Who We Are
TLC Creative is a writing and creative partnership of three experienced authors specialising in pantomimes, play scripts, sketches, merchandise and services for theatre, performers (both amateur and professional) and corporate clients.
Our plays and pantomimes have been used and performed by hundreds of groups all over the world (from the UK to the USA, from Canada to Cambodia, from France to the Falkland Islands, from Austria to Australia and from the Netherlands to New Zealand).
We are also happy to undertake bespoke commissions to write material or create products to your specific requirements. Just contact us with details of what you are looking for and we will do the rest!
Remember, many of our titles listed on this site are published through Lazy Bee Scripts and are available to read online for free, so you can ‘try before you buy’! Just follow the links, where given, throughout this site.
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Find out more about the experienced creative team that make up TLC here.
Hounds of Music
During the current theatre lockdown – discover an alternative world where animals are producing hit Broadway and West End musicals.
April 2020
As the COVID-19 lockdown continues we have tried to keep sane (or maybe just think we have) by applying our creative puns to the world of musicals. Theatres may be dark and the human performers confined to their homes but the animals are busy out there creating their...
February 2020
Damian has created a new one act murder mystery play based in a retirement home. You can read more about it here.
September 2019
David and Steve have been working on a stage adaptation of "Blackadder's Christmas Carol" and an episode from the first series of The Blackadder "The Queen of Spain's beard" with permission of Tiger Aspects and United Agents to be performed by Milton Keynes Theatre of...
Sleeping Beauty
A magical tale of Fairies, true love, curses and spinning wheels!
The Princess Rose is about to celebrate her eighteenth birthday and the end of the long-standing curse put on her by the evil fairy Malicia. The future looks bright… but the wicked fairy is not to be thwarted
Can Rose’s friends Nurse Nelly Nutmeg and Court Jester Jingling Jerry save her?
Aladdin: The short version
A cut down, one act version of the popular Aladdin story written for a small cast and simple / minimal set and props.
The traditional tale featuring a reduced cast of just Widow Twankey (who also narrates), Aladdin, Princess Jasmine, the wicked Abanazer, a Slave of the Ring and a magical Genie of the Lamp.
Can be performed by as few as four actors with doubling.
Scinderella
A unique version of the traditional rags to riches story of Cinderella given the scientific treatment. All the fun of a traditional pantomime show combined with education and learning. The show is designed for a small 5 person cast and is ideal for school performances.
Murder at Twilight Gardens
Four sprightly senior sleuths try to solve the murder that has taken place in their residential home, with the reluctant assistance of their Activities Supervisor,2m 4f 1 eitherRunning Time: 35 mins approx
Under the Hood
Rose, an actor, is rehearsing the title role in a new psychological interpretation of Red Riding Hood under a hot-shot director. Meanwhile her husband, Mark, is torn between the frustrations of his well-paid, dead-end job and the uncertainties of his dream of creating...
Alice and the Cold Case
A detective on administrative leave and a reporter with everything to prove have to team up to solve a cold case that no one really cares about. The only question is whether it will make their careers, or end them...5m 5fRunning Time: 68 mins approx
The Two Igors
On the verge of creating new life, Doctor Frankenstein has to face complaints from his hunchbacked assistant.5 performersRunning Time: 4 mins approx
At least the Trains run on time
As two people wait for a bus that is a long time coming, they come to a mutual conclusion about public transport. 1 M 1FRunning Time: 6 mins approx
Working for the Great Novelist
A reporter discovers uncomfortable truths about how a great novelist works. 2 MRunning Time: 7 mins approx