The cruel Ice King is finally conquered by the Prince of Fire in spite of the efforts of Sergeant Snowdrop, his Icicles, the SAS (Send Awful Shivers) and the Fridgerator. Kingdom Cold celebrates as the big freeze turns into the big thaw. Age Guide 7-11 Duration About 50 Minutes Production Pack contains Script, Piano/Vocal Score and CD of Backing Tracks and Vocals Dave Corbett  
Dave Corbett trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama and subsequently worked in repertory theatre. Later he gained a Cert. Ed. in music and drama and worked for many years in primary education. During this time he wrote and staged many musicals. In 1989 he left teaching and set up Music in Education Works (MEW), touring schools with his music and drama workshops. These enabled children to experience first hand the world of electronic music. In 1992 Dave got involved musically with the family business; his brother Matthew presented a very popular children's television programme called Sooty & Co. Harry Corbett, father to Dave and Matthew, invented Sooty, a glove puppet, way back in the 1950's. It has been the longest running children's TV character of all time. Dave's job for many years was to compose and record music for both the TV and theatre shows. Dave has composed and recorded a great deal of material for several educational publishers, among others Heinemann, (you may use the LIVELY MUSIC teaching scheme which Dave was heavily involved with), IMP (MUSIC ABOUT US series), and Collins Educational (LETTERLAND). He has also written extensively for BBC Schools radio, (Time and Tune, Singing Together and Music Workshop). Synopsis | Scene 1 : The Street | | | A crowd gathers at Dry Ice Lane on a freezing cold afternoon waiting to hear the Ice Kings annual speech. | | Scene 2 : The Guard Room | | | The Guards are getting ready for the Kings procession. | | Scene 3 : The Procession | | | Back on Dry Ice Lane someone tries to warm the Ice King, but the batteries in his illegal hair drier are flat. For his valour Private Drip is decorated with tinsel. | | Scene 4 : The Guards Mess Room | | | Waitresses are setting tables for the guards meal. | | Scene 5 : The Baby | | | This scene requires the stage to be arranged in two places. At one side the first action takes place in the street outside the house where the Prince of Fire is born. The other side of the stage needs to show the inside of the sitting room. | | Scene 6 : The Fridge | | | The action takes place many years later in Kingdom Colds Fridge room where dissidents are imprisoned. Hotshot breaks the power of the Fridgerator. | | Scene 7 : The Bonfire | | | Kingdom Cold is overthrown.
This may be the most difficult scene to stage as there needs to be some sort of bonfire simulation at centre stage. Perhaps a red cellophane pyramid lit from underneath by a red light bulb. Or a pyramid made of fronds of red, yellow and orange tissue paper. A fan heater could be placed under the pyramid so that the fronds blow upwards. Cast List | Character | No. of Lines | | Narrators 1 - 5 Crowd
Brenda
Nick
Anne
Tom
Mike
Trader
Icicle Guards
Spike
Dangle
Hang
Zero
Point
Prong
Drip
Sergeant snowdrop Diane
Humphrey
Ice king
Bob
King's Aide Waitresses
Mavis
Edie
Betty
Flo
Daisy
Doris
Maud
SAS Jack frosts 1 - 5 Mum
Dad
Friends 1 - 4
Fridgerator
Assistant 1 and 2
Hotshot
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6
5
3
4
4
10 Non-speaking crowd
people can be added
5
6
1
3
5
5
16 Non-speaking guards
can be added 27 3
2
7
3
1
9
9
4
6
3
7
4 Non-speaking assistants
can be added
1 2
2
1
12
1
12 ( NB wrongly printed
in the book as 1 ) |
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