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One act musical for a talented middle-aged performer. Tour de force role. “… a most engrossing piece that I’m sure many will be able to relate to. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and I think come away totally satisfied. In other words, it’s a winner. It’s highly recommended. Curtain Up – September 2003 “All women become like their mothers.” Oscar Wilde Maggie is middle-aged. She returns to her childhood home to “go through” her recently-deceased, widowed-mother’s estate. Edna lived there for half a century. Longer. The house is full of “things”. Maggie’s memories flood back. There are long-forgotten photos, toys, newspapers, and knick-knacks. Edna was a hoarder. Who gets what? What do you keep? What will Maggie discover? Click PREVIEW SCRIPTS for free script.
The most popular Fox Plays musical. Set inside a human, everyone is a germ. Great costumes, one mind-boggling set which you can extend to the foyer as your audience enters the human body [your theatre]. Once inside the action explodes. The germs are trying to kill the human who fights back with pills and needles. The drama builds when a group of germs plan a mutiny. "Deep in this person whose health is soon to worsen, let's have a coup but make it bloodless!" They reckon their germ leader has a terrible secret. One germ, Ulf, is always in trouble. Suddenly a giant poisonous pill appears. The germs scatter but the pill brushes Ulf who collapses. A funeral begins with the moving anthem One Pill Too Many but is the corpse a corpse? Pandemonium breaks loose until life returns to its hectic pace. Amongst the veins and arteries the bloodless coup occurs and the leader is overthrown. But the mutineers are captured and their trial produces a terrible fate. Don't Rock The Boat is a show-stopping rock number. Tension mounts as astonishing news breaks. The human is dying. "We did it, we did it, we fixed up this human for good!" But there's a new and terrible twist. The germs suddenly realise this means their death. They panic and try to save the human as the musical races to a powerful climax. Germs has been staged in the A great musical and a great piece of kids' theatre Mansfield HS and PS GERMS was marvellous. Our school community was thrilled with the performance. Many commented on the appropriateness of the story and the lively music Kyabram PS A night they will never forget Firbank Anglican School GERMS offers everything - music, dance, dramatic effects. GERMS offers innovations Nhulunbuy HS Outstanding ... again! Shepparton PS GERMS was a great success and our kids are still walking on air Mowbray College Thumbs up for the kids of Voiceworks for their production of GERMS. This was one of the funniest plays I've seen in a long time and everyone who saw the show laughed heartily Jennifer Billings Thank you for your prompt and courteous service during our production of GERMS. It was a great success and we played to packed houses Galen Catholic College A very successful venture. We had great feedback from our audiences and the children loved the idea of the Germs' story Inglewood PS GERMS was a ripper success Kew East PSGERMS was absolutely fantastic Fish Creek PS Children and audiences loved the show. GERMS was super Eltham East PS
An all-female play with songs. Five feisty females aged 18 to 80. A hit in
Simple set is the tea-room of the cleaners, the scrubbers, the women who work at night in a large office complex. But later your tea-room takes on a much more glitzy appearance. Meet the ladies of your cast. Mo is the elderly, long-suffering,
heart-of-gold scrubber. At first the scheme is ridiculous. It'll never work. But gradually the impossible seems remotely possible. They persevere and we ride with them to a moving and joyful finale. It's an ideal dinner-theatre show running about 80 minutes. Great entertainment. Scrubbers is gritty, then a challenge then heart-warming and finally triumphant. There are five songs in the play but it's a play with songs rather than a musical. It requires five good actors [all ages] rather than singers. The stereo backing tape provides all your instrumental needs. Oh, and the cakes are delicious.
