Goldilocks

A fun-filled family panto that includes all the excitement of a colourful Carnival setting. Goldilocks has run away from her wicked guardian, Gaspar Grey, who is trying to get his hands on her inheritance which comes to her on her twenty-first birthday. Big-hearted Sophie Sawdust, the owner of the Carnival, takes her in, but all too soon Gaspar and his bumbling cohorts, Swindle and Filtch, find her. He threatens to call in a loan made to Sadie if Goldilocks doesn’t return with him, and destroy the Carnival. The rest of the Carnival troupe join forces with Goldilocks and with the help of three very talented Bears, and an array of aging ancestors, they thwart Gaspar’s plans, save the Carnival and discover the whereabouts of the inheritance.

Characters: Goldilocks, Sophie Sawdust, Jocko, Tommy, Gloria, Madam Zarina, Gaspar, Swindle, Filtch, Three Bears, Four Ancestors. Chorus of Carnival entertainers.

Scene: The Carnival Thoroughfare (Full set), Another part of the Carnival (Front cloth or tabs), Sophie’s Caravan (Half set) The Cottage of the Three Bears (Half set), The Woods (Front Cloth or tabs) Deadwater Manor (Full set)