The Wrong Way Round

Scene One - Enniville School Road

We are introduced to the setting and Mr Donner, a teacher at Enniville Primary School, who is walking home from work and running late after a meeting. To save time, he decides to take a shortcut through the woods while talking to his wife on his phone. As he finishes his call, Mr Donner is confronted by a creature (who we later come to know as The Sticky Shadow). Mr Donner is rendered unconscious and kidnapped by the Sticky Shadow.

Scene Two - Title Sequence

This scene is the musical's "Title Sequence" with the song 'Scary Things', like that of a TV show, where we get glimpses of the characters and fun to come!

Scene Three - The Playground

The next morning, we meet several main characters at Enniville Primary School, including a group of endearingly awkward 11-year-old school friends who call themselves the 'Enn-Elite Investigators'. We learn of their regular rivalry with the boisterous basketball team (the 'Enniville Eagles') and their dislike for the pompous Principal Lauren. The Enn-Elite Investigators' mundane day takes an interesting turn when they are introduced to new enrolments Evan and Evangeline. These quiet enigmatic twins seem to have special powers. When The Enniville Eagles attempt to muscle in, a face-off between the two groups occurs during the song 'Rule This School'. As the school bell signals morning registration, another new face arrives - the frightful-looking Miss Sharman, who the twins say is their 'mother'.

Scene Four - Classroom 6DD

Class 6DD are misbehaving in the absence of their teacher, Mr Donner, until Principal Lauren arrives to lie to the children - telling them that Mr Donner will be back soon and that he is fine. Before leaving, Principal Lauren introduces Miss Sharman as the class's substitute teacher. Miss Sharman asserts her frightening personality through the song 'Creep You Out', where she enjoys scaring the children with a lesson on 'myths and monsters'. Ace, the ringleader of the Enniville Eagles, tries to rebel, only to be humiliated by Miss Sharman. As the song ends, the school bell sounds and all of the pupils flee the classroom.

Scene Five - The Staffroom

Miss Sharman enters the deserted staffroom and scans it with her 'Slimemometer'. Upon discovering some slime under a table, she begins collecting a sample of it. Meanwhile, Mrs Bewler (a friendly teacher with a love for street dance and miniature model fantasy games) enters the staffroom and spots Miss Sharman. Miss Sharman conceals the sample and evades Mrs Bewler's curiosity about what she was doing under the table and also the reason for the twins' sudden enrolment in the school. Miss Sharman smuggles the slime sample out of the staffroom.

Scene Six - The Playground

The Enn-Elite have just enjoyed their after-school club with Mrs Bewler playing 'Clawhammer' - a miniature model fantasy game. Mrs Bewler cheerfully locks up her classroom and sees the pupils off before she, in a similar fashion to Mr Donner, is kidnapped by a different creature (later revealed to be The Wonky Werewolf).

Scene Seven - The Old Ranger Station

The Enn-Elite meet at their favourite hangout to try and make sense of the recent strange events, much to the annoyance of Ranger Ron, who reluctantly leaves the pupils to their 'school project'. The pupils reach out across the airwaves to Tank', their amateur radio enthusiast trucker friend. Tank conveys chatter about a 'missing school teacher' before another distorted transmission breaks through. The sender is none other than Mr Donner. In his faint and garbled message, he speaks of a 'Creature' and the old 'Research Facility'. Explaining that he can't stay, Mr Donner hurriedly ends the transmission. The End-Elite Investigators resolve to find Mr Donner themselves, considering themselves to be better suited to the task than the police. Assuming that Mr Donner means the old 'Zinnistar Research Facility', the children decide to head there to investigate.

Scene Eight - The Wrong Way Round

A slimed Mrs Bewler awakes alone in a strange slimy wood. She attempts to hide in a bush, where she stumbles upon a slimed, leaf-covered, but otherwise healthy Mr Donner. The teachers deduce that they are in an alternative dimension of Enniville after Mr Donner points out the nearby dilapidated 'Zinnistar' Research Facility, noting that the signage is the wrong way round. He also carries a walkie-talkie, which he found in the Zinnistar building and used to contact the Enn-Elite before he fled in fear of being captured again. The walkie-talkie only appears to work in the building.

