Aurora and Carabosse with the spinning wheel in a Sleeping Beauty pantomime production photo

Sleeping Beauty Pantomime Script

This script includes a 100-year-and-20-minute interval, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s a snooze.

When the wicked Carabosse curses Princess Aurora on her naming day, King Roland goes into overdrive trying to protect her, Queenie, the Dame, gets wrapped up in present preparation, and Gerald the Herald leads one of the daftest pieces of audience participation you’ll ever do.

There’s also a fabulous comedy set piece with an ever-enlarging handkerchief, a number of cameo roles, and lots of company scenes to keep your Ensemble busy.

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Cast Size: 10 Principal Characters, plus 3 Supporting Roles and Ensemble

Approximate Running Time: 1 hour, 50 minutes plus Interval


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Sleeping Beauty Pantomime Script Excerpt

GERALD THE HERALD and the ENSEMBLE are waiting for the Princess' naming ceremony to begin.

GERALD: I wonder where the Queen has got to, the fairies will be arriving any second now.

There is a magical sound. FAIRIES SILK and CASHMERE magically appear.

GERALD: I didn’t mean literally any second now!

FAIRY SILK: Hello everyone, we’re here for the naming ceremony. Where is the baby?

GERALD: That’s Fairy Silk. She’s soft, smooth and always looks gorgeous.

FAIRY CASHMERE: And where are the King and Queen?

GERALD: That’s Fairy Cashmere. She’s smart and warm and there’s nothing woolly about her.

FAIRY SILK: We can’t name the princess if she isn’t here.

QUEENIE rushes onstage.

QUEENIE: Sorry I’m late. I had a nightmare choosing what to wear. First, I was going to wear some cowboy chic, but I realised that was just ranch dressing. And my astronomy dress wouldn’t fit right, I kept mooning at everyone!

FAIRY CASHMERE: You’re here now and that’s all that matters; and look, your husband is coming too.

The KING enters.

KING: There you are Queenie, I’ve been looking for you everywhere!

QUEENIE: But if I’m here and you’re there, where’s the baby?

There is an evil chord. CARABOSSE enters. Everyone gasps. PLUM follows carrying the baby princess.

KING: Carabosse, what are you doing here?

CARABOSSE: Are you looking for this? (Pointing at the baby in PLUMB’S arms)

PLUM: Why would they be looking for me?

CARABOSSE: They’re not looking for you, they’re looking for the baby, it’s the naming ceremony!

PLUM: But I’ve already got a name, I don’t need another one!

CARABOSSE: You’ve got plenty of names; idiot, fool, clown, idiot!

GERALD: You said idiot twice.

CARABOSSE: He’s REALLY stupid!

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Production Photos

Carabosse tricks Princess Aurora into pricking her finger on a spindle in Sleeping Beauty pantomime production
Actor playing Gerald the Herald in a production of Sleeping Beauty
Three fairies casting spells in a production of this Sleeping Beauty pantomime script
Sleeping Beauty pantomime script production photo featuring an actor playing Carabosse

Sleeping Beauty Characters

Principal Characters

  • Princess Aurora: Titular Character and Princess of Slumberland

  • Prince Juan: The Prince. Princess Aurora’s love interest

  • Gerald the Herald: The King’s enthusiastic but ill-equipped herald

  • Queenie: The Dame. Queen Beatrice of Slumberland and Aurora’s mother

  • King Roland: King of Slumberland and Aurora’s father

  • Fairies Silk, Cashmere and Velvet: Good fairies

  • Carabosse: A bad fairy with wicked plans

  • Plum: Carabosse’s hapless sidekick

List of Scenes

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