Plays and Musical Comedies
CAPTAIN CHOOK: Right. Well, steer a course for straight ahead. I'm going to retire below for twenty winks.
NAVIGATOR: Shouldn't that be forty winks, sir?
CAPTAIN CHOOK: I've only got one good eye, boy.
For all of the following, please call me, and we can discuss terms.
These plays are funny and satirical.
Great for schools and amateur societies.
Several have been very popular in Australia and New Zealand and I have received nine awards for songs coming from them.
8 musical comedies, a one act play and a stage adaptation
casts of 20 to 30+
most call upon a dance team
Negotiated fee per performance, everything included. No need to pay for individual scripts, sheet music etcetera.
Each has the following in digital form for download:
a synopsis; a cast list; script, song lyrics and author’s notes
several have piano vocal scores and one has full individual instrument scores.
every play has full musical backing and each song with main vocals
Not all cast members have to sing
making your own sheet music from the digital files = okay
filming the performance = okay
Schools and amateur societies who have performed my plays -
Clare High School, SA
St Helens District High School, TAS
Ashwood College, VIC
Geilston Bay High School, TAS
MacKillop College, VIC
Theatre Eight, WA
Apollo Bay Amateur Group, VIC
Caulfield North PS, VIC
Deloraine Dramatic Society Inc, TAS
Heathmont East Primary School, VIC
Lynwood Senior High School, WA
Smith’s Hill High School, NSW
Mirboo North Secondary College, VIC
Mount Gambier Theatre Group Inc, SA
Padbury Senior High School, WA
Sacred Heart College, VIC
St James College, TAS
St Joseph's Bendigo, VIC
The Hutchins School, TAS
The Knox School, VIC
Timboon P-12 School, VIC
Western Heights High School, NZ
Windsor High School, NSW
Colo High School, NSW
Award winning music from my plays
From Ponsemby's Castle - First Prize in South Pacific Song Contest (Novelty Category)
From The Gods' Show - Award of Merit- ASA Song Contest (Wacky Trax Category)
From Dodge City - Top 10 Finalist- ASA Song Contest (Country Category)
From Pirates, Parrots and Penguins and The Land of Dreams - Top Ten Finalist - ASA Song Contest (Children's Category)
Featured Plays
Kind: Musical
Genre: Comedy
Rating: G
Cast size: 25, plus penguins
Approximate runtime: 1 hr 30 mins
Pirates, Parrots and Penguins
Captain Chook, his parrot, Bono and his penguin, Goldstein, are taking the Tasmanian Princess home. Love is in the air but Captain Cambridge tries to spoil the party.
Kind: One-act stage play
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG
Cast size: 23 (or 10 with doubling)
Approximate runtime: 35 mins
Stooge: The Anti-Scrooge
This is a comedic reversal of ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens. Stooge is an employer blind to what was, is and will be going on behind his back until the ghosts show him. Gradually, he turns from an affable, gullible, happy man into a cynic who sacks the lot of ‘em.
Kind: Musical
Genre: Western
Rating: G
Cast size: 20
Approximate runtime: 2 hrs
Dodge City
Dodge City Kansas – 1879. Wyatt Earp is long gone and the new sheriff has a drinking problem. Gunslinger, Jimmy Hackett, is terrorising the town; Sally is in love with Daniel; he is in love with Virginia and she is not interested in men from the South.
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