Your set is a steamy, eerie, fascinating jungle. Your characters wear costumes as amazing as your budget allows. This is a hugely popular musical. In this spooky jungle the animals are concerned about disappearing species of plants and humans e.g. students who can spell, honest politicians, rock stars who can sing, sincere TV hosts, etc. "We've got to save the truthful politician, we've got to save the student who can spell." But other animals are more concerned with personal problems. Zebra wants a pedestrian-crossing named after him/her. Hippo is disgusted with society's lack of manners. Croc is a con-animal selling stition. Top quality mind. This is super stition. And Chimp has an idea to bring the movie makers back to the jungle. "Come back Tarzan, Cheetah, Jane, we know all your lines." Lion remembers his grandfather discussing the merits of eating different missionaries. "Baptists you bite a bit, Mormons you munch, Salvos you swallow whole, Catholics you crunch." Then someone remembers it's their patron saint's birthday. St Charley. They rip into the routine with "Doin' the Charley Darwin dance". And the unemployed youth, the monkeys, are up to no good. "We ain't got no jobs, we're up to monkey business." But things really hot up when news arrives about a circus. A special circus. It has performing humans! Some of the animals think this is cruel but others reckon the humans are well cared for. Tension builds. The circus hits town and a huge crowd packs the big top. "We're part of the circus, this is a parade." Marvellous spectacle. The ferocious footballers come out and perform some exciting tricks. Suddenly they escape. Panic. The animals ran wildly into the jungle as the ferocious footballers race into the crowd. Poor old Hippo is suddenly alone with a wild, ferocious footballer. The much criticised youth save the day and the animals gather to discuss their future. The finale is the moving Animal Anthem. The music in Jungle is fabulous. From the rocking Come Back Tarzan to the moving ballad Bring Back Manners to the hilarious Missionaries you'll love the score. And as with all FOX musicals, there's so much happening on different levels to make you think. Great entertainment but always something to get your mind into gear. Jungle runs for 90 minutes, has 12 principal roles and heaps of work for your chorus. The reviews are spectacular.
A giant pile of rubbish dominates your performing area. On it, under it, into it and from it come the rats. Simple costumes and just one set. Life is tough. Starvation, disease, unemployment and marauding cats. Now the local council want to clean the streets and thereby destroy the home of the rats. "You can always be miserable, you can always live in pain." But suddenly there's light at the end of the tunnel. Enter Snortle Tozer. Is he or she a con rat, an evangelist, a guru? The others are unsure. They tell their troubles to Snortle who laughs them off. You can do anything. "You've got to make every post a winner." Snortle's plan is quite simple. Rats must convince humans that they [the rats] are nice, that rats can be useful to humans. But how? Humans can't speak ratish. Simple. Make a movie. So the rats start rehearsing. This is brilliant. Humans will soon like us. Life can be wonderful after all. But unbeknown to the rats, one of their number is doing a deal with the enemy. Bopalopa, the rat who rats, is doing a Judas with the local feline. "I'm outa da rat race, I'm in from da cold." Snortle uncovers the secret but then Snortle too has a secret. "We're living a lie, just living a lie". Will the rats find out? If they do find out, will their hopes and dreams be destroyed? The movie begins. Your pile of rubbish miraculously [and simply] becomes a staircase for the chorus line of high-kicking, top-hatted rats. Confetti, balloons, follow-spots and sparkle. What a sight. "Nice! We're nice!" Your drab and dismal set becomes a 1930s Hollywood movie! The fantastic finale is in full swing when the deal with the cat comes off! Panic. Rats run everywhere as terror strikes the set. After the battle, the crushed and wounded lick their wounds. What happened to Snortle? What happened to the movie? Is this the end? Like so many FOX endings, everything is resolved and made crystal clear. Or is it? Rat Race runs for 85 minutes, has 10 main roles and tons of singing and dancing for your chorus. Many regard it as Cen Fox's greatest musical. It's been a roaring success in North and South America, Britain, New Zealand and Australia. It's a show for all ages. It's the show for you!
