Fairy Tale or Fantasy Plays

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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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 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

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 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

Spellbound is a fairy tale with attitude. When life becomes dull in Fairyland, the goblins Chaos and Mayhem decide to help. But things don't quite go to plan...

Simple to stage and appealing to all ages, this play also provides young performers with a great introduction to theatre, and the opportunity to include dance routines.

Paperback version currently unavailable. Download version available.

If you would like to be informed when
the paperback version becomes 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