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Wonder Wall by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A topical comedy sketch with a single, simple setting. |
Synopsis | Dave and George are spending a night out at the local pub. George is bemoaning the fact that his new neighbour intends to build a wall between their properties. |
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The Wonders Of Science by David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch. |
Synopsis | Dr. Huffman attempts to wow a Government representative with his amazing inventions |
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The Woofer and The Flagger by Ethan Bortman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy with a single (market stall) setting. |
Synopsis | Tourist, Larry comes across a simple market stall offering a free massage with purchases of bottles and sprays of various herbal products. As Maggie starts his massage he learns about her unconventional lifestyle. |
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Word Up by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Age difference essential. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act comedy, with a split (living room and office) set. |
Synopsis | Pensioner Ruby is having trouble with her computer and calls a computer helpline. The problem is eventually discovered, but will Ruby like the solution? |
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A Word with my Client by Barry Lambert |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Although the sketch is written with four male roles, with just minor adjustments Bland and/or Bentazza could easily be played as female. |
Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch set in a police interview room. |
Synopsis | Detective Sergeant Hatchett has been assaulted whilst thwarting an attempted burglary and is about to interview the suspect along with his superior. The burglar has enlisted the help of a particularly slippery solicitor. Will he be able to convince the police of his highly dubious client's innocence? |
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Working for the Great Novelist by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | A reporter discovers uncomfortable truths about how a great novelist works. |
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The Wrong Regulator by Barry Lambert |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy short in a single office setting. (Confusingly, the production notes include the features of a featureless office.) |
Synopsis | A routine stocktake reveals that the numbers of one important and resource-hungry item have risen enormously to eight billion. The control room team must find a way to reduce the number. |
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You Are What You Eat by Hugh Smith |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | There is a suggestion for an extract from an out-of-copyright Music Hall song. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A funny, efficient, and easy to stage sketch. |
Synopsis | A doctor has problems with a patient who has not responded to organic hummus and with another who has overdosed on Tuscan olives and sun-dried tomatoes. |
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You Will Go No More A-Haunting by Ray Lawrence |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Whilst the main characters are written 1M, 1F, the author would be happy if St. Gladys (the patron saint of bureaucrats) underwent gender reassignment. The two guards are non-speaking and only make a brief appearance. They are optional! |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch, of puns and strange ideas about the afterlife. Single office set. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | Sir Thomas Pickington has been happily haunting the same spot for 500 years, but now he's up against the new HSE - the Haunting Safety Executive, and they have some different ideas about how he should be doing his haunting. |
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You'll Suit Just Fine [Short Version] by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy play, set in a tailor's shop. |
Synopsis | Kevin is in training, but he's not quite up to speed yet. A difficult customer wants to return a suit so Mr Green, the owner, has to step in to save the day. |
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