...Write a Pantomime... I've been elected (insert-Forced) here to write the Panto for the pantoloons this year. And I'm stuck... I'm doing The Gingerbread Man and I got through the first scene, but the second scene (Where I introdcuce the Male, Hippy Witch,) and the 3rd scene are giving me trouble-little help?
The first scene-
Scene 1-Mrs Pigeons Kitchen
Song-lets bake a cake
Mrs Pigeon is (Insert Directors surname a appropriate) in the centre of the stage with a cauldron. The Korus do there song behind her and creep off as she begins to speak. She is pouring ingredients into the cauldron. There is a large oven at one side of the stage.
Mrs P: A dash of Garlic, a knob of butter, a little bit of sugar, some Sudan 5, a small onion…ect
Notices Audience Oh, hello, I didn’t see you come in. I guess you’ve come to look round have you. See where the magic happens and all that, I wish Jane would tell me when she books people in, it’s like Grassington on Dickensian day here it is….
Jane enters.
Mrs P: Hi Jane, you should have told me that we where going to have guests, I didn’t know.
Jane: Not now mother, we’ve got to make some more of the Gingerbread, the Prince will be here soon and if where not ready for the royal inspection then we will all be in trouble won’t we.
Mrs P: Yes, I suppose so, you go and keep watch, tell me when he arrives
Won’t you? I’ll keep these guests occupied.
Jane: I don’t think this is the best idea, mother. But if you insist…She exits
Mrs P: That was my daughter Jane, I don’t know why she’s getting so fussy, she never used to be like that she didn’t, she always hated the Prince. But since she met him on that dark night in grass woods she hasn’t been the same.
Mrs P: Enough of all that though, you aren’t here to here me gossip on are you? Welcome to my humble home, where I make my award winning Gingerbread. I expect you all want to know what makes my Gingerbread so good don’t you. Well, I won’t tell you, not for a trillion pounds. If the Audience don’t call out offers then someone on the Wings yells ‘I’ll give you 50p’
Mrs P: What you’ll give me 50p will you. A whole 50p! Well of course I’ll accept your offer, what makes my Gingerbread so good is the secret ingredient. And I’m not telling you what it is either, cos I don’t know either, I found it at the back of Rita’s fridge, you know, in the foresters. She reckoned it’d been there for years, just like the milk….
Mrs P: Anyway, I found it and no one minds me using it do they, a tiny pinch makes my Gingerbread great. I’ve won every competion in the land I have. Now, to add that ingredient. Yells to wings Can I have the Secret Ingredient please!
A stagehand walks on carrying huge tin marked ‘Secret ingredient.’ Mrs P takes it from him and smiles Thank you the stagehand waves to Audience and walks off.
Mrs P: That was nice of her wasn’t it, now as you can see the tins has a special cap, that stops too much coming out you see, after last time and all… but you don’t want to hear about that do you. Audience: Yes! Well I put a bit too much in and it made the Gingerbread Man come ALIVE! Yes, alive. It took that nice fox from down the road to catch and eat him… and that was only a small bit over, imagine what would happen if I put way too much in!
Mrs P: That’s why I have to cap on so too much doesn’t come out! This is it’s test run…but it’ll be okay, after all it was made by Geoff Kerr….
She lifts the tin above the caldron and begins to shake it, the lid falls off, into the cauldron with a lot of white powder/foam.
Mrs P: Oh no! That’s all the secret Ingredient I’ve got, there’s gallons and gallons of it in there. I’m going to be in so much trouble if the king finds out…. But I won’t be in trouble if he doesn’t know about it will I….
She looks craftily at the Audience.
Mrs P: You won’t tell him will you…and anyway, no one has proved that it was the secret ingredient that causes the gingerbread to come alive have they… And if a little secret ingredient makes it good then loads will make it great. So I’ll put a little bit of the mixture in the oven to see what happens, she puts something in oven and I’ll put the rest of the secret ingredient down here… She places the Secret ingredient at the stage left And you look after it for me, Ok? And if anyone tries to steal it then you yell…help us Mrs Pigeon somebody’s trying to steal your secret ingredient! Come down here right now so you can stop him. Ok? Right lets have a go.
She walks away and a Korus member steals onto the stage and makes for the secret ingredient…They begin trying to take it away, The Audience yell but can’t get the words out.
Mrs P: What’s that? I can’t here you, dears. Sees Korus member stealing the ingredient. Oi, you leave my Ingredients alone, you bone-brained burglar. She chases him/her off stage. Well that wasn’t very good was it? You’re as bad at repeating lines as (Insert name here). Was it to hard or something?
Mrs P: Let’s have another go shall we? You yell, Ingredients when someone tries to nick them. They Practice That was better, The Kings just got here, so I’ll be going to meet him, keep an eye on my ingredients won’t you.
She exits. From the Oven there’s the sounds of shouting and yells of let me out. With a Bang/explosion The Gingerbread Man jumps out.
TGM: Where am I, and for that matter who am I? Looks down at self Oh, no! I’m made out of Gingerbread, this is terrible, and they’ll all want to eat me! Someone’s coming!
He hides Jane Enters.
Jane: Mother, the Prince is here, mother, where are you. She hasn’t noticed TGM, he jumps out from his hiding places.
TGM: Hi, she just left, can I help you? Jane screams at him.
Jane: Oh no! Mother what have you done!
TGM: What’s wrong, anything I can help you with, Mrs, er, Mrs…
Jane: I’m Jane, Jane Pigeon, and who are you!
