At Maverick Musicals we strive to stay innovative and up with the times. This is why we are very excited to announce that some of our favourite and most popular School Musical Deluxe packages will now be available on USB!

We know here at Maverick that schools and directors are busy preparing for the year ahead – and our USB’s and their content are designed to make your production life just a little bit easier. Scripts, scores, song tracks, both vocal and performance, graphics and SFX – are all ready for you on our new line of “Musicals on a Stick”.

Check out some of the titles we have available on USB below, for a full list please contact me.

BONSAI SAMURAI

Maverick’s Kung Fu Panda meets Moana!

Facing a bleak future in the family rice-fields, Hiroki, a short, self-centred Japanese boy with aspirationsof becoming a Samurai is humiliated by treacherous soldiers intent on taking the Chrysanthemum Throne and teams up with an unlikely band of ancient spirits to defeat them.

But when he is offered a chance to achieve his dream at the expense of his sister and the others, he must learn that loyalty is a quality best returned, especially if he is to outsmart the traitorous Emperor’s minister and save both his friends and the Imperial Princess.

Perfect for a large cast, for ages 10-15 years. Tim makes putting on a musical easy with plenty of material to help make your production run smoothly. With Props list, music and production notes and special effects cues list, wether you are an experienced director or not, this musical will be a huge success!

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You’re History

When a nerdy teenager turns a portable classroom into a time machine, a mischievous detention class is sent hurtling back through history! The time-warped team discover vicious Vikings, pilates-practicing Pirates, disco-happy Gladiators, a rapping Romeo and Juliet and the infamous Oedipus on Jerry Springer.
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High School Spoof-ical

Welcome to Sweet Valley High, a perfect world of perfect Disney teens. Its an all-American school full of every clique imaginable – jocks, cheerleaders, eggheads, emos, homies and even redneck yokels! Meet Zak Teflon and Vanessa Huggins, two spotless little angels who are planning to unleash their extraordinary talents upon the high school musical.
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The Three Musketeers

Hear ye, hear ye! Looking for something just a little different? HisRoyal Majesty King Louis X111 doth command ye to a right rollicking, royal romp. This swashbuckling hilarious musical is based on Dumas’ classic tale of intrigue and adventure but you’ve never seen Porthos, Athos, Aramis and D’Artagnan quite like this…. Black Adder meets Monty Python!
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Wolfstock

Get out the leather jackets, bobby sox and swingy skirts; brush up the pony tails and the D.A’s, you’re ready for the exciting world of milk bars, juke boxes and real motor bikes. In this era of change, Jay, a sixteen year old, finds his safe and extra-ordinary ordinary life is to be transformed dramatically. Shock! Horror! Is it possible that he could be changing into a creature of the night?
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Sheerluck Holmes

Set within the framework of late Victorian England, this musical is a hilariously extravagant send-up on the great detective and the ever-bumbling Watson! With such characters as Greasy Pierre (the French butler), Colonel Horatio Bagshot, Virginia Huntingdon-Smythe and many, many police-men, you’ll love the foggy, dark humour of this murder mystery.
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Bats

Long live Gothic horror! In the remote village of Humperdink they boast about Count Dracula’s famous castle but everyone really knows thatvampires, werewolves and mummies just don’t exist anymore… or do they…? This laugh a minute musical is accompanied by vibrant, foot-tapping music and your students will love playing it.
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Little Stars

Lights, camera… action!! A great new rock and roll musical that’s just perfect for senior primary to lower and middle high school students. Follow the behind the scenes story of five finalists (and their neurotic parents) as they compete in the national TV hit sensation singing competition seeking the next … Little Star!
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Creepytown

When shy, vegetarian (and vampire…) Princess Lucy meets an adventurous, outgoing human, she sees a chance to realise her dreams of escaping her crazy vampire world and her ‘monstrous’ controlling parents. Meeting at the dental clinic recently opened by her new friend’s square and well-meaningparents, the two make plans to escape Creepytown forever!
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Ratbags

When a small town is over-run by street kids who better to deal with the problem than the army? Even if that army happens to be a unit of well trained riotous rodents! Successfully premiered by The Centenary Theatre Group in Brisbane, Ratbags is a modern day Pied Piper – that rocks! In this adaptation, the roles are reversed – the streets are cleaned up, the rats become heroes, and all the old fogies still boogie and rave!
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Gladiators

Set in Ancient Rome, this relevant musical cleverly takes the audience back and forth from Rome to present day. It is full of surprises and highly entertaining. Oh, and did we say, it is a very funny show? Sophie wants to be a Gladiator but… as a girl in Ancient Rome the odds are against her. However with the aid of the powerful Empress, she overcomes all obstacles.
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Compass Rose

After being locked in her cabin for disobedience, feisty but self-centred Constance-Rose McAlister escapes from her father’s ship to Easter Island – to fulfil her dream of becoming a famous explorer. Despite being left behind when the ship leaves, she has great fun chasing the local wildlife, chatting with magic statues and of course, sinking pirate ships!
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The Jungle Book

This musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic The Jungle Book follows the story of Mowgli who is brought up by the wolves, and is taught the laws of the jungle by his dear friend, Baloo the bear. A particular feature of the show is the audience participation and involvement, but the strong plot is not ignored and the element of danger is never far away.
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Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland is probably regarded as the greatest children’s book ever written. Mike Carter’s adaptation draws out that humour and mystery and creates an exciting and challenging musical, ideal for use in schools or by adult companies. With 22 main speaking parts, this adaptation gives plenty of children the opportunity to act.
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With many more plays to choose from in our range, we hope you enjoy browsing our samples packages and find that perfect show for your group. Please contact me for a chat or send us an email about what you really need – and we’ll try our hardest to find you the right script!

