Comedies

A modern fairy tale containing all the familiar ingredients - with a twist! Jack fails his SATs and his family disown him. Banished to the Large and Spooky Forest, our hero finds support from unlikely sources. Simple to stage, this is a comedy which will appeal to adults and children alike.

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The musical version of the play A Suitably Happy Ending, with original songs written to accompany the script.

A Suitably Happy Ending is a modern fairy tale containing all the familiar ingredients - with a twist! Jack fails his SATs and his family disown him. Banished to the Large and Spooky Forest, our hero finds support from unlikely sources. Simple to stage, this is a comedy which will appeal to adults and children alike.

The musical package contains mp3 music files for performance and practice use, music scores and lyrics (PDF) and the playscript with music cues.

The script also includes:

•Full Cast/Character List

•Production Notes - with suggestions for props, costumes, and staging

•Follow-On Activities for further work in the classroom

[Note: This edition which includes production notes and follow-on activities is not available in paperback]

Note: This play for children does not include performance rights within the price. If you are giving a performance of this play, then you will need a performing rights licence. Click 'ADD TO BASKET' to purchase a licence that allows you to give up to 5 performances of this play, valid for 6 months. For longer performance runs, please contact info@artsonthemove.co.uk

The musical version of the play A Suitably Happy Ending, with original songs written to accompany the script.

A Suitably Happy Ending is a modern fairy tale containing all the familiar ingredients - with a twist! Jack fails his SATs and his family disown him. Banished to the Large and Spooky Forest, our hero finds support from unlikely sources. Simple to stage, this is a comedy which will appeal to adults and children alike.

The musical package contains:

Basic performing rights licence; full playscript with annotations to indicate musical numbers; printable lyrics for all songs; printable full musical score (for those of you who have budding musicians); samples of the songs sung by professional singers and a full backing track - enabling you to just pick it up and go!

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

A madcap comedy set on a spaceship sometime in the future. A visit from the Outer Far Space Tracking and Eradication Division inspectors is imminent, but the ineffectual Captain has other things on his mind - namely beating his personal best on his Game Boy! Bullying, drugs and broken down workstations add to the chaos and lead to a soap opera-style cliff-hanger ending, as the inspectors suddenly bring their visit forward!

This play for children can be purchased as a download-only PDF version (Acrobat).

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

Crime Doesn't Pay is a gentle comedy based on a short story by Thomas Hardy. This simple to stage play has a strong moral, and allows children the opportunity to explore many aspects of stagecraft, including mime, narration, dialogue and tableaux. Set at Christmas, play performances could be expanded to include appropriate songs and the humour will appeal to adults and children alike.

This script also includes:

•Full Cast/Character List

•Production Notes - with suggestions for props, costumes, and staging

•Follow-On Activities for further work in the classroom

[Note: This edition which includes production notes and follow-on activities is not available in paperback]

Note: This play for children does not include performance rights within the price. If you are giving a performance of this play, then you will need a performing rights licence. Click 'ADD TO BASKET' to purchase a licence that allows you to give up to 5 performances of this play, valid for 6 months. For longer performance runs, please contact info@artsonthemove.co.uk

Crime Doesn't Pay is a gentle comedy based on a short story by Thomas Hardy. This simple to stage play has a strong moral, and allows children the opportunity to explore many aspects of stagecraft, including mime, narration, dialogue and tableaux. Set at Christmas, play performances could be expanded to include appropriate songs and the humour will appeal to adults and children alike.

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

Fairy Crystal and the Really Big Lie is a modern fairy tale which explores whether telling lies can ever be a good thing. The play also uses gentle humour to address other issues, such as friendship, loyalty and community spirit. Although simple to stage, it has the potential for creative impact through imaginative costume and make-up design.

This script also includes:

•Full Cast/Character List

•Production Notes - with suggestions for props, costumes, and staging

•Follow-On Activities for further work in the classroom

[Note: This edition which includes production notes and follow-on activities is not available in paperback]

Note: This play for children does not include performance rights within the price. If you are giving a performance of this play, then you will need a performing rights licence. Click 'ADD TO BASKET' to purchase a licence that allows you to give up to 5 performances of this play, valid for 6 months. For longer performance runs, please contact info@artsonthemove.co.uk

A modern fairy tale which uses gentle humour to explore whether telling lies can ever be a good thing. Every time Fairy Crystal tells a lie, another fairy dies - and she lies a lot! The colony are on the verge of expelling her when Crystal tells the biggest lie of all, putting the safety of the fairy community before her own.