TGM: I’m the Gingerbread Man! To audience I might be in here. Back to Jane, So what brings a pretty girl like you to a place like this?
Jane: Oh no you don’t, I’m not falling for that old trick, I’m going to catch you and eat you before you can cause anymore trouble than the last one. Anyway I’m going out with the Prince.
TGM: what have I done wrong, I haven’t done anything.
Jane: Yes, but last time Gingerbread came alive the Gingerbread man cased all sorts of mischief, and I won’t let that happen again.
TGM: I won’t do anything, I promise, I’m not bad really, once you get under the hard baked exterior to the lovely centre.
Jane: Really, are you really nice.
TGM: Yes, do you want a taster?
Jane: Sure, just come here, TGM comes closer and Jane lunges for him, he dodges.
TGM: That was a nasty trick.
From the side you here trumpets and the Prince enters. He looks surprised as he sees the Gingerbread man.
Prince: Jane, get behind me, fist I’ll protect you from this wicked creature. He draws his sword.
TGM: To Audience I don’t like the way this is shaping out, I’m off. Back to stage. You all want to get me, but you won’t, one day I’ll rule this place you’ll see. I’ll rule this place and you’ll be my servants. So, Run, Run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man.
He Exits.
Jane: Oh, whatever are we going to do? I can’t catch him, nor can you, you’ll can never outrun a Gingerbread Man?
Prince: I’ll have to tell Farther, I have too, but he’ll get in such a panic, especially after last time. Is that the secret ingredient over there? He goes towards the ingredient and is about to pick it up Audience: Ingredients. Mrs P comes rushing on.
Mrs P: Leave my ingredients alone, Prince Charming, or I’ll have your guts for garters I will. Anyway what are you doing messing around with my things, I could have some very special things in there I could. The Prince ignores her and looks into the tin. He then looks up, looking shocked.
Prince: How much secret ingredient did you use Mrs Pigeon? The tins almost empty, and it was full last time I visited?
Mrs P: Well, I’ve been doing a lot of baking lately, and you haven’t visited for a while and…
Prince: I last visited yesterday, Mrs Pigeon…
Jane: ….And you’ve only cooked one Gingerbread since then.
Together: So you must have used half the tin on one Gingerbread!
Prince; No wonder it’s come alive, and it’s so quick.
Mrs P: Okay, so maybe I did use a little bit to much, but what do you mean about it coming alive, the gingerbreads still in the oven…look. She goes over to the oven and looks in, then turns to the Audience.
Mrs P: Ah.
Prince: Where the King, I must tell him about this, the safety of the Kingdom is in danger.
Henry comes running on, and announces: His Majesties horse, Blackburn, accompanied by His Majesty King Neil. They all kneel I No! That his name, Neil The Horse enters, goes to the front of the stage and bows, followed by the cow. The King comes running on after him and begins to yell at Henry.
King: I’m the King, you announce me first, then the Horse, not the horse first. Okay, you got that?
Henry: Yes, sire.
King goes to the others, followed by Henry.
King: Just got a new trumpeter, brought him for 99p at the Spar, they where on special offer, something about faulty products, still can’t get what he should say right though. Still give him time and he’ll shape up though. Now what’s all this fuss about? Are they serving half-price beer at the black horse again? To Audience Well, they have to get customers in somehow don’t they.
Prince: No farther, it’s much worse than that.
King: There shutting down the Dale Toffee Shop!
Jane: No…
King: There building a ASDA in Kettlewell!
Prince: No…
King: There knocking down Grassington garage!
Jane: He said it was a BAD thing.
King: Okay, what is it then?
Prince: Another Gingerbread Man is on the loose.
King: Oh, No! That’s terrible, call out the Palace Guard I want him found, and hung, drawn quartered and eaten!
Prince: We have no Palace Guard, remember, there still on strike.
King: Okay, then we’ll call out Threshfeild Lifeboat!
Jane: There still in Havana after the last trip to Linton Falls.
King: So we need a hero then like…..
Prince: Yep, I’m glad you nomina…
King: …that Robin Hood?
Jane: Maid Marian has been kidnapped again.
King: His Merry men?
Prince: There on strike.
King: Erm…there must be some suitably young hero, with some young girl in tow around here somewhere…
The Prince coughs.
King: Have you got a cold, I’ve got a hanky somewhere around here.
Jane: I think what the Prince means is that he could be your hero.
King: Him!
Prince: Me.
King: Well if you’re sure, my lad, but still I would want anything nasty to happen to you.
Jane: Don’t worry, we’ll be fine. I’ll look after him.
King: Make sure you do, don’t let him be kidnapped or anything.
Jane: I won’t.
King: I’ll be off trying to persuade the Lifeboat men to return then.
Prince; You do that. King Exits.
Prince: So we’d better get off then. He turns and walks straight into Henry, who is still standing behind him.
Prince: You still here?
Henry: Yes, Your Majesty.
Jane: Shouldn’t you be helping the King?
Henry: I’d prefer to help you, your highness.
Prince: We’ll there’s no chance of you catching the king now, you’ll have to stay with us. Come on.
They exit, leaving just the horse and cow on stage.
Horse: Well, daisy, what do you think of that then?
Cow: they’ll just get themselves into trouble again, won’t they, just like last time….
Horse: We’d better go save them then. They Exit.
[b]So thats the first scene-the 2nd scene will be coming soon.