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PANTO RESOURCES
Helping you to bring your chosen panto script to glorious life!
Benefit from my experience as the director of over 70 professional productions. I am available to support all users of my pantomime scripts, or feel free to explore the links below to help bring your production to life!
TOOLS TO HELP YOU
200 GREAT PANTO SONGS
All my pantomime scripts allow you to choose your own songs and one of the great strengths of pantomime is the scope it allows you to and mix and match lots of different musical styles.
There are a wealth of truly fabulous songs out there, so this list is just the very tip of the iceberg – but these are two hundred of my favourites.
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MAKE GREAT CUSTARD PIES
LIST OF MOST POPULAR PANTOS
HOLDING SUCCESSFUL AUDITIONS
Of all the many jobs you need to do, this is one of the most important – so here are a few thoughts to help you make the exercise as successful as possible.
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MAXIMISING THE COMEDY
So, you’ve got a great panto script (hopefully one of mine), a great cast and you can’t wait to put on the funniest pantomime your Audience have ever seen.
The read through goes brilliantly – everyone is in hysterics and all augurs well. And then you start to put it on its feet. Some bits are consistently hilarious, but somehow some other bits don’t seem to be quite as funny as you thought they would be… WHY?
Well, there could be all sorts of reasons and some performers have a much surer touch with comedy than others, but all directors have been in this situation and there are some basic rules you can follow to make things much, much funnier. ​
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MARKETING COPY
To help you sell lots of tickets I’ve come up with some short, snappy, audience-friendly marketing copy for each panto.​
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ARRANGING THE PANTO COSTUMES
You may be the Producer, or you may be the Wardrobe Manager. You may have done it lots of times, or this may be you’re your first. Either way, Nick Hedley of panto costume specialists, Molly Limpet’s, provides a wealth of handy hints and do’s and don’ts to help ensure your panto costumes are as successful and pain free as they can be.
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WHAT IS A MODERN PANTOMIME SCRIPT
What should we aspire to in 2024?
Pantomime is a dynamic artform and although we love its glorious traditions, we also want it to feel contemporary and relevant for today’s audiences.
For Ben’s take on modern pantomime and panto script writing for the here and now.​
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THE HISTORY OF PANTOMIME
To Pantomime is a uniquely British artform, constantly evolving and adapting to the conditions of the day. But where did it all come from?
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