Pinocchio
Pantomime Script
19 Characters • 11 Principals, 8 Supporting plus Ensemble • Running time ~1h 50m
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Pinocchio covers more ground than almost any other panto title: a toy competition, a schoolroom, a circus, a whale. Dame Geppetto is a wonderfully original take on the Dame role, and the rivalry between Fairy Liquid and Fairy Solid gives the comedy a through-line that holds it all together. A medium-cast show with some of the most distinctive ensemble scenes you'll find.
Pinocchio Pantomime Script Synopsis
Everyone is excited for the Great Pantoland Toy Competition. Dame Geppetto decides to enter and uses magical wood gifted by Fairy Liquid to craft a puppet boy named Pinocchio.
Infuriated by Geppetto's success, the wicked Fairy Solid enlists sidekicks, Cat and Fox, to cause as much trouble as possible.
Pinocchio is mischievous at school and, after running away, is tricked into joining the Circus of Wonders, only to end up swallowed by a whale from the deep blue sea. Now Geppetto and friends must mount an unlikely rescue mission and end up getting much more than they bargained for.
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Pinocchio Characters and Scenes
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 Pantoland
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
Townsfolk, Schoolchildren, Circus Acts, Fish and Sea-Monsters etc
Scaleable to suit your company size
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Act One
Prologue
1) The Town Square
2) The Fairy Hideout
3) Geppetto’s Workshop
4) Somewhere In Town
5) The Schoolhouse
6) The Fairy Hideout
7) The Great Pantoland Toy CompetitionAct Two
8) The Circus of Wonders
9) The Cliffs
10) Out at Sea
11) Inside the Whale
12) The Fairy Hideout
13) The Town Square
14) Songsheet
15) Finale/Bows
Pinocchio Pantomime Script Excerpt
RONNIE and the ENSEMBLE are gathered in the Town Square. FLUMMOX’S voice booms from offstage.
FLUMMOX:(Off) Attention everybody! The Mayor of Pantoland is coming to make an announcement!
RONNIE: That’s Flummox, the Mayoral announcer. He’s louder than a bright pink shirt, but he keeps the Mayor on track and everything running smoothly.
FLUMMOX enters.
FLUMMOX: Make way, make way! For the Mayor is coming to make an announcement!
The MAYOR enters smiling and shaking hands with the ENSEMBLE as he greets them.
MAYOR: Thank you. Hello everyone.
ENSEMBLE: Hello Mr Mayor!/How are you?/Good to see you/etc.
FLUMMOX: Silence for the Mayor, so you can hear his announcement!
MAYOR: Yes, thank you Flummox.
The MAYOR coughs to clear his throat. FLUMMOX interrupts him.
FLUMMOX: No coughing, spluttering or sneezing for the Mayor is about to make an announcement!
MAYOR: Will you stop shouting, I’m trying to speak.
FLUMMOX: No shouting for the Mayor is trying to make an announcement!
MAYOR: Will you please be quiet!
Everyone stares at FLUMMOX expectantly. He finally gets it and steps aside sheepishly.
MAYOR: Thank you. It is wonderful to see so many of you gathered here today as I have some good news...
The ENSEMBLE cheer.
MAYOR: And some bad news.
The ENSEMBLE boo.
MAYOR: First the bad news - due to the climate emergency it is henceforth forbidden to cut down trees in the Great Forest. Anyone found doing so will be sent to prison immediately!
ENSEMBLE 1: So no more tree felling equipment?
MAYOR: Precisely.
ENSEMBLE 2: You’re cutting back on clippers?
ENSEMBLE 3: You won’t be seeing saws?
ENSEMBLE 4: You’re axing axes?
MAYOR: Yes, yes and yes. If we don’t make some drastic changes then Jack won’t be able to grow his beanstalk!