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Welcome to our pantomime, Snow White. Our pantomime takes place at Norwich Theatre Royal. This is where people come to enjoy themselves, to watch stories being told. Do you like stories too? Then you’ll love the story of Snow White! This is the auditorium.
It’s a big room inside the theatre where people watch the story. There’ll be lots of people.
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This is what the auditorium looks like when it’s full of people.
At the start of our story, the lights inside the auditorium will get a little darker, but they won’t go off. You’ll still be able to see the people you’ve come with and it won’t be frightening. In fact, it’s exciting! Our story is about to begin!
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Come along with us to Norwichavonia where the villagers are celebrating. Let’s meet some of the people in our story. Look at this girl with hair as black as ebony and skin as fair as snow. Who do you think this is? That’s right, it’s Snow White!
Snow White is having a special birthday in just a few days’ time. She will be 18! This makes people very happy – all except one person.
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This is Queen Evilynne. She is Snow White’s aunt and a very wicked person indeed! In pantomime, when we think someone is very wicked, we boo and hiss. Will you do that? Will you? Great! When the audience boos and hisses, it may be very loud. Don’t worry though. If you want, you can cover your ears. Queen Evilynne is played by Jennifer.
Jennifer is an actress who is pretending to be evil. All the people in our story are actors, pretending to be other people, some good, some bad. Our pantomime is make-believe so not frightening at all.
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Look at this funny person. This is Nurse Dorothy Dumpling, or Nursie as some people call her. Nursie is played by a man called Richard.
Sometimes, in pantomime, men dress up and pretend to be women. How funny!
Nursie lives with her son, Muddles. This is Muddles. Doesn’t he look silly?
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Muddles has a secret. He’s in love with Snow White! Ooooooh! The trouble is, every time he sees Snow White, Muddles gets all muddled up. He says all his words wrong! Silly Muddles! Muddles is the palace goat herdsman. He looks after goats. The trouble is, Muddles only has one goat who keeps running away.
Here is Muddles’ goat. She’s called Greta.
Muddles is always chasing after her, calling ‘Greta! Greta!!!’
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Queen Evilynne has a magic mirror that can answer any question. A magic mirror! Queen Evilynne says the magic words: ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall Who is the fairest one of all?
The mirror replies: ‘Right now you are the fairest, But I’m afraid you’re going to frown. Tomorrow when she comes of age, Snow White will win the crown!’
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How do you think Queen Evilynne feels when she hears this? Is she happy? No she is not, she is furious! In fact Queen Evilynne is so angry that she plots to kill Snow White. What a wicked person! Boo, hiss!
This is Prince Frederick. Prince Frederick is soon to marry and is searching far and wide for the fairest maiden. Who do you think this will be? Will it be Queen Evilynne? Will it be Snow White?
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This is Igor. He’s the palace servant. Igor tries to be bad like his wicked Queen, but he’s really too good to be bad! Queen Evilynne wants Igor to go on a secret mission. Queen Evilynne tells Igor to take Snow White high into the mountains and kill her. Boo hiss! What a wicked Queen! Because he’s not really bad, Igor decides to leave Snow White in the mountains. Greta!!!
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Snow White thinks she is all alone but others live in the mountains too. There are birds and animals. Here they are.
In our story, the birds and animals are played by children. In theatre sometimes we have to use our imagination and pretend.
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Also in the mountains live some very kind people. Here they are. These are the Seven Dwarfs.
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In our story, these are puppets but we pretend they are real people. Remember, in theatre, we have to use our imagination. Greta!!!
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Let’s meet the dwarfs. This is Major. Major is the leader of the dwarfs.
This is Hercules, Ramsay and Windy
This is Hippy, Toffee and Boris
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The dwarfs offer to look after Snow White. This makes her very happy. She is safe from the wicked Queen Evilynne! Hooray!
Halfway through our story, we have a short break so the actors can have a rest and you can go to the toilet. The lights will brighten inside the theatre and people may leave their seats. When they come back, the lights will dim a little and the rest of our story will be told. What do you think will happen if the wicked Queen Evilynne discovers that Snow White is still alive? Will she try to find her, do you think? How might our story end? We’ll just have to wait and see!
Greta!!!
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