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Kenneth Alan Taylor

KENNETH ALAN TAYLOR  

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below is a list of Kenneth Alan Taylor's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Aladdin         Beauty and the Beast         Cinderella         Dick Whittington         Hotpants: The Seventies Musical         Jack and the Beanstalk         Loadsamoney!         Mother Goose         Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood         Simply the Best         Sleeping Beauty

Aladdin

Synopsis:
rub that traditional lamp

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

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Beauty and the Beast

Synopsis:
classic fairytale about a kindly monster - in reality a transformed handsome Prince - and his love for a beautiful young girl

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Cinderella

Synopsis:
The magical pantomime including Prince Charming, Buttons, the Ugly Sisters and, of course, the Fairy Godmother who turns a pumpkin and mice into a carriage and horses ... but why doesn't the glass slipper disappear at midnight?!

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Dick Whittington

Synopsis:
Dick Whittington sets forth on the road to London: the city where the streets are paved with gold; the city in which Mrs Fitzwarren and her lovely daughter Alice live; and the city that the evil King Rat calls home. If Dick wants to be Lord Mayor he is going to need all the help he can get fromSarah the Cook, Fairy Bow Bells and of course his trusty cat.

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Nottingham Playhouse >>>    30 Nov 1996

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Hotpants: The Seventies Musical

Synopsis:
Dig out your flares, mount your platforms and board the love train in this sizzling seventies show packed with all your favourite numbers.

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written by Kenneth Alan Taylor And John Morton

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Genre:
musical

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Jack and the Beanstalk

Synopsis:
Jack, a dim boy, sells the family's cow, their last remaining possession, for some 'magic beans', his mother is furious and throws them out of the window. Next morning there is a magic beanstalk, which Jack climbs to the land of the giant. There he rescues the love interest, and the goose that lays the golden eggs and runs away as the giant returns booming 'fee, fie, foe, fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman!' and occasionally 'Be he alive or be he dead I'll grind his bones to make my bread' depending on how bloodthirsty the panto is! As the giant follows Jack down the beanstalk Jack grabs an axe and chops it down thus killing the him.

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Nottingham Playhouse >>>    05 Dec 1998

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Loadsamoney!

Synopsis:
the excesses of the 1980's

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written by Kenneth Alan Taylor And John Morton

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Genre:
comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mother Goose

Synopsis:
Mother Goose hits the jackpot when her feathered friend Priscilla starts laying golden eggs. But it's not enough for her to feather her own nest. Soon there's egg on her face as she confronts the dangers of Dame and Fortune . . .

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood

Synopsis:
Can our favourite outlaw Robin Hood save the day and win the heart of Maid Marian? Together with hundreds, yes hundreds of Merry Men, Robin sets out on his biggest adventure so far! Filled with crazy slapstick jokes, song-and-dance routines, stunning costumes and spectacular sparkly sets, it's the perfect winter treat for all the family.

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1st Produced:
Nottingham Playhouse >>>    30 Nov 2012

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Simply the Best

Synopsis:
Join us at the Coliseum as we go Dancin' In The Street in our Hotpants - with Loadsamoney! Yes - following our trio of smash hit 'home grown' musicals of the last few years, we present the very best of all three in a not-to-be-missed party that everyone's invited to! Relive the music of the sixties, seventies and eighties with a laughter filled, sparkling spectacular that's packed to the brim with all your favourite songs!

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written by Kenneth Alan Taylor And John Morton

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Genre:
musical

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Sleeping Beauty

Synopsis:
The tale of the sleeping beauty - sleeping under the spell of a wicked witch until her Prince Charming comes to wake her up.

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1st Produced:
Nottingham Playhouse >>>    26 Nov 2011

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Genre:
Pantomime

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Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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