A Pantomime written in collaboration with Moonbase's Creating Connections' group members resulting in a performance in Black Box's Green Room
Once Upon a Time....
A beautiful princess lived with her father in a massive castle. The castle was massive, they must have had plenty of money. (Must’ve had…)
The Father died, he was 76 and lived a happy life. They had a lovely reception for his funeral.
She was known as “The Princess,” but her name was Snow White.
She lived in the castle for a while...Before she was asked to leave.
She was called Snow White because; she had skin as white as snow, and very black hair. Like the snow you used to see in old movies, in black and white.
There was a wicked Queen, who was jealous of Snow White’s beauty. She was called Maleficent, and; (what are the odds?) was Snow White’s Step-Mother.
Being a witch, she used her magic Moon-Mirror to ask who the most beautiful person in the Kingdom was. After a slurp of fortified tonic wine, the mirror told the Queen that the most beautiful person in the kingdom had “...Hair as black as ebony, and skin as white as snow.”
The Queen sent a message to a goblin, using her grimy iPhone 5c, asking the goblin to “...take care of...That pesky, Snore White…”
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Meanwhile, Prince Charming is riding a funky white horse through Moonbase Forest. There are Apple Trees, Pears, Tea and Coffee Trees, with Twix Bushes growing everywhere.
Somewhere, someone was busy planting fresh ducks.
Charming was tall, looks a lot like Nathan Carter, and has fair hair. He originally grew up in Spain, but lived in Dublin.
He loved to eat Steak Tartare with chicken, Scally-Wags, Surf and Turf and Sprouts with Gummy Bears.
He occasionally lives in Castleward.
He was out looking for his brother Flarbort, who had disappeared. Before he left he had to have had words with the King, his father. The words were: Piffle, Gazoombah, Walty, and Twazz.
The King was a good man, he was good at his job. He helped the kingdom by occasionally shouting “Don’t be doing that there!”
Ahead of the Prince, was a giant tree-house.
Charming knew the treehouse was a gatehouse. As he arrived he noticed someone jumping down from the half built structure. (The Policy was frozen. They kept the property--as for the lease, they didn’t want to Let It Go!)
The first average sized human (no offense) is wearing Old Fashioned clothes, a huge long skirt and a cardigan.
The second averagely sized human (no offense) jumped out with a suit and a briefcase.
An average sized third and fourth human fall neatly onto a wall below, no, a fence. One with blonde hair, and the other carrying a brush and shovel (the fourth looked like the kind of person who would shout if you didn’t wipe your feet).
Number Five gets into gear in a spirited fashion, wearing a peacock feather in their hair, carrying with them a bow and arrow.
Another average sized human, falls out of the tree, fast asleep,wakes up, and dusts off their jacket and wee pair of trousers.
Prince Charming bowed low; he does this every time he meets someone new. The fact that he doesn’t rise after the bow has never troubled anybody. But it does make it difficult sometimes to hear what he is saying.
“I am Prince Charming, sometimes from Castleward, and I am looking for my brother, have you seen him?”
The seven humans rattle their names off in response:
“Hallo there! I’m Butterfly!”
“I’m Dumpy With The Breifcase...”
“I’m Daisy,” said Daisy. “And that’s Tom…” Said Tom, pointing at himself.
“Big Jackie here, nice to meet you, and that’s Dugo Huncan (no relation).” Big Jackie uses their feather to tickle under Dugo’s nose to wake them up.
“AND I’M BRUNO” Sang Bruno.
“We might not know where your brother is, but the Doctor will know!” Said Dumpy.
“Yeah! The Doctor will know, she knows all sorts!” Big Jackie agreed.
“Who is this Doctor?” Asked Prince Charming. Perhaps he could get that thing on his knee looked at.
“We work with her down the mines,” said Butterfly. “She’s a food doctor. So she knows her onions.”
“Which mines?” Asked Charming.
“The toothpaste, shaving cream, milk, and soap mines of course!” Shout the seven average sized humans (no offence, especially if there’s any dogs, ducks or cats out there in the audience. Or Hamsters even).
Prince Charming finally stands up straight from his bow. Thankfully this only happened the first time he met people.
The group travelled to the mines.