The are three Precocious children in your local school. Debbie, Kenny and Tracey. Debbie [tennis champ] and Kenny [computer boffin] are whiz kids but also brats. Their pretentious parents - "We don't claim to any special kind of parents, but we are!" - spoil the wonder kids rotten ignoring their third child, Tracey. The school principal and neighbour fall over themselves to be nice to Debbie and Kenny. The media think the Precocious brats are beautiful. And we all know about the media. "There is the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth but we have to have a good story." Tracey is forgotten. Her parents and siblings ignore her. But Tracey loves trivia. She knows the most trivial bits of information. Who wrote Beethoven's fifth symphony? Why are bananas bent? How do they get the stripes in striped toothpaste? Her class has a trivia test. Tracey wins. She comes home and tells her family. They ignore her. The school has a trivia test. Tracey wins. Still she is ignored. She is miserable and forgotten. Do parents really spoil their kids? Media promoter Al Slick arrives to take over some Precocious promotion. "I can put your name in papers, on screens from Xanadu to Zanzibar. I can put your name in glory and fame, I can make you a star!" The parents, school principal and neighbour are over the moon. Does Al want Debbie or Kenny? Why not both? Oh no! Al Slick doesn't want either of the super-star siblings. Al wants to promote Tracey. Who!? Stunned disbelief. Tracey? She's a nobody. She's not a mega-star. Or is she? Al thinks she is. Al has a plan to promote Tracey in her quest to win the new national trivia championship. Tracey is suddenly hot property. Her family and others eat humble pie. We switch to the TV studio and the quiz. Tracey's family are in the audience. It's time to see who really is the greatest trivia champ. "If it's trivial then it's important, if it's important then it's trivial." The tension builds. The questions fly. Tracey does her best. It goes right down to the wire. A fabulous victory for some. A time to eat humble pie for others. Trivia is a musical that's great fun, simple to stage and thought-provoking. 14 main roles, heaps of minor parts for your busy chorus. You can even write your own local trivia questions for the script. It's a snappy, topical, ideal youth-theatre musical.
I thought SQUAWK! was ... really great ... a super play ... the best ever ... fun to do ... excellent ... fantastic ... a hit!" Seaford Park PS Chickens. Lots of 'em. But as with so many of Cen Fox's musicals, there is great depth to the characters, complex themes to each script and language and ideas to challenge all ages. Squawk! works on different levels. Your set is a barn with bales of hay. Simple and inexpensive. But you can go to town on your costumes. Cossbocky is the boss cocky and he or she reckons they know everything and have the right to tell the others how to live. Columbus is a daring would-be explorer. Bantam is a fashion-conscious snob dedicated to the catwalk and looking a million dollars. Anabolic is a cock-fighter, a looney intent on winning the world title not knowing he's being exploited and living a dangerous probably very short life. "Gotta train for years, blood, sweat and tears, to fight." Shakespeare is a poet and XP a scientist. Can art and science ever mix? Little Al is an idealist who wants life to get better. Justice, freedom, fair play and all that jazz. The show begins with your three million chickens, okay, two million, letting rip with the title song. Soon Columbus upsets the egg-cart by announcing a plan to go exploring. "North, south, east or west, life is an adventure when you leave the nest." But you can't! What's outside the barn? Danger, death, destruction. Columbus won't be put off and, loaded to the teeth with exploring gear, takes his leave. Many eye-catching developments take place. A spectacular fashion parade, a show-stopping title fight, genetic engineering with dancing egg-cups and an exciting move to establish a charter for human rights. Or should that be animal rights? But the action really hots up when an unusual but striking new character enters the barn. She claims to be misunderstood and the others thereafter refer to her as Miss Understood. She wears full riding outfit but has a suspicious foxy feel about her person. Yes a fox in a barn full of chickens. But Miss Understood has a great offer. A new life, a better life for all. It's a happy hen house. Great music, food and living conditions. The chickens are thrilled. They cram inside this brand new designer accommodation. But it's a trap. The whole barn of chickens are trapped. Their panic turns to despair. A pathetic and tragic ending until suddenly Columbus returns. But look at him. He's a mess. Clothes torn, cuts and bruises over his emaciated body. He brings news of the outside world, of the horrible hen houses. Too late. His friends and family are already inside. Miss Understood returns to complete her grisly scheme but is suddenly attracted to a strange voice. The plot races to a moving and triumphant finale with the stirring anthem There is a Life. A beautiful song climaxing an emotional musical. "No greater gift, no greater prize, no greater love, no greater ties. Life is for everyone, there is a life for all." Squawk! runs for 85 minutes, has 12 main roles, scope for a massive chorus, one striking set, great costumes and has received terrific reviews from different countries.
