Bite Sized Plays

Title: Bite Sized Plays
Price: $28.95

Bite Sized Plays is a collection of 13 easy-to-stage plays for young people!

Mix together comedy, sci-fi, myths, tales with a twist, a turtle who teaches Aesop a lesson, a handful of monsters, an enchanter or two, a pinch of realism, a drop of truth juice and the magic of theatre. The result? Scripts to suit everyone's taste.

Contents
You Don't Say! | Cast: 12
Animals can't talk – or can they? When Ezzie's travelling show visits a country fair, Nell and Kel can't believe their eyes – or their ears.

Crater of Doom | Cast: 13 or more, including a sound effects crew
An audio play set on a spaceship – or is it? Hal faces meteor showers, hostile robots and an unexpected nemesis as he attempts to achieve his mission.

Cats vs Dogs | Cast: 21 A possible readers theatre play
A funny, punny fast-paced piece playing with an eternal debate topic

Blast Off | Cast: 8 or more, including a sound effects crew
A radio play that's a tribute to Douglas Adams about Roger, the lucky – or unlucky – winner of a cruise on the first starship to see a supernova

Aesop and the Turtle | Cast: 6 or more – the more the merrier
Turtle – with flippers not feet, it's important to remember – helps Aesop to learn a valuable lesson when she tells him the real ending of that race between her cousin and the hare.

Just One | Cast: 4 as minimum but as many as you like
A sweet play about biscuits, friendship and doing the right thing.

Things That Go Bump | Cast: 11
A play to perform to very young people about fears of the dark and the power of imagination to open whole worlds of delight.

Empire of Zolon | Cast: 17 minimum – many more would be better
In Zolon, three children encountera lost boy, robots, magical folk and the mysterious Doorman. The audience choose the happy or sad ending to this tale about who the Emperor really is.

Tower to the Moon | Cast: 7 or more, including a sounds effect crew
An audio play for safety reasons – it doesn't end well – this is a retelling of a myth about a greedy, ungrateful king who learns that prids comes before a fall.

Careful What You Wish For | Cast: 13 or more
Annie and Julia magically swap lives for a day, and it's a very long day indeed. It's eye-opening for them each to see how the other half lives.

Peace and Quiet | Cast: 8 or more – could have many more
In this short play, all the Ali and Ted want is a little peace and quiet when they have a picnic by a lake far from the hustle and bustle of the city. They didn't factor in the local wildlife.

Truth Juice | Cast: 15
Marika wants to seem interesting so she tells a few little lies that grow out of control like a jungle vine about pet llamas, piranhas and volcanoes until some truth juice changes everything.

Star Stuff | Cast: 1
Rory feels like he doesn't belong anywhere, after the death of his father and then moving interstate. So how can he prepare a talk for school about a community that matters to him?

ISBN: 9781763643529
Publishing status: AU In-stock Distributor