Running time approx. 60mins.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the courtroom, along comes another fantabulous court case of Fairy Tale characters! This time it’s a case of a gingerbread house, missing children and a woman who may or may not be a witch. Throw in some evidence from a handsome but dim woodcutter (aren’t they always? Why aren’t they handsome and super smart?) and an eco-warrior called Little Green Riding Hood (?) and you have some pretty dirty dealings down in the woods. It’s crazy – it’s funny – it’s…well…different?
18 SPEAKING PARTS. UNLIMITED NON SPEAKING/SINGING PARTS.
Suggested songs:
- This Ol’ House (Shakin’ Stevens)
- Making Your Mind Up (Bucks Fizz)
- It’s Gonna Be Alright (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
- I Fought the Law and the Law Won (Status Quo)
- Sweet Gingerbread Man (Sammy Davis Jnr)
- When the Going Gets Tough…(Boyzone)
- Back For Good (Take That)
- You’ve Got a Friend (McFly)
Our scripts provide links to backing tracks for the songs, which can be purchased and downloaded for a very modest fee. All our scripts also contain production notes regarding, scenery, costumes and props.
NO ROYALTIES, PHOTOCOPYING LICENCE INCLUDED.
Here’s a sample
Part of SCENE 2…
USHER
Call the Big, Bad Wolf!
SONG – Who’s afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf? (Everyone)
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf
Big bad wolf, big bad wolf?
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?
Tra la la la la
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf
Big bad wolf, big bad wolf?
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?
Tra la la la la
BBW(Shouting and interrupting the song)
Stop that! I am not a stereotype! Group harassment is defined as bullying. I
will not be intimidated. I have my self respect.
JUDGE
Well that’s not a good start, shouting at everybody. Big, Bad, Wolf – he
sounds guilty already. Shouldn’t he be in the dock? Is he really a witness?
USHER
You really shouldn’t be so quick to judge people. He is here as a witness,
milord.
JUDGE
But I’m an excellent judge of character, and I’ve decided that he sounds
guilty. And if he sounds guilty, then probably he is guilty.
USHER (Sighs)
But he’s here as a witness! Should we begin, milord?
JUDGE
Very well, but be brief.
PROSECUTION
State your name for the court.
BBW
But you know who I am – you just called me!
PROSECUTION
It’s a formality, Mr Wolf.
BBW
Oh, very well. I’m the Big, Bad Wolf. But you can call me Big, Bad, BBW or
almost anything else, but not Mr Wolf. I have my reputation to think of.
When you’re a big, bad, wolf, street cred is everything.
PROSECUTION
O.K. BBW it is. Now tell us about the events you witnessed last Thursday, in
the wood.
BBW
Well, I was walking through the wood, minding my own business, when I
came across a young girl.
PROSECUTION
And is that girl in the court today?
BBW
Yes, that’s her with that funny green cloak sort of coat with the hood. I
recognise both her and the coat. Un-for-gettable!
PROSECUTION
Let the record show that Mr Wolf, I mean BBW has pointed to Little Green
Riding Hood. Please continue BBW.
BBW
I was curious to know where she was going all by herself. I was concerned
for her safety. The wood can be a dark and threatening place sometimes.
DEFENCE (stands suddenly)
I put it to you that it was your presence which made the wood a dark and
threatening place. You are a wolf, after all, and big and bad to go with it.
JUDGE
Order! You will have your chance to cross examine later. Sit down and be
patient.
PROSECUTION
Thank you, milord. So what happened?
BBW
Well, I suggested that the wood was no place for a young girl to be walking
alone.
PROSECUTION
And what did she say?
BBW
She told me that she might be young, but she was liberated and believed that
her age, size and gender were irrelevant, and that she felt insulted by my
concern. She also added that she was a black belt in judo too.
PROSECUTION
So you felt reassured that she would be O.K. to continue her walk?
BBW
Not at all. Her bravado did not impress me. I even offered to accompany
her, but she refused.
PROSECUTION
Did she say where she was going?
BBW
She said she was visiting her grandmother, who lived in the little old cottage
in the middle of the wood. I thought this was strange.
PROSECUTION
Strange? In what way?
BBW
Well I know the little old lady who lives in the little old cottage in the middle
of the wood. And she ain’t never been married, so that to me means that she
never had children, and so she never had any granddaughter!
Part of SCENE 4…
PROSECUTION
Now we know you went up the hill
JACK AND JILL (sing song voices)
To fetch a pail of water.
PROSECUTION
Yes, we’ve been through all the falling down the hill bit. What happened
afterwards?
JILL (singing)
Up Jack got, and home did trot, as fast as he could caper.
He went to bed, and fixed his head, with vinegar and brown paper.
PROSECUTION
Vinegar and brown paper? Did you get that from a medical dictionary or
first aid manual?
JILL
No, from a book of nursery rhymes. Don’t you know anything?
PROSECUTION
Can you confirm that you saw someone walking through the wood?
JILL
Yes. It was Little Green Riding Hood.
PROSECUTION
And which way was she heading?
JILL
Towards the little old cottage in the middle of the wood.
JACK
That’s right, just what Jill says. She’s my sister and we both tell the truth.
PROSECUTION
No further questions.
DEFENCE
Was Little Green Riding Hood alone?
JILL
She wasn’t alone. She was talking to the Big Bad Wolf.
DEFENCE
But you saw them go their separate ways?
JILL
Definitely not. They went off together, in the same direction.
DEFENCE
So the Big Bad Wolf must have been lying! Which way did they go?
JILL
Towards the little old cottage in the middle of the wood.
DEFENCE
You know this cottage?
JACK
Yes we do, but we’ve been told not to play near there.
DEFENCE
For any particular reason?
JILL
That’s one scary lady who lives there!
JACK
We think she’s a witch!
DEFENCE
Did you see anything else?
JILL
No, I was attending to Jack.
JACK
And I’d got percussion, from my bump on the head.
JILL
Will you stop banging on about percussion? It was concussion you were
suffering from.