"BYTES was another roaring success" Singleton PS A musical set inside a computer. Almost everyone is a byte, a worker in the computer. Dos is the boss and Rom and Ram the librarians. Bytes is a typical FOX show - entertaining and educational. Qwerty is a quirky character who thinks about life. Why do computers, well zillions of them, when asked to perform, answer only "Yes" or "No"? Why be binary based? I mean why can't computers answer "Maybe". Qwerty works on a new way for computers to behave. Three games' bytes arrive. Virtual Banality, Greta the Garbo and Conan the Vegetarian reckon games are important. Millions of adults and children play computer games. But this debate is nothing to the one generated by the FBI byte. That's right. Find Bogus Info. The pirate buster arrives looking for pirated software. "For I am a pirate buster, they fluster at my bluster. I chase the crooks with their stolen books, if you steal you'll squeal like Custer." Thank you Messrs Sullivan and Gilbert. Through all this, Rom and Ram are quite upset. Life is too fast. Change is too great. They long for the old days of manual typewriters, blotting paper and pen and ink. "On manual typewriters words looked okay and in-between tea breaks we'd type two a day." But after the computer is switched off, the bytes retire. It's dark. Suddenly a light picks out a snazzy-looking character. It's Pixel from the monitor. Pixel and the Pixelettes. They want excitement, risk-taking, adventure. They want showbiz. They sing "Give up your day job, go into showbiz, buy a ticket to life". It's a tap-dancing show-stopper. Of course grumpy old Go To comes out in his pyjamas and tells the pixels to stop this awful racket. Artists are never appreciated. When work/life resumes, a new danger is discovered. A hacker is trying to break in. This coupled with the fear of a virus has the bytes in a spin. They only relax when Basic arrives with the tea trolley. "The bosses, the workers, the Gurkhas, the shirkers all cease their mazurkas to sip, slurp with glee." But then Qwerty has fantastic news. He's discovered a new way for computers to respond. Not just Yes or No. Why not add Maybe? It kills the boredom. It makes computers able to think. "We can do anything if we try, we can be anyone, don't be shy, we can go anywhere, even fly, we can! It's mind-blowing. But will this daring and potentially disastrous idea ever see the light of day? We hardly get to decide when terrible news arrives. The hacker appears to hack! Panic! A spectacular computer game develops with each important byte going in to battle against the hacker. Goodies are despatched easily by the baddies. Things are not looking good. But then the hacker is captured. It's all over. But is it? Suddenly a well-known byte turns out to be someone else. The play races to a spellbinding finale. Bytes runs for 85 minutes, has 15 main roles, a chorus of bytes and pixels, a toe-tapping score, one exciting set, eye-catching costumes and heaps of useful information about computers presented in a user-friendly way. Terrific reviews from various countries. Boot up your Bytes.
"In the underwater world of “Fish ‘n Ships”, many merfolk swim about and the plots arise. When a strange fisher-person arrives at their door questions will be asked. Are they safe? Will the fish come to their senses? Are the fish right? Will it be a salty end? See all the thrills and colour in this great show. Come on in “The Water is Fine”. Patterson Lakes PS
Set on the enthralling ocean floor is the wonderful world of marine creatures with the occasional human. A typical Cen Fox musical. It's funny and dramatic, entertaining and educational with appeal to both adults and children. Caring for the marine environment is skilfully woven into the plot. Your set is watery and wild with dangling, swirling vegetation and the costumes are gob-smacking! Herring is a con-merchant with a plastic shipwreck the name of which changes to suit the type of tourist. "Tourists are lovely, they bring in heaps of dough." Penguin is an old-school-tie stick-in-the-mud who wants to dress for dinner and bring back the black bow-tie. "Bring back civility, bring back good taste." Sardine is a poor, over-worked battler striving for improved living conditions. Sardine's family is squashed in like ... sardines! Octopus is vain, stupid, selfish, possibly beautiful and her own worst enemy. Shark loves pool halls. He's a pool shark. But he's also mysterious. What's in the sacks he carries and why are they dumped in a locker marked Davy Jones? Groper is a friendly dope. He has a heart of gold and wouldn't hurt a minnow. He gives his heart but is rejected. Will he ever find happiness? Crab is a collector. Particularly anything that glitters. There's gold in certain shipwrecks. But is the love of money the root of all evil? "Oh the world is your oyster when you do a little bit of business ..." Diver is a human. And what a friendly, generous person. If only all humans were as kind. Diver has a special never-to-be-repeated offer. Humans want to give the fish some gourmet garbage and in return will take away the horrible, messy black stuff under the sea bed. I think it's called oil. What a fantastic offer. "We're going to be so filthy, filthy rich" is a rocky show-stopper sung by the delirious fishy folk. Not filthy rich, just filthy. They are overjoyed. Things move to a frightening climax. A wedding is planned but the truth about the garbage is discovered by some. Will the wedding guests learn the truth in time? Should they eat the wedding breakfast? Fish 'n Ships has a new script and score. It has 10 main roles, a huge fishy chorus, one remarkable set, gorgeous costumes and a moral or three to make you think amidst the entertainment. Marvellous reviews from across the oceans.
