Heave-ho and away we go on a fantastic musical journey, where the seven seas simply aren’t big enough for both our pirates and mermaids! Full of catch-of-the-day fresh songs and one thrilling adventure, it’s no surprise that this musical is one of our most popular for 5-11s! We challenge you not to laugh out loud with this witty smiler of a script – and be singing along all the way from the first rehearsal to the final curtain call!
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WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT
The iconic characters and fun songs will make a very memorable performance!
About Pirates Versus Mermaids
From the dynamic (and bestselling!) duo of Gaynor Boddy and Rebecca Kincaid comes this wonderfully acclaimed musical – whether you’re looking for a whole-school production or something for a smaller group of older children, it’s one to dive into!
THE SONGS
This fabulous musical includes seven catchy and hooky songs. Of course, you can expect a good hearty dose of pirate songs and sea shanty, as well as the sassy singing mermaids. OH, and we MUST mention the chatty Parrot song – it’s one you're sure to have on repeat! These songs are full of character and humour – perfectly written for the age range.
THE STORY
Me Hearty High School is the most distinguished pirate school on the seven seas and the trainee pirates can’t wait to graduate and become proper pirates. There is only one problem… none of them can swim! If they can't swim they will fail their ‘Arrr’ levels and then what will they do? The answer to their problem lies with the mermaids, but the pirates do not like the mermaids and the mermaids do not like the pirates – will they ever find a way to get along?
THE CHARACTERS
Captain Scarypants and his band of pirates are characters you’ll certainly want to get to know, alongside the sassy, headstrong mermaids and one crackers parrot! It’s certainly set to be a fun casting process!
THE EXTRAS
Pirates Versus Mermaids comes with a character list, a props list and lots of costume ideas.
THE VERDICT
‘It was the best production ever!’
‘The music is fantastic and easy to teach’
‘My Year 2 children loved every second of it, from when we announced it to the very last bow, incredible!’
‘The children loved every single song and learnt the words very quickly’
An editable script is available for this product when you purchase a package that includes an eSongbook.
Cast notes: There are 26 speaking parts with option to increase up to 58 as required.
For smaller groups, the least number of performers is 24. this would mean having only one narrator, the two announcers doubling up as the crocodile and delivery man and having just 7 pirates and 8 mermaids. The ‘sea’ would need to be created without the children’s help.
Whole school: Have as many pirates and mermaids as you like; split the narration between lots of children; for more speaking parts than 26, split the pirate crew and mermaid crew lines between 21 and 17 children respectively, instead of 6, creating 58 speaking parts.
40 minutes approx.
(Total length of music: 11 minutes approx, excluding curtain-call music)
Song 2: We Don’t Like Mermaids - part singing
Song 3: Avast! Ahoy! - part singing
Song 4: I’m A Parrot - solo for the parrot
Song 5: Out Of Your League - optional harmony in second and third chorus
Song 6: Pool Party - part-singing
Licence Information
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