Princess Anya. The principal girl and sister to Prince Darius.  A sweet natured girl who needs to find her inner heroine so she can rescue her brother from the evil Snow Queen.

Prince Darius Anya’s brother. He is put under a spell by the Snow Queen but refuses to give in.

Clara the Cook The Dame. Cook to the royal family.  She is involved in the rescue mission.

Queen Sofia.    Mother to Princess Anya and Prince Darius.  A strong character.

King Frederik.  Father to Anya and Darius. Weaker than his wife the Queen, he is a sympathetic character.

Isabella, The Snow Queen.  The baddie.  A Villainess who is evil beyond words.

Count Olav Of Rossborg Principal boy.  He helps Princess Anya to rescue Prince Darius, falling in love with her along the way.  A heroic character who has a tendency to use overblown language.

Brocket A reindeer (A part for two people in a reindeer costume), no speaking involving.

Hinkle & Finkle.  Comedy double act.  Servants in the Royal Castle. They try to help Princess Anya rescue the Prince.

Frostbite A loyal henchman to the Snow Queen.

Iceberg.  A trainee henchman who never gets anything right.

Magnus.  The leader of a group of robbers who attack Princess Anya and the others and who reluctantly become part of the rescue mission.

Norgen A not very bright member of the robber’s tribe.

Kasper.  Another member of the robber’s gang.

Hinkle (Pointing to Clara’s dress) Clara, where on earth did you get that dress from?

Clara I got it from (name a local clothes shop), it was one of their discounts.

Hinkle It looks more like one of their discards.

Clara Do you like it?

Clara gives a twirl.

Finkle It doesn’t suit you at all.

Clara The woman in the shop said it matched my eyes.

Finkle She was lying, if it matched your eyes it would need to be bloodshot!

Clara Oh you two are a tease, it’s just as well I know you so well and I know you’re joking.  (She pauses and looks slightly worried) You are joking with me, aren’t you?

Hinkle and Finkle look serious and then start to laugh.

Finkle Of course we are, you know we love you.  Your new dress is lovely.

Darius enters.

Hinkle Ah Darius we were just saying how lovely Clara’s new dress is.

Darius Yes it’s very nice.

Clara I’m really into labels.

Darius Oh which ones?  Those sick on types or the ones you iron on?

Hinkle (To Clara) You always dress with a certain flair. No one dresses like you; you have your very own style.

Clara I do try. When you’re a fashion icon, the pressure is always on.  Now I must get on, I have work to do. (To Hinkle & Finkle) Was there something you wanted or are you purposely just getting in my way?

Hinkle No, just came to say hello.

Finkle And to see if there’s any food left over from lunch that we could finish off.

Darius As usual lunch was superb, we ate the lot!

Finkle (Disappointed) Oh. (To Clara) Could you make me a sandwich, I’m starving?

Clara No I can’t.  My job is to cook for the royal family not for the likes of you.

Darius (To Hinkle & Finkle) Please don’t annoy Clara; we don’t want her going on strike and leaving Finkle to do all the cooking like she did last year.  The food he served up was like something left over from the Last Supper!

Finkle Hey it wasn’t that bad, (To Hinkle) was it?

Hinkle I have to admit it wasn’t very nice.   I threw mine in the pig’s trough and they wouldn’t touch it either. Even the cockroaches asked for a suggestion box after trying it!

Clara Now tell me what tonight’s audience is like, are they any good?

Hinkle Oh we’ve got a smashing audience tonight with a few exceptions!

Clara Let me know backstage who those few are, I can always walk up and down the aisle with my rolling pin, if needs be.

Finkle Oh I don’t think that’s going to be necessary.   The boys and girls are going to shout as loud as they can, (To audience) aren’t you boys and girls?

Hinkle But they’ll have to promise to be extra quiet in the morning in case their parents have hangovers!

Finkle Do you know that if your parents don’t have children, then you won’t either?

Hinkle Oh I didn’t know that.