Our Jack and the Beanstalk has a cow with strong opinions about milking stools, a Giant Tax collected by the giant's mum, and a beanstalk that actually grows.

Our Beauty and the Beast has a wicked witch whose rejected marriage proposal starts everything, a castle staffed by talking furniture, and a clock permanently stuck at five twenty-three.

Our Hansel and Gretel opens with a baking competition, features a Dame who runs the local bakery, and has a Gingerbread House that's very much the main event.

A small cast doesn't mean a small show. Four of our scripts work particularly well with nine principals or fewer, and each one approaches the challenge differently. Here's what makes Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Hansel and Gretel, and Jack and the Beanstalk the right choice when your company is compact.

Our Aladdin has a smart-assistant genie, a second genie who only wears denim, and Widow Twankey's laundrette where Aladdin shrinks in the wash.