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“Puff in a Huff”
Puff is a dragon who smokes tobacco, his habit causes Woofle the dog and Henry a boy, to become ill. Woofle is taken to the vet who explains he is becoming ill through licking the tobacco residue off his fur and then swallowing it. The vet says Puff needs to stop smoking. Audience members also encourage Puff to stop. Puff agrees to quit however he feels so upset that his cigarette smoking has caused Henry and Woofle to become ill, he needs another cigarette to relieve the stress.. The performers and children, help Puff to choose to smoke outside until he is ready to quit.
“Henry’s Wobbly Tooth”
The play opens with Henry, a boy puppet cleaning his teeth before going to bed. His Granddad doesn’t supervise the teeth cleaning properly.When Henry is asleep, Ailsa, a trainee tooth fairy, comes to check on Henry’s wobbly tooth, to see if it is ready to be taken away. Plaquie appears covering Henry’s teeth in plaque. Acid Attack joins in with the destruction by finding bits of food that contained sugar, that has turned to acid. Both Plaquie and Acid are happy in their work Ailsa and Denise, a senior fairy enlist the help of the children in cleaning Henry’s teeth, so Acid and Plaquie wont come back. Ailsa passes a test to become a qualified tooth fairy by answering 3 important questions she is allowed the help of the children in answering and collecting Henry’s tooth that has now fallen out.
“Megan and the Mixed Up Buckets”
Mrs McLean is getting everything clean and tidy in preparation for the gorillas’ tea party. The master chef, M. Scoffalot, is coming to prepare the food. Mrs McLean asks the children to let her know if her horse Megan, who has a sweet tooth, gets up to mischief. Willard Swindler tries to persuade the audience to buy his sugary selection. Megan steals one of his lollipops and biscuits and runs off. To receive payment Willard and the audience call for Mrs McLean. Megan develops tooth ache and, later, symptoms of diabetes from eating too many sugary foods and is taken to the vet. Major Disaster, the horse doctor, enlists the help of a group of children to help extract Megan’s tooth. M. Scoffalot arrives to prepare the fruit salad for the gorillas. The bucket of Megan’s urine which is being tested for diabetes, gets mixed up with the clean water for the fruit salad. M. Scoffalot then feeds the unsuspecting Willard fruit salad, containing horse wee. He also blows up a wok full of bananas. It is diagnosed Megan hasn’t developed diabetes though she is persuaded in future to eat less sugary foods and more fruit and vegetables. The play ends with the gorillas tea party. We suggest every child brings in a portion of fruit, to make their own fruit salad back in the classroom
“Pirates of the Carrot and Bean”
It is the first day of term at Captain Parrott’s Pirate School. The audience are the new intake of students. Kate Cutlass, a student teacher and Mrs Higgins a supply teacher, join Captain Parrott’s staff. Unfortunately he can’t read at all well and advertised for help in a private school instead of a pirate school. Captain Parrot is intent on teaching the old skills of plundering and swashbuckling. Mrs Higgins has different ideas on education. Captain Parrot wants to keep his students illiterate and innnumerate, so he can keep control and power. He also wants people fed a poor diet so they don’t learn and will be aggressive – all to his advantage. With the help of a puppet carrot and bean the captain is persuaded to disclose where he has been hiding the healthy food in exchange for being taught how to read. The play ends with a treasure chest of fresh fruit being shared with the children.
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