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An Inspector Calls

By Andrew Oxspring
Ages: 7-11yrs

Running Time

60 Mins Approx

Speaking Parts

43

Cast Size
(Including Non-Speaking)

65

Cast Size
Easily Reduced To

27

Suggestions for how to easily reduce and increase the cast size to suit your numbers are included in the "content samples" for this musical.

No. Of Songs

8

With end-of-term celebrations and activities underway, the children and adults of Pepperton Primary School are thrown into panic when they receive a surprise visit from the school inspectors! After a series of unfortunate but hilarious episodes, Mr Sourbottom and his inspection team (one of whom develops a talent for bottle flipping!) don’t have to look too deeply to uncover the true heart and spirit of the school, and soon learn what a special place it is to so many people, and why.

This fabulous musical lets you celebrate your school and all its achievements in style!

 

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Overview

Plot Summary

Without knowing why, the teachers of Pepperton Primary School are summoned to an emergency staff meeting! Could it be to discuss the recent Year 2 trip to a chocolate factory, when all ‘freebies’ were eaten on the bus home, leading to travel-sickness on a scale that has never been witnessed before? No, it’s worse than that! Headteacher, Mrs Wright, delivers the news that, although this is the last week of the summer term and lots of end-of-year activities have been planned, the school is to receive a visit from the inspectors….tomorrow! (song – ‘They’re On Their Way’)
The first job is to put the old hall display back up on the bare wall. With the adults busy checking that paperwork is up-to-date, this job is given to a group of children. As they sift through the tatty, torn and smudged pictures and pieces of writing that once made up a display entitled ‘The Ancient Greeks’, the children wonder how they can re-use it all to make something presentable. And does it matter that the ‘R’ is missing from the selection of letters forming the title? (song – ‘Deck The Hall’)
The next day, in front of a haphazard display now entitled ‘The Ancient Geeks’, the whole school gathers in the hall. With the children more than a little fidgety and talkative, Mrs Wright tries to bring some calm to the room. However, at the peak of the fidgeting and talking, the three inspectors enter! When all are finally silent, lead inspector, Mr Sourbottom, introduces himself and his two colleagues, Miss Schneider and Mr Measley. They give shallow assurances that their visit is ‘nothing to worry about’ (song – ‘Inspectors’ Song’) then they exit to begin their inspection. Though anxious, everyone in school is determined that nothing more will go wrong over the next few days and that the inspectors will see their school at its best!
Of course, more things do go wrong! First off, in an effort to impress the inspectors with her teaching, Mrs Barker decides to ‘recycle’ a successful literacy lesson from last term! She hopes her class will answer her questions with confidence and produce work of a high standard, whilst at the same time not letting on to the inspectors that this is stuff they have already done before and know inside out! Needless to say, it doesn’t quite go to plan! (song – ‘In One Ear, Out The Other’)
The annual staff versus children rounders match, usually a good-natured event, also proves to be the cause of some concern for the inspectors. (song – ‘Rounders’) They smell something fishy when it appears that one member of staff seems to be doing all he can to ensure his team loses the game! Then there’s the summer fete; the culmination of tireless efforts by the PTA to bring the school community together! Not even large quantities of candy floss can distract the inspectors from the fact that there seems to be quite a long queue at the first aid tent! (song – ‘Splat The Rat’)
As their visit draws to an end, in the light of these ‘incidents’ it seems the inspectors’ impression of Pepperton Primary School might not be a positive one. However, the discovery of a mysterious envelope and its contents soon convinces Mr Sourbottom and his team that there are much more important things on which to judge a school, things that Pepperton has in abundance! (song – ‘This Special Place’)
At the end-of-term disco, with all staff and children present, the inspectors decide to announce their findings and make their thoughts known. Of course, they’re full of praise and, as they ‘loosen up’ and join in the dancing, the school gives itself a well-deserved pat on the back for all it has achieved! (song – ‘Celebrate’)

Listen below to the songs from ‘An Inspector Calls’
"They're On Their Way"
"Deck The Hall"
"Inspectors' Song"
"In One Ear, Out The Other"
"Rounders"
"Splat The Rat"
"This Special Place"
"Celebrate"

Characters

43 Speaking parts in order of appearance

Note: if you have a smaller cast, because some characters only appear in one scene, multiple parts can be played by single actors. Alternatively, for bigger cast numbers, many of the larger speaking parts have enough lines to be shared out between any extra characters you want to include.

The teachers of Pepperton Primary School

Miss Cropper
Mr Savage
Mrs Stamp
Mr Cane
Mrs Childs
Miss Kidd
Mrs Barker
Mrs Wright

6 Childrentasked with getting hall displays back on the wall…quickly!

School Inspectors
Mr Sourbottom
Miss Schneider
Mr Measley

6 more childrenhaving a bit of trouble remembering what a noun is!
4 rounders playerseager to give the teachers’ team a trouncing
Bookieoffering good odds on a teachers’ win!
Commentatorkeeping us up to date with the action!
3 more childrenlearning the hard way that gambling never pays!
PTA Chairpersonrunning a tight ship at the annual summer fete!
St John’s Ambulance representativedishing out the first aid!
5 parentswith one or two health & safety concerns!
4 letter-writerstelling us what they love about school

Ensemble characters for featured songs and scenes

More children
More staff
Extra rounders players
PTA members
More parents
Dancers

What do you get?

This musical production is available to buy in 2 different formats.

Option 1 – Physical Product – Posted

This option can be paid for online, or schools* can request to have goods sent with an invoice to be paid within 30 days.
* Non-UK schools and private individuals (not ordering on behalf of a UK school) must pay online.

A wire-bound book with:
Full script
Detailed stage directions
Character information
Tips for costumes, props and scenery
Piano score for all songs
Licensing information

An Audio CD with:
Vocal demo tracks to all songs
Backing tracks to all songs
Continuity/incidental music
Sound effects

Option 2 – Digital Download

Any order containing a digital download option must be paid for online at the point of ordering. Any order containing a digital download which is not accompanied by payment will not be processed.

Both PDF and editable MS Word documents of:
Full script
Detailed stage directions
Character information
Tips for costumes, props and scenery
Piano score for all songs
Licensing information

MP3 files of:
Vocal demo tracks to all songs
Backing tracks to all songs
Continuity/incidental music
Sound effects

Extras included:
JPEG files of cover artwork for making posters or other promo material.

Upon completion of your order, a link will be automatically sent to the email address you provided, from which all the files can be downloaded.

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