Dick Whittington and his CatA punto

Scene 1: Intro Narrator

Narrator: Welcome, welcome one and all to our Christmas night of fun; a panto we present for you; a treat for everyone.It’s set in a town in Nottinghamshire; not dissimilar to our ownTimes were hard as well back then; even before the EurozoneOur hero is a young man named Dick; his moniker is quite funnyAnd he lives in a little house that he shares with his lovely mummyThat’s all I’ll say or I’ll spoil the plot; let’s see what happens this timeAs you sit back as we unveil our... Dick Whittington Christmas Pantomime

Scene 2:

Dick’s mum enters

Mum: Dick, Dick... oh, where is that boy wherever can he be?He’s been out for several hours and it’s almost time for teaI bet he’s gone to the library; his nose is forever in a bookIf he’s not back in the next 5 minutes I’ll go out and have a look

Enter Dick reading a book, he is with Jess the cat who is holding two rats

Mum: Ahh, here he comes now, look he reads so much it’s scaryWhat’s that you’ve got there?

Dick: Oh mum, it’s my dick-tionary

Mum: Oh God, it’s a pun-tomime isn’t it? Has Jess your cat, caught us some dinner? I haven’t eaten since half past three

Dick gives her the rats

Dick: Here you go, pop these in the pot

Mum: Oh great, I can make a rat or two eee

Well if you’re spotted dick you’ll be in custardy

Dick and his mum discuss their future, flat broke, no money. I hear the streets of London are paved with goldScene 3: King Rat tells his fellow rats to run amock amongst the streets of londonScene 3: Dick and Jess go to London and meet several people on the way, they are all leaving as London has been over run by rats

Scene 4: He arrives in London and looks at all the sights but alas there is no gold on the streets. He is snubbed by everyone and leave only to hear the bells peal out... turn again Whittington etcScene 5: Tired and hungry he curls up to sleep on the steps of St Pauls. A wealthy businessman takes pity on him and gives him lodging (it’s not very likely but remember it’s a fairy tale)Scene 6: Dick starts work in the kitchen with the businessmans daughter. They are plagued by rats but Jess starts catching themScene 7: Rats report back to the king, they devise a plan, capture Dick’s girlfriend and hold her to ransomScene 8: Rats capture her, Dick is distraughtScene 9: King Rat’s lair, return with the girl.Scene 10: NarratorScene 11: Train Jess up into a super cat.Scene 12: Go to the rat’s lair and rescue the girl, Jess captures all the ratsScene 13: Boris Johnson congratulates him and offers to step down so that he can become mayor of London.Scene 14: Big party narrator concludes the story