wildly successful Christmas Collection unwraps even more treasures of holidays past and present. Packed with more fun than an elf’s goodie bag, this anthology includes all the legends, lore, trivia, and history we didn’t have room for in the first Christmas collection. Read about… * The history of Jingle Bells * Secret Santas, bad Santas, and goofy Santas * 10 great holiday films you may have missed * Christmas on the range…and in outer space * How to make your own figgy pudding * The legend of the Christmas Spider * The real Scrooge And much, much more!
Download or read book Puss in Boots written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Yorkshire Bred written by John Hall and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we age our outlook on life changes. Throughout our carefree youth and busy adult years, working, producing, and rearing future generations, our focus is on just that, the here and now. We don't think that our parents are watching and enjoying for the second time what we are seeing as a whole new life experience.Now that my youth and working years are done and the whole new life experience of retirement is unfolding before me I have time to reflect. A few years ago I enjoyed writing the memoirs of my early working life in "Bricks and Mortar" and now I have taken to writing some of the precious memories of my youth. I hope that my jottings of a time in my formative years might also awaken your own memories of a similar era in your own life and if so then that is my gift to you. A time without responsibility or care, when life was all before us, and tomorrow was a world away. We lived for the here and now; days were long and weeks longer.I hope you enjoy my words as much as I have enjoyed writing them.
Download or read book And Who Are You written by Margaret Lashmar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret Lashmar tells the true story of her mother leaving home with the lodger in the 1950's, when she was aged just five, her life without her, and then the reunion, fifty years later. A heart-warming story, filled with tears and laughter. Margaret's story begins before she was even born, and follows her life from the moment her mother left and the intervening fifty years. A chanced upon radio programme leads to the discovery and subsequent reunion with her mother, who'd certainly never forgotten her only daughter.
Download or read book He is our cousin Cousin written by Antony Barlow and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emminent ancestors include James Lancaster 1610- 1699 a member of the Valiant Sixty the earliest activists of the Society of Friends. John 1822-1880 and Joseph 1827-1880 Cash who started the silk weaving business in Coventry in 1846, later famous for their name tapes. Professor John Barlow 1815-1856 professor of Veterinary Studies at Edinburgh University and introduced the microscope there. General George Monck 1608-1670 restored Charles II to the throne. George Cadbury 1839-1922 founder of the Cadbury chocolate business and the model village of Bournville. John Camden Neild 1780-1852 who gave his entire fortune of half a million pounds to Queen Victoria the year before she bought Balmoral! John Henry Barlow 1855-1924 Quaker Yearly Meeting Clerk during the Great War, leading pacifist and first Director of the Bournville Village Trust. Jonathan D Carr 1806-1884 founder of Carr's water biscuits. Samuel Bowly 1802-1844 anti-slavery campaigner and friend of Wilberforce.
Download or read book Stage Lighting Handbook written by Francis Reid and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stage Lighting Handbook is well established as the classic practical lighting guide. The book explains the process of designing lighting for all forms of stage production and describes the equipment used. This new edition includes up-to-date information on new equipment and discusses its impact on working methods.
Download or read book A World of Popular Entertainments written by Gillian Arrighi and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking volume of critical essays about popular entertainments brings together the work of eighteen established, emerging, and independent scholars with backgrounds in Archives, Theatre and Performance, Music, and Historical Studies, currently working across five continents. The first of its kind to examine popular entertainments from a global and multi-disciplinary perspective, this collection examines a broad cross-section of historical and contemporary popular entertainment forms from Australia, England, Japan, North America, and South Africa, and considers their social, cultural and political significance. Despite the vibrant, complex, and ubiquitous nature of popular entertainments, the field has suffered from a lack of sustained academic attention. Nevertheless, popular entertainments have a global reach and a transnational significance at odds with the fact that the meaning and definition of both ‘popular’ and ‘entertainment’ remain widely contested. Since the late-nineteenth century, class-based prejudices in Western culture have championed the superiority of art and literature over the dubious and fleeting pleasures of ‘entertainment.’ Similarly, the term ‘popular’ has carried pejorative connotations, indicating something common and outside the conventional and highbrow productions of the purpose-built theatre house or concert hall. Irrespective of whether ‘popular’ is code for a cultural product with a folk origin, or a term indicating the mass appeal of a cultural product, this volume’s re-assessment of popular entertainments from a global perspective is timely. The performance research embodied in this volume was first discussed at A World of Popular Entertainments International Conference (University of Newcastle, Australia, 2009) in response to a multi-disciplinary call for scholars to explore a variety of topics relevant to the study of popular entertainments.
Download or read book Pantomime Scripts Not Catalogued Separately written by Geoffrey CLARKE (Dramatic Writer, and HOWARTH (Mary) Dramatic Writer.) and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: