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Toksvig-Perkins

Jenifer Toksvig and David Perkins write musicals. Currently they are offering

• The Curious Quest for the Sandman's Sand - a Jazz & Blues musical
• Skool and Crossbones - a Caribbean musical
• Shake, Ripple and Roll - a Rock & Roll musical
• Pandemonium - A Greek Myth Adventure

All have been produced by youth theatres and one, Pandemonium, played at the Edinburgh Fringe to great success in 2001. You can see the BTG review of it here.

Plays by Nick Richards

The following drama was written for children aged 9 - 16. Almost all of it has been performed.

One-act Plays
[No. of named characters in brackets; more or fewer actors can be involved.]

Everything All Right, Sir? - On its opening night a restaurant is overwhelmed by a stream of bizarre customers. [26 parts]

The Tale of a Nail - A doctor reassures his injured patient with a description of the immune system. We see enacted the patient's imaginative interpretation of this information. [24+]

The Art of Nero - Three famous writers try to assassinate Nero for his crimes against Art. [4]

Musicals

According to Aesop - Phaedrus Mouse, a young blade about town, is invited to visit his rustic cousin. The narrative is illuminated by tales told by his erudite butler, Aesop. [24]

Romulus and Remus - How Rome emerged from family strife. [9+ parts + chorus]

S Nicholas and the Three Purses of Gold - The original Father Christmas

(The last two co-written with Timothy Hallett.)

Sketches

A number of short sketches for 2 - 8 actors

A Child Is Born

A CHILD IS BORN is a 45 minute musical play based on the nativity. It is written by the internationally published children's author Hiawyn Oram with songs composed by singer-songwriter, Gilly Elkin.

Though the story mainly follows the well-known plot, in every scene there are new ideas energetically expressed in a range of songs which offer exciting opportunities for performance and staging.

The 10 new and original songs that carry the narrative are: In A Town Called Nazareth (Chorus), Mary's Fears (Mary and Chorus), Fear Not, Mary (Gabriel and the Messengers), Emperor's Decree (Chorus & Roman Soldiers), Bumpy Ride (Chorus, Mary & Joseph), No Room In The Inns (Innkeepers, Wives and Bethlehem Crowd), A Place in Bethlehem (Mary's haunting solo), And So The Story Goes (Shepherds and All) Just As We Are (Urchin Children of Bethlehem), Tula Tula, Baby (Mary, Urchins & All) And So The Story Goes (Reprise, All.)

In Our Hands Now

In Our Hands Now!, written by by E. Sandy Powell and Mick Terry, features an odd group of high schoolers who are trying to make sense of the world they've been given. In spite of their world being "so out of balance," the kids find and step up to the challenge: "It's in our hands now!"

In Our Hands Now! is a full "book musical," set in a contemporary high school.

The website has full details of the show, along with photographs and reviews.

The plays' index

©Peter Lathan 2004