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The Regency Matchmaking Match by Damian Trasler & David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A fun mash-up of two recognisable settings makes for a good sketch that would fit well into variety nights. |
Synopsis | It's the final ball of the season and the last chance for the Regency gentry to find their perfect partner. The commentary follows the events of their attempted matchmaking in the style of a football (soccer) match. |
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Relationship Counsellor by Hugh Smith |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch in a simple domestic setting. |
Synopsis | A man arrives home to be told by his wife that she's leaving him for George Clooney. The sort of thing that could happen to anybody. |
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Responsible People, Good Work Ethic by Gerald P. Murphy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch. |
Synopsis | A blind date finds two people who are very well matched - but only to each other! |
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Rest, Ye Merry Gentleman by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A fun sketch that fits within a Christmas theme while avoiding all the usual cliches surrounding the season, this would be a novel addition to any festive evening of entertainment. |
Synopsis | An elderly gentleman is sitting on a comfy armchair in an upmarket department store. His reverie is disrupted when he is taken to task by an irate woman. In a case of mistaken identity, can he convince her that he isn't who she claims he is? |
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Rick Risk P.I. by Tony Domaille |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A spoof detective noir comedy sketch. |
Synopsis | In an amusingly cliché ridden roller coaster way Private Investigator Rick Risk meets the glamourous Somer Field in his search for Mr Big. But is Miss Somer Field quite what she seems? |
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A Right Old Scream by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch requiring only a couple of chairs (so could be performed front-of-curtain between more complex pieces). |
Synopsis | Judith and Mavis are on a day out. They have an unexpected cultural experience whilst sheltering from the rain, when an art gallery gives them something to Munch on... |
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Robin The Taxman by David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch. |
Synopsis | Famous outlaw Robin Hood explains the finer points of tax and accounting |
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Role Play by Geoff Bamber |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Characters are 6 teenagers and a teacher. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Sketch. Minimal set requirements. Simple props. Modern, realism. Includes mild innuendo, mild swearing and mild religious/ethnic intolerance. |
Synopsis | A teacher struggles to keep control of a role-playing exercise, confronting the issue of teenage pregnancy. |
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Romeo and Juliet - Sped Up! by Hannah Thomas Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 16. Chorus. Most of the speaking is done by the two narrators. There are six other speaking parts (some of whom have as much as a word) and other named roles played by people stepping out of the chorus (usually to be brushed-off or stabbed). |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute reduction of Romeo and Juliet. No set requirements, just a few props, love and death. |
Synopsis | Shakespeare's tale of young love and tragedy given short shrift in this heavily condensed version. |
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Romeo and Juliet's Final Half Hour by Juliet Devon |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Performers either youth theatre or a mixture of adults and youth. Our reviewer noted that the role of Romeo is a 'low-stress part' on account of him already being dead. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] The run time depends on the time Juliet takes to remember her lines. |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch, set in a school hall (which need only be represented by a few items of furniture). |
Synopsis | Nikki, the drama teacher, is determined to get through this last rehearsal with her principals from Romeo and Juliet, but Juliet can't remember the right lines - even the right play - and there are constant interruptions. |
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