Pinocchio Pantomime Script
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The good fairy is called Fairy Liquid. The bad one is Fairy Solid. That’s roughly the level of it, and it doesn’t let up.
When Fairy Solid sends Cat and Fox to interfere at the Great Woodlington Toy Competition, Dame Geppetto's puppet boy, Pinocchio, runs away at the first opportunity. From here it’s a rescue mission to save him which includes Flummox, an announcer with a booming voice which is a great role for a character comic.
In her workshop, Dame Geppetto carves Pinocchio on stage, one limb at a time, and the two hands she makes first go on to perform a card trick with Fairy Liquid, using a card picked by somebody in the audience. There's a schoolhouse, a circus with three donkeys, and the inside of a whale still to come.
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Cast Size: 10 Principal Characters, plus 9 Supporting Roles and Ensemble
Approximate Running Time: 1 hour, 50 minutes plus Interval
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Pinocchio Pantomime Script Excerpt
DAME GEPPETTO and the MAYOR have been flirting in GEPPETTO’S workshop. RONNIE rushes in and interrupts.
RONNIE: Geppetto, did you hear the Mayor’s announcement?
GEPPETTO: What announcement?
MAYOR: Um, well, I wanted to tell you in person… I’m judging the Great Woodlington Toy Competition tomorrow and a little birdie tells me you’re in with a good chance! (He winks flirtatiously)
GEPPETTO: Well, I’d better make something extra special just in case!
RONNIE: Can I help?
GEPPETTO: Of course! An extra pair of hands is always… handy.
MAYOR: What are you going to make?
GEPPETTO: I don’t know yet.
RONNIE: What about a spinning top?
GEPPETTO: They make me dizzy.
MAYOR: A toy boat?
GEPPETTO: I get terribly seasick.
RONNIE: An aeroplane?
GEPPETTO: That’ll never take off.
MAYOR: How about a spinning top?
GEPPETTO: Now we’re just going round in circles! (She is suddenly hit with the right idea) Aha! I know! I’ve always wanted to make a puppet! I’ve never made one before and it would definitely be different. In fact, I’ve got the drawings for one here.
GEPPETTO picks up a scroll from the shelf and opens it. RONNIE and the MAYOR gather round to look.
MAYOR: It looks a bit complicated.
GEPPETTO: Not at all. These are very simple plans. (She rolls the scroll back up and puts it back on the shelf) First, we need to go to the forest and get some wood.
MAYOR: Well, actually, there’s a second part to the announcement. It’s now forbidden to cut down trees in the Great Forest. We need to preserve them for future generations.
RONNIE: But she needs wood to make the puppet!
GEPPETTO: (Slightly flirtatiously) Mr Mayor, Marvin, I need wood.
MAYOR: Don’t you have wood?
GEPPETTO: No. If I did have wood, then I wouldn’t need wood. But I don’t have wood and I should have wood.
RONNIE: (To the MAYOR) Would you have any wood she could have?
MAYOR: I could have wood she could have. But should she have the wood that I have then I wouldn’t have any wood.
GEPPETTO: Well, I should have wood. And I could have wood. If you would give me your wood, that would be good.
MAYOR: Should you have the wood, would the wood be good wood?
GEPPETTO: Your wood could be good wood, but I wouldn’t know how good the wood was unless I could have the wood. If you should give me wood I would know if the wood’s good, wouldn’t I!
RONNIE: I think we’re barking up the wrong tree here!
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Pinocchio Characters
Principal Characters
Pinocchio: A wooden boy who can’t lie without his nose growing
Dame Geppetto: Carpenter and woodworker extraordinaire
Ronnie: Dame Geppetto's friend
Fairy Liquid: A good fairy
Fairy Solid: A bad fairy
The Mayor: The Mayor of Woodlington
Flummox: An overzealous announcer with a booming voice
Cat and Fox: Fairy Solid’s sidekicks
Mrs Johnson: Teacher at the Schoolhouse
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The Ringmaster: The leader at the Circus of Wonders
Ben, Jack, Hilda, Sylvia, and Wendy: Children at school
Horace, Charlie, and Sandy: Donkeys at the Circus
Ensemble: Townsfolk, Schoolchildren, Circus Acts, Fish and Sea-Monsters etc
List of Scenes
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Prologue: The Fairy Hideout
Scene One: The Town Square
Scene Two: The Fairy Hideout
Scene Three: Geppetto’s Workshop
Scene Four: Somewhere in Town
Scene Five: The Schoolhouse
Scene Six: The Fairy Hideout
Scene Seven: The Great Woodlington Toy Competition
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Scene Eight: The Circus of Wonders
Scene Nine: The Cliffs
Scene Ten: Out at Sea
Scene Eleven: Inside the Whale
Scene Twelve: The Fairy Hideout
Scene Thirteen: The Town Square
Scene Fourteen: Song Sheet
Scene Fifteen: Finale/Bows
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