Sleeping Beauty
Pantomime Script
13 Characters • 10 Principals, 3 Supporting plus Ensemble • Running time ~1h 50m
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Sleeping Beauty is one of those scripts that seems familiar right up until it isn't. The "whole kingdom goes to sleep for a century" device gives Act Two a completely different energy from Act One - and that's before Gerald the Herald gets going. A versatile small-cast script that works beautifully for groups wanting magic and comedy in equal measure.
Sleeping Beauty Pantomime Script Synopsis
It's Princess Aurora's naming day, and the founding fairies have gathered in Slumberland to join in the grand celebrations.
Carabosse, furious that she wasn't invited to the festivities, crashes the party and curses the Princess to prick her finger on a spindle and die.
After Fairy Velvet alters the curse to a hundred-year sleep, the people of Slumberland decide they too will slumber until Aurora wakes. Now, a century later, they must band together to rescue Aurora from Carabosse's evil clutches, break the spell once and for all, and help her find her one true love.
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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!