Our Sleeping Beauty has a Dame who's also the Queen, a Herald who's lost his trumpet, and a villain whose arrival at the naming ceremony sets everything spectacularly wrong.

Pantomime has been making audiences laugh for a very long time. From ancient Greece to the Italian Commedia tradition to the glittering stages of Victorian Britain, the history of panto is one of the most gloriously improbable in all of theatre. Oh yes it is!

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 Dick Whittington has a villain who hates clean water, a Dame with a sausage-based running gag, and a custard pie scene that requires very careful pronunciation.

Choosing a pantomime script is one of the most consequential decisions your group will make all year. Five questions that will get you to the right answer.

Our Peter Pan has a Dame who's first mate on a pirate ship, a fairy who needs a body double, and a crocodile the script never quite lets you forget.

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.

Our Snow White has a Narrator nobody listens to, a Prince disguised as a delivery man, and seven brothers with very silly names.

Found your script? Here's exactly how to secure your Performance Licence and get the show underway, from Perusal Script to signed contract in four steps.