CAST/CHARACTERS

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The Storyteller: Singing role. Female. Adult. Happy disposition. Can get flustered. She always tries to keep the story running smoothly despite the villagers’ constant interruptions.
The Pied Piper: Singing role. Male. Adult. A Glam Rock Star Musician. Something of a Russell Brand/Captain Jack/Marc Bolan/Keith Richards look about him. Mysterious, tall and willowy, lively and strange.
The Rat King: Singing role, Male. Adult. The Rat King of the Underworld. 1930s Mob boss. Suave and tall. Dangerous and dark. Captain Hook meets Don Corleone
Burgermeister Schmalz: Singing role. Male. Adult. The mayor of Hamelin. Portly, bumptious and vain. A sly politician. Henpecked by his wife.
Frau Schmalz: Singing role. Female. Adult. The mayor’s wife. Strong, loud, portly. Vain and dragon-like.
Herr Glocken: Singing role. Male. Adult. The clock seller. Gepetto/Einstein look about him. One of the clowns of the piece. Moustachioed, slightly foolish but rather sarcastic.

Herr Strudel: Singing role. Male. Adult. The baker. Rotund. Slightly dainty due to his love of theatre and romance. Eats as much as he sells. Clown of the piece as part of the trio of stall holders.
Frau Blumenkohl: Singing role. Female. Upper Teen/Adult. The grocer. Rebellious and forms the third in the clown trio. Quick witted, tall and can be quite hard-nosed.
Hans: Singing role. Male/Female. Playing age: No older than 11. The crippled boy. Small, weak and pale. He walks with a crutch. He is very much like Tiny Tim.
Scabs: Non-singing role. Male. Upper Teen/Adult. The Rat King’s henchman. Short and fat. Comedy foil to The Rat King. Always scratching and quite fidgety.
Ratzella: Non-singing role. Female. Upper Teen/Adult. The Rat King’s moll. Ditzy, dumb blonde flapper girl of the 1920s. Pretty and shapely.
Mike Boom: Non-singing role. Male. Adult. ‘Eye on Hamelin’ News Anchor. Vain and self-important.
Deirdre: Non-singing role. Female. Adult. A make-up girl. Quite dowdy, horn-rimmed glasses, librarian like and very sarcastic.
Silas P. Slopegutter: Non-singing role. Male. Adult. A rat catcher. Slimy, sly and dirty. A con man. Top hatted, melodrama villain. Seen better days. He is ‘of the gutter’. Cockney.
Etta: Non-singing role. Female. No older than 15. A village child. Caring, thoughtful and quite a leader.

Dieter: Non-singing role. Male/ Female. Played as a boy. No older than 14. A village child. Bit of a bully.
Councillor for Health and Safety: Singing Role. Male/Female. Played Male. Adult. An officious official. Well to do, well fed and well heeled. He wears a lab coat and goggles over his suit. He has a hazard sign on the back of his lab coat. He is rather jittery and has a cold.
Councillor for Education: Singing Role. Male/Female. Played Male. Adult. An officious official. Well to do, well fed and well heeled. He is tall and thin and wears a
mortar board and gown over his suit. He is strict and  severe.
Councillor for Finance: Singing Role. Male/Female. Played Male. Adult. An officious official. Well to do, well fed and well heeled. He is dressed as a banker with
bowler hat and briefcase. He is slimy and miserly.
Councillor for Housing: Singing Role. Male/Female. Played Male. Adult. An officious official. Well to do, well fed and well heeled. He is big and burly like a builder and carries tools of the trade, like hard hat and Hi-viz but suited.

Village Children/Teens: Various ages 8+, male/female.

Rats (Children): Various ages 8+, male/female

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