A pantomime of disorganised crime

Pssst… 'Dis Christmas. Make your audience an offer dey can't refuse…

A sparkling comic send-up of the entire Mob-movie genre, but with all the best-loved features of old-fashioned panto, skilfully blended in.

Thrill as inter-family rivalries spill over from the mean streets of The Bronx, to the leafy avenues of - your very own locality!

Gasp as embryonic Godfather, Michael Ricotta, and his villainous sidekicks Sonny Marscapone and Bella-Donna Gorgonzola, attempt to wrest control of the UK Mozarella supply from bungling incumbent Crime Lord and Pizza King, Don Rigatoni.

Hoot with derision as Daphne Bungalow, pantomime dame par excellence - and sometime chairperson of your local residents' association - becomes haplessly embroiled in the resultant battle of wills, high explosive, and custard pies!

And don't forget to look out for the madcap intervention of a couple of feisty Fairy Godmothers, who have inadvertently blundered into completely the wrong panto!

Will the pantomime horse's head, end up in the Don's Divan? You bet it will!

Do the baddies get their come-uppance, one by one, in a brilliantly sequenced operatic denouement, just like in the movies? You can count on it!

Loaded with crackpot jokes, including some great Italian gags, plus almost endless opportunities for flashes, bangs and wallops, this is a refreshingly different seasonal offering, uniting festive magic, riotous comedy, and a fine parody of a whole genre of classic movies. Sure to fire the imagination of both your cast and your audience.

Cast: Principals 8M, 5F, 2 M or F. Extras 4 - 6 M or F.

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Provision is made in the script for the inclusion of eight musical numbers. More musical numbers could easily be incorporated.

Licenced for performance by Richard Lloyd Playscripts. Click here for terms and conditions.

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