Rapunzel Pantomime Script Spotlight
Hair today, gone tomorrow!
Rapunzel is a story that could easily lean on its central visual, the tower, the hair, the prince climbing up — and forget to build much around it. Our version has a lot going on. Dame Betty Beehive runs the worst hair salon in all of Quiffendale alongside her son Silly Billy, whose record as a trainee hairdresser is catastrophic. Gothel's son Sidney is a reluctant villain who gets on perfectly well with Rapunzel and would rather not be involved in any of this. And Rascal, Rapunzel's pet rabbit, becomes a large talking rabbit partway through the second act, which the script handles as though it is the most reasonable thing in the world.
Synopsis
Rapunzel has been locked in a tower by the wicked Gothel since birth, kept prisoner so that Gothel can use the magical properties of her hair to maintain eternal youth. Down in the village, Dame Betty Beehive is running her salon into the ground with Silly Billy's help, while the suave Bob the Barber has just arrived in Quiffendale with impeccable timing.
Prince Leo is determined to find Rapunzel, Gothel is determined to stop him, and Sidney is quietly doing what he can to help from the inside. With Drip and Dribble providing loyal if entirely useless henchman support, things in Quiffendale are about to get considerably more tangled.
This script will leave you in a real hair-raising state!
Straight from the Script
Rascal the rabbit discovers he can speak:
Rascal: 'I always knew I had a lot to say!'
Sidney: 'Alright, don't rabbit on!'
Casting Rapunzel: Who this script suits
At 15 principal roles and four supporting parts, Rapunzel is one of our scripts for large casts and shares the biggest principal count we publish with Robin Hood and Snow White. There are strong parts at every level: two principal comedy roles in Dame Betty and Silly Billy, a proper villain in Gothel, a sympathetic comic in Sidney, and a talking rabbit for someone comfortable with physical comedy and witty one liners. The Ensemble has good work across the salon, the tower and the ghost scenes, the hair salon setting gives your design team something to enjoy, and the Bob the Barber subplot hands the Dame a comic foil for the whole show. As a relatively recent addition to the panto repertoire it also sits among our unusual pantomime scripts, so audiences arrive without fixed expectations.
Rapunzel Reviews
‘The structure was perfect, each scene well-paced with great comedy timing. The characters had sufficient depth but still remained true to pantomime stereotypes!’ - Kettering Youth Theatre Group
‘A special reimagining of the classic Brothers Grimm tale which joyfully embraces pantomime tradition.’ - Association of Community Theatre UK
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