More
a musical play for children than a pantomime, yet with lots
of audience participation, Old Father Time is set in and around
London and in various different centuries. The inconceivable
happens when Big Ben stops! Old Father Time, who lives in
Big Ben and controls time, realises that he is locked in combat
with the villainous Flying Sauceress, who manages to steal
his almanac, containing the mystic secrets of his trade. The
colourful storyline takes Old Father Times, his charlady,
Mrs. Sparkle, and his Watchdog on a quest through time, involving
cavemen, Guy Fawkes, a baby Dinosaur and Dodger and Bodger,
a pair of buskers.
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“A
hit with the kids … a passer-by hearing the deafening
response of a packed audience might have been forgiven
for thinking that here was a reception committee of
weeny-boppers greeting the Osmonds.” Romford Observer
The
play and piano/vocal score are published by