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On Stage With Shirley Bassey by Janice Sampson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. One man and his urn.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort monody (a monologue with a little action and a few simple props) for a dutiful middle-aged son. Contains mild swearing.
SynopsisIn this hilarious, and at times touching monologue we meet David who has come to sort out his recently deceased mother's bungalow. The most difficult part of his task is to deal with Mum's vast collection of Shirley Bassey memorabilia and even more difficult, though he won't admit it, to deal with his bereavement and say goodbye to his mother. Much to the embarrassment and annoyance of wife, Brenda he carries Mum's ashes around with him and is going through the process of taking Mum to all her favourite places. The final location he thinks of is Mum's ultimate dream - but will Shirley agree?
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Once More Unto the Breeches by Peter May
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 6 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA comedy sketch with minimal set requirement.
SynopsisDarren and Sharon are having a quiet evening at home. The television is being repaired so they are both reading. Darren criticises Sharon’s choice of novel.
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One Breakdown Too Many by Cheryl Barrett
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA sketch, with a single simple set.
SynopsisHannah, and her tipsy friend Mary, have broken down on their journey home. Unfortunately for the man on the other end of the phone line, Mary is determined to help her friend make the call to the breakdown service.
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One Solitary Line by Neil Walden
Winner of One-Act Play Writing Competition at Wexford Literary Festival 2017
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One (gender non-specific) character is an offstage voice only.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA comedy sketch with a single (dressing room) setting.
SynopsisTwo actresses cast in a Shakespeare play bemoan the fact that the Bard gives so few opportunities for meaty female roles. This causes their relationship to become acrimonious.
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Oxford English Destiny by Gill Medway
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 8 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort prose monologue - charm and pathos rather than outright comedy.
SynopsisElderly Robert reminisces about a 'funny old game' he’s played on and off throughout his life, in which a word chosen at random from the dictionary determines one's destiny.
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Peace by Bob Tucker
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleComedy, somewhere on the boundary between a sketch and a ten-minute play! Single set, simple props, lots of loud sound-effects.
SynopsisA couple try to relax in the idyllic atmosphere of their holiday cottage, despite the wildlife, the handyman and the building work going on down the road, but is there worse on the way?
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The Penguin Is Mightier Than The Swordfish by Cheryl Barrett
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One offstage voice, could be recorded.
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA comedy sketch with a single (cab office) setting.
SynopsisClive and Barry are in a cab office waiting for a taxi, after spending a night out at the local pub watching a televised football match. Their football debate takes a different turn in the cab office.
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Pet Rescue by Tony Domaille
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 9 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short comedy sketch with a single (reception desk) setting.
SynopsisDerek wants an animal rescue centre to take on his unicorn when he just can’t care for it any more.
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Peter and The Violin Teacher by Nicholas Richards
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are both written male - one old, eccentric adult, and one young, precocious boy. Could be played with the ages as written, but could also be played by two children or two adults.
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleComedy sketch. Single set and, at its minimum, a single prop (in the form of a violin).
SynopsisPeter is sent to the great Dr Villiamanovittikovskevitschki and the doctor endeavours to overcome Peter's Englishness in order to teach him the violin. But Peter has a question for the Doctor.
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The Peterloo Principle by William Campbell
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short drama with minimal set requirements.
SynopsisA manager is having trouble seeing past the firm’s regulations when it comes to a friend’s problems, so she takes him back to the Peterloo massacre in 1819 to give him some perspective.
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