A group of creatures approach and the teachers hide in the bush. Among the creatures are The Wonky Werewolf and The Sticky Shadow, who lead the creatures in a performance of the song 'The Wrong Way Round'. From the song, we learn that the creatures are 'Greapiers', who are trying to rebrand themselves and promote their dimension as a tourist destination!

As the song closes, Mrs Bewler is so impressed by the Greapiers' performance that she forgets herself and springs up from behind the bush. Her applause and congratulations inadvertently causes mass panic. After some comedic chaos, everyone comes to their senses and an unexpected alliance is formed.

Scene Nine - The Old Research Facility

Outside the Research Facility in the normal dimension, the Enn-Elite Investigators spy from a distance on some suspicious activity occurring outside the building. They are discovered by the twins, who reveal that they want to help expose the goings on at 'Zinnistar Research', having suffered at the hands of its experiments. The Enn-Elite empathise with the twins, welcoming them to their group to perform the song 'Mysterious Kids'.

As the song finishes, Ranger Ron enters the scene demanding an explanation and expressing concern for the children's safety. He and the children head back to the old Ranger Station.

Scene Ten - The Old Ranger Station

Slime is slowly spreading through Enniville and can be seen on the windows of the Ranger Station. Ranger Ron studies a document stolen from the research facility by the twins. He reads it aloud with the children and they begin to comprehend Zinnistar Research's plan for world domination. The Enniville Eagles burst in, wrongly holding the Enn-Elite and the twins responsible for the spreading of slime through the playground. As the Enniville Eagles move to attack the group, the twins counter with their special powers and throw the basketball players to the floor. The Enniville Eagles, suitably impressed, align with the Enn-Elite. The scene fades as our heroes formulate a plan for saving the world.

Scene Eleven - The Old Research Facility

In a secret slime-filled laboratory, Miss Sharman and her team of fellow scientists present their plan for world domination to 'The Boss', who is concealed in a separate control room. The twins use their special powers to breach the laboratory. Miss Sharman is branded a 'monster' by the twins, who have learnt from the document that she is not their real mother. Miss Sharman responds by using her own hidden special powers to incapacitate the twins. She then defies The Boss's authority by drinking a large flask of slime. Absorbing the slime's tremendous energy, Miss Sharman becomes power-crazy and summons the Greapiers to dispose of the twins. The Greapiers, having secretly switched sides, defy Miss Sharman and lead a heroic invasion of the laboratory with the Enn-Elite, the Enniville Eagles, Ron's team of rangers and the recovered twins.

Each heroic group uses their specific skills to help restrain the scientists, shut down the machinery and secure the laboratory. Miss Sharman reaches the peak of her physical power and craziness and threatens to overpower everybody. However, due to her vast overconsumption of slime, her energy levels suddenly crash. She emits a ghastly burp before passing out.

As the 'real' police arrive, The Sticky Shadow and The Wonky Werewolf storm the control room to apprehend The Boss and reveal his identity. To everyone's amazement, The Boss is Principal Lauren, who has been formulating the plan for years. As he is taken away, the Principal remarks that he would have succeeded, had it not been for our heroes.

Scene Twelve - The Playground

The Mayor of Enniville reads a rousing speech congratulating everyone involved in the saving of the town. Medals of gratitude are awarded to the Enn-Elite, the Enniville Eagles, the teachers, the rangers and the Greapiers. A partnership between the two dimensions is announced, with 'The Wrong Way Round' being officially named 'Ellivinne' (Enniville backwards). Mrs Bewler publicly praises the pupils, as does Mr Donner, who encourages the school leavers to take their next step - happy and strolling tall. This is the cue for the final song 'Strolling Tall'.

Speaking Roles By Number Of Lines

In the following list the number shows the number of spoken lines each character has. The asterisk (*) before the characters name indicates that this character has solo or featured sung lines.

In addition to the characters listed above, a chorus of Non-speaking Pupils, Teachers and Rangers will be required.

Suggested Cast List For 21 Actors