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Dear Drama Teachers

Looking for those elusive plays or Drama DVD’s created specifically for your theatre students? We have some excellent suggestions here for you to browse through. These popular DVD’s and play scripts for senior school students are suitable for performance, class-room work, discussion or examination.

The challenge for busy teachers is often just finding exactly the right script and resource for your needs – we hope that having a little nibble will give you a chance to better assess suitability prior to purchase. So we have provided a taste of our titles –  Free samples of scripts are ready to download straight to your computer. Have a browse on us, and see if there is anything that fits the bill. Easy online ordering means you can also download your chosen scripts immediately when you make your purchase.

NB: For Copyright reasons we are unable to provide online samples of Mark Wheeller scripts – please contact gail@maverickmusicals.com for those script samples.

Two Invaluable DVD Resources for Teachers of Drama

These professionally filmed DVD’s depict a full range of Drama Techniques, and examples from Mark Wheeller’s plays – demonstrated by groups of theatre students. Easy to watch format, presented with high quality audio and video production and clear explanatory voice-overs.

Wheeller Plays Exemplified uses 18 filmed extracts from plays ‘Hard to Swallow’, ‘Kill Jill’ ,‘Too Much Punch for Judy’ and ‘Missing –Dan Nolan’ demonstrating a range of performance techniques. Contains interviews with Mark Wheeller about his work, providing a fascinating insight into the unique style of this playwright. For the many Drama Teachers already using his works, this DVD will be an excellent addition to their texts.

Drama Techniques Exemplified features well filmed practical examples of pupils demonstrating the techniques. It is split into two main sections: ‘Learning Through Drama’ and ‘Learning About Theatre’. Teachers and drama practitioners will find it a really helpful and focused resource, and easy to use in the classroom.

More Great Plays by Mark Wheeller

Hard to Swallow

A play based on Maureen Dunbar’s award winning novel and film “”Catherine”” that charts her daughter’’s uneven battle with anorexia and the family’’s difficulties in coping with it all. Told mainly through the words of Catherine and her family, this uncompromising and sensitive script is equally as popular in schools as it is on the one act play circuit – Hard To Swallow has sold over 15,000 copies in the UK since its publication in 1990 and has become a very popular performance in schools. Read more.

Missing – Dan Nolan

Based on the true story of Dan Nolan, a teenage boy who disappeared on New Year’s Day 2002 after going fishing with friends, this unusual and deeply affecting play uses the actual words of Daniel’’s family, friends and the detective in charge to portray its important story. Read more.

Too Much Punch for Judy – Mark Wheeller

Too much Punch for Judy is an award-winning drink drive documentary drama which tells the harrowing tale of a young woman who kills her sister in an alcohol-related road accident. This is one of the most performed plays ever (performed over 5000 times)averaging nearly one performance a day since its first publication in the UK. Check out the video footage of a performance.

“It is important that we pay due cognisance of the invaluable role that Mark plays as a socially conscious dramatist… one of the most performed playwrights in a wide range of professional and community venues as well as in educational establishments that face so many of the social problems that are addressed in his work.” Charles Vance Editor of Amateur Stage. August 2005. Read more.

Monologues 3 – Therese Edmonds

One book – three great monologues – three cool comedy scripts to brilliantly showcase an actor’s skills.

Gavin Regrets, 12 mins

Ever found yourself in a ludicrous situation and wondered how the heck you got there? Somehow Gavin’s found himself having to explain to the police how he ended up thigh-deep, naked, with his underpants on his head and stuck in mud “up to me nuts”, rescuing an unconscious dwarf in a kiddy bike trailer snagged on a rock in the middle of the river. Tracing it back decision by decision we see there’s a strange, almost credible, logic to this hilarious tale of a moron given enough rope. Winner of the Maj Monologues’ Peoples’ Choice Award in 2007. Read More.

Valerie Gets Hitched, 5mins

Valerie is a load of fun for any actress to play: she’s loud, she’s vain, she blubs, she thinks – so wrongly – that she’s still hot and spouts forth such an unjustifiably high opinion of herself we can’t help but laugh at her and the poor sap she’s just married. But in the end it’s a love story. Valerie Gets Hitched won the Shorelines Writing for Performance Award in 2008. Read more.

Shelly Kelly’s Day O’ Destiny

Shelly Kelly’s Day O’ Destiny is poignant, laugh-out-loud funny and heartwarming. We cheer Shelly on as she attempts to realise her dream of being just like Susan Boyle and bringing some much-needed attention to her struggling town by winning Australia’s Got Talent. Winner of the Maj Monologues’ Judges Prize and the Peoples’ Choice Award in 2010. Exciting news about this title! It is now a set text for the new GCSE specification in the UK! Read more

Stop Dead – Phil Freeman

Stop Dead deals with a devastating subject: that of youth suicide. It looks at the final events leading up to the breaking point of four quite different young people, bringing into focus the mounting pressure with which each has to cope. Drama extensions and viewpoints for discussion included for classroom use. Read more.

Four Funerals and a Wedding – Marlene F Magee

Seeking a great play for a class of students with a range of abilities? Four Funerals and a Wedding picks up from where Shakespeare’’s play left off. In this one act play the humour is snappy and streetwise with instant appeal for young people – an ideal piece for festival, classroom performance or as a youth theatre showpiece. Read more.

That’s it for this month. There are more great plays on our website – just tailor your search by using the filters available online. If you would like any more information about our plays and drama resources just send us an email to gail@maverickmusicals.com.au Happy reading!