"Everyone was thrilled with our production. Dialogue and songs are spot on for primary and secondary schools" Seaford Park PS Martians, spaceships, astronauts, end-of-the-world nutters, gossip and adventure. Far Out is far out. The planet Soil is undiscovered. It's just like Earth but no-one has ever heard of it. That is until your play begins. You see Soil has humans just like Earth but is about 500 years behind. Soil has no TV, cars or boxer shorts. Soil has no pizzas, flickering Christmas tree lights or long life custard. But all that is about to change. A rocket ship from Earth lands on Soil. It's a mistake. The astronauts are dumbfounded. But when they learn the truth they are overwhelmed. What a fantastic discovery. Think of the news this will make. One of the astronauts is thinking of the dollar signs and makes a pact with one of the Soilites to bring take-away food, yo-yos and skateboards to Soil. The local gossip is in overdrive. "Love may make the world go round but gossip pays the rental." But Soil has its share of weird personalities just like Earth. Gumen and gang believe the end of the world is nigh and see the Earthlings as proof positive of their theory. "My bunions are hurtin' and that means for certain tomorrow's the end of the world." Things are hotting up. Especially when two locals are building a spaceship out of feathers and string. They plan to soar through the universe in their homemade contraption. Don Quixote eat your heart out. Then at night, a strange sound is heard. Spooky lights flicker upstage behind the trees. It's another space ship. Eerie figures emerge and sing. "We're Martians, funny creatures with sticks poking out of our head". The local gossip is into melt down. Suddenly the pace accelerates. The Martians capture an Earthling who is a Soilite. The string and feathers spaceship is launched with amazing results. The doomsday preachers kidnap the wrong victim and the wrong spaceship. The gossip is having kittens. It's funny, fast and furious but with a well-rounded finale. "Truth is stranger than fiction, take a look at us." Far Out runs for 90 minutes, has a new script and score, one fascinating set, some far out costumes, 14 main roles plus a chorus and a score to get your toes a tapping. Great reviews.
A show to rival the hugely popular Germs. Lollies has enjoyed enormous success with both children and teenagers since its premiere in 1991. For Lollies read Candy or Sweets. The costumes are some of the most unusual and colourful you can make. Everyone's an item of confectionery. The show is set on the counter of a specialist candy or sweet shop. "Lollies, sweets and candy, beautiful to bite. Lollies, sweets and candy, delish, delick, delight." After-Dinner-Mint is a snob, a wealthy sweet who wants the best spot in the shop and heaps scorn on cheaper less "well-bred" lollies. "Cash, you've gotta have cash, to make a splash and cut a dash-ing figure." Jelly Bean is a happy-go-lucky character and Licorice a beatnik, a philosopher of the 1960s living in the modern age and able to sing a mean blues number. Bubble Gum is a yuppie, a wise guy who knows the rights of a citizen in today's aggressive lifestyle. Life has its ups and downs until some hot news arrives. Shocking news. The shop is closing and everyone is off to some barn of a supermarket. Yuk. Glaring lights, cold metal trolleys, miles of shelves, impersonal service, specials and worse. The sweets decide to fight back. They plan to to work with dentists, to attack wrapping rustlers in theatres and to put life back into living. Let's change the language. "I love you" can become "Love is a box of chocolates". Brilliant. So hopes are high when terrible news arrives. After-Dinner-Mint is found floating face down in a cold cup of coffee. Did s/he jump or was s/he pushed? It all points to the foul deed of murder. And Chocolate Bar is in the frame. Chocolate Bar has been threatening Mint, calling her/him names. The others want revenge. "Let's capture and seize him, let's squash and then squeeze him oh let's have revenge." Chocolate Bar is tried, found guilty and sentenced to death. An eye for an eye. Just as the execution in the huge coffee cup is about to take place, Hercules Truffle arrives. Hercules is a Belgian confectionery famous for solving crimes. Truffle has some staggering information. Chocolate Bar is saved in the nick of time. But the surprises don't stop there. The so-called murder is not quite what it seems, not everyone is who they seem and soon we start to understand why some of us behave the way we do. "Health before wealth is the only way to go." And we race to a positive, heart-warming finale. "Look on the bright side, take the optimistic view. Look on the right side, we have found this fact quite true. If happiness and peace of mind depend on attitude, thinking positive will fill you up with gratitude." Lollies runs for 85 minutes, with one set, stunning costumes, 12 main roles, a chorus of humbugs, chocolates, bon bons, snowballs and whatever else you like plus superb reviews from different countries. It's a hit.