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

A lively comedy pastiche in which well-known characters from the fantasy genre come together. Harry Rings, wizard potter at Hogwash School, and Mojo the hoblin - a cross between a hobbit and a goblin - unite against a common enemy ('he who cannot be named but is called Fred') to prevent him from gaining knowledge of the goblet of youth. Fast, funny and simple to stage, it will appeal to both young performers and their audiences.

Paperback version currently unavailable. Download version available.

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This play for children can be purchased as a download-only PDF version (Acrobat).

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

A comedy which uses flashbacks to the origins of theatre, then explores its development up to Elizabethan times. Two narrators lead us through a fascinating journey of short scenes which reveal the theatrical movers and shakers - and show us what some playwrights really thought about each other!

This play for children can be purchased as a download-only PDF version (Acrobat).

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

Murder Mayhem at Mayview Manor! is a murder mystery comedy in two acts. As a group of strangers gather for a murder mystery weekend, it becomes apparent that several of them harbour secrets. But only one secret leads to a real murder...

This is a great play for actors of all ages and provides a fabulous opportunity for ensemble work.

This script also includes:

•Full Cast/Character List

•Production Notes - with suggestions for props, costumes, and staging

•Follow-On Activities for further work in the classroom

[Note: This edition which includes production notes and follow-on activities is not available in paperback]

Note: This play for children does not include performance rights within the price. If you are giving a performance of this play, then you will need a performing rights licence. Click 'ADD TO BASKET' to purchase a licence that allows you to give up to 5 performances of this play, valid for 6 months. For longer performance runs, please contact info@artsonthemove.co.uk

A gentle comedy in the fairy tale genre which addresses some of the issues surrounding bullying and explores the meaning of friendship. Bullied at school, Peter escapes to the woods and is astonished to discover that the animals can talk! They all give him different advice, but will any of it make sense and resolve his problem? Provides opportunities to include a number of children in non-speaking roles.

This play for children can be purchased as a download-only PDF version (Acrobat).

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

A gentle story with elements of comedy which explores the concept of happiness. Bonzo the clown has lost the ability to smile and is in danger of being kicked out of the circus and sent back to Clown School. All seems lost, then a possible solution presents itself - but will Bonzo recognise the key to happiness? Provides opportunities to include circus routines and musical extracts.

This play for children can be purchased as a download-only PDF version (Acrobat).

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

The Pied Piper of Hamelin develops Robert Browning's narrative poem into a complete performance, using several narrators and inserting scenes which support and expand the original text. The play has elements of comedy, encourages children to explore the issue of breaking promises and provides opportunities to include cast members in non-speaking roles.

This script also includes:

•Full Cast/Character List

•Production Notes - with suggestions for props, costumes, and staging

•Follow-On Activities for further work in the classroom

[Note: This edition which includes production notes and follow-on activities is not available in paperback]

Note: This play for children does not include performance rights within the price. If you are giving a performance of this play, then you will need a performing rights licence. Click 'ADD TO BASKET' to purchase a licence that allows you to give up to 5 performances of this play, valid for 6 months. For longer performance runs, please contact info@artsonthemove.co.uk

An engaging interpretation of Robert Browning’s thought-provoking narrative poem. Lively scenes expand and support the original text, which is narrated by several voices. Comedy and pathos combine to bring the story to life, and encourage children to consider the themes of honesty and the consequences of breaking promises. Provides opportunities to include musical extracts and to cast a number of children in non-speaking roles.

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

A gentle comedy narrated in rhyming verse which raises such social issues as racism, war, bullying and living in harmony with others. An accident with the seeds leaves the Tomatoes and Peas growing in the same vegetable plot. War between the two seems inevitable, until they are threatened by the terrifying Runner Beans and have to unite against a common enemy! Provides opportunities to include dance routines or musical numbers.

Paperback version currently unavailable. Download version available.

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This play for children can be purchased as a download-only PDF version (Acrobat).

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

A gentle comedy in the fairy tale genre which encourages children to explore the concept of happiness and what it means to be a good citizen. Witch Fisticuffs is banned from the King's party, and vows to take her revenge. Immediate misery prevails amongst the villagers, so the heroic Honest John Begood goes in search of answers. He finds them, but all is not quite as it seems...

This play for children can be purchased as a download-only PDF version (Acrobat).

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details

A comedy based on Shakespeare’s tragic Othello. The powerful play is transformed into a farcical melodrama, with the stock characters of villain, hero, heroine and fool. Introduced by an Announcer, the script mixes modern characterisation with melodramatic farce, but still retains all the essential elements of the original story. Appealing to adults and children alike, and simple to stage, it offers a lively introduction to Shakespeare.

This play for children can be purchased as a download-only PDF version (Acrobat).

This play for children includes some performing rights within the price. Further performing rights must be purchased should you wish to extend your performances. See the performing rights page for further details