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| Spaced Out by Garry R. Keane |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 15. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. All the crew of the Lolly Pop are aged 11 to 13. (There is a good reason for this in the script!) Mission control is considerably older, but is a voice-over. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Space-based comedy play for a cast of kids. |
| Synopsis | These are the voyages of the Intergalactic Confederation ship 'Lolly Pop'. It's mission - to search the stars, to boldly go where no child has gone before. To seek out... lunch. |
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| The Spartan Conspiracy by Vithal Rajan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act satire. |
| Synopsis | Menelaus, Ulysses and Agamemnon meet with Achilles to discuss the disastrous rise in the price of Olive Oil, instigated by the Trojans. How can they prompt a war with Troy to combat the oil price? Then they send for Helen... |
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| A Spell of Bad Weather by Giles Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. The Giant is an offstage voice, so could be recorded or live. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act fairytale/fantasy for kids. Several settings, but each intended to be indicated by a single item of stage furniture. |
| Synopsis | The village of Winsome has been suffering from continuous storms. Something must be done. Preferably something heroic. Fortunately, there's a hero to hand, not to mention a teacher, a weather forecaster, and a policeman. They set off on a quest to find the cause. A quest involving a giant, an invisible wall, The Wizard of Nastiness, a good fairy and The Princess Delightful (a delightful princess). |
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| Spelled by Adrian Cale |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 75-minute comic murder mystery play in a single set. Structurally in two acts, but could be paired with a much shorter play to create a longer entertainment. |
| Synopsis | Zelda is the head witch of a modern-day coven, but is despised by its members - she's plagiarised Florence's Big Book of Spells, turned Ethel's owl into vol-au-vents, and made Dora quack like a duck. When Zelda is found dead, the Council of Witches send an investigator to solve the case. |
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| Spiked by S. J. Bailey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. Eleven on-stage characters plus three voices which might be recordings. |
| Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length play set in a shared house.
Contains swearing and the sort of adult themes (or as near adult as students get) that you'd expect from the summary. |
| Synopsis | Housemates Rosie and Joe have the usual student problems - a looming essay deadline, a useless property manager, and Joe's spoiled girlfriend spending too long in their shower. Oh, and there's also a notorious drug baron holding them hostage, and the police besieging the building. |
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| Split Infinitives by JJ Crossley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. All three characers are written as male, but need not be! |
| Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Simple-to-stage one-act comedy play (packed with sci-fi silliness.) |
| Synopsis | An unscrupulous pair of business executives hatch a plan to establish once and for all the exact age of the universe, and reap the fame and rewards, by recruiting a test pilot for their recently acquired, but rather unreliable time machine. |
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A Spy With A View by Robert Scott
Best Seller The Maidenhead Drama Guild (UK) won Best Comedy and came 2nd in the Open Class at the Maidenhead Drama Festival. (2019) |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Paulo is written male but could be reassigned. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy thriller with a single hotel room set.. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | David and Vicky are on holiday, but the weather has trapped them in their hotel room. The monotony is broken by the delivery of a mysterious briefcase, with a recording that self-destructs! Where's the real spy? |
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| Squirrel Caper by Jamie Hope |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with a single (park bench) setting. |
| Synopsis | A gang of squirrels mastermind a plan to mug an old lady who visits the park every day. Their meticulous plan hits a snag when the old lady unexpectedly brings her dog with her and a pesky chipmunk tries to muscle in on the action. |
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| St Georgia and the Dragon by Andy Johnson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 14. Minimum Female roles = 9. Minimum total with doubling = 30. Minimum total without doubling = 30. No chorus. Characters include a two-headed dragon (to be played by two actors). |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Large-cast, one-act comedy for kids. Multiple locations, but could easily be staged with minimal sets. |
| Synopsis | King Arthur (no, not that one) rules the kingdom of Amnesia, but he's plagued by a dragon and his out-of-condition knights are no help. Cue the arrival of the very female knight, St Georgia, and the recruitment of some of the palace ladies to see off the menace! |
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| Stairway to Heaven by Johnny Grim |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Three middle-aged blokes, one of whom is the Archangel Gabriel. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, single set (or lack of set, since it takes place at the the ultimate ephemeral location - just outside the pearly gates). Australian in tone, but universal in humour. |
| Synopsis | Robbie, a biker, meets Alfred, a civil servant, outside the gates to heaven. Unpredictably, they get on quite well, but there's been a bit of a mix-up, and the angel Gabe isn't sure if either of them should be going in... |
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