A controversial play with a sparkling score and dozens of rave reviews. Like so many of Cen Fox's musicals for young performers, Garden Folk has rich language and important themes which appeal to all ages and which stimulate imagination and thoughtful discussion. But it's always entertaining. At the bottom of your garden, [what a set!] a village of tiny creatures go about the business of living. Neighbourhood squabbles over too much noise, children watching TV and not doing homework, frustrated hopes and ambitions - it's just like your place really. "There's no piazza, no place or parade, no parish, province or long promenade - and certainly to pig-pen that has ever been made is like this place, our place, our home." Ant is new to town. He or she is looking for accommodation, wants to bring the family if a suitable home can be found. Do you want new neighbours? Would you reject someone who was a certain type? "Perfect neighbours, perfect neighbours, inclined with a mind to unwind all your labours." Ladybird is a fusspot worried about her many children. Grasshopper is a fitness fanatic trying all the latest fads and fashions. Mantis is nasty, preying and praying. Fly is an idiot with hopeless ambitions of stardom and fame. Spider's a sly but pathetic creature, more a failed criminal. But also under great pressure. Fly is about to propose marriage but his would-be bride is short-sighted and if she thinks he's someone else, she'll eat him! Hmm, tricky. Snail is older and wiser than most. Snail's a philosopher and cynic. Ant is annoyed at Snail's cynicism but before long, Ant is influenced by Snail. Particularly after meeting Caterpillar. What a big creature. Caterpillar is pigging out getting fatter and fatter. The others poke fun and killer birds fly overhead seeking a tasty morsel. "It's not the size or shape of you, it's not the clothes they drape on you, still there are folk who'll ape at you - because you're different." Some startling events take place. First there's an applequake. Strong winds blow and huge apples break free and crash to earth. And Mantis is there to help[?] as the local insurance rep. The rock number Insurance is a hit! And if the applequake's not bad enough, then there's the killer spray. Humans want to kill certain insects on their precious roses but sprays don't discriminate. Bee is in terrible trouble. Things race towards a shocking conclusion. Ant is disgusted with certain residents and plans to expose them. But some of us don't want to be exposed. A plot is hatched to get rid of Ant. The deed is about to be done when something wonderful happens. Portly piggy Caterpillar returns in a new body. Butterfly is stunning. "With my picture hat upon my head, I stroll along the avenue and simply knock 'em dead ... I'm a social butterfly." It's a picture-hat and song to stop the show. But still the attack on Ant continues and just when the crowd moves in for the kill, a voice is heard offstage. It's Ant looking for a spot to live. And so life goes on. Garden Folk has enchanted audiences in towns, cities and countries using up to 440 performers in one production. The songs are lively and character-based. The story is powerful and relevant to life today. The show runs for 85 minutes, has 11 main roles, a gorgeous chorus of beetles, butterflies and more and a single set that wins applause for its colour and ingenuity. How about some giant vegetables or a spider's web which doubles as a trampoline? Garden Folk is a hit.
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