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A Mystery Tour by Colin Calvert
Production by Plockton ADS won the Statuette and Stage Presentation Salver at the South West Ross District SCDA festival, 2018 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. George the driver is written male, but could be changed easily to make it an all female cast. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, set on a coach (which can be as simple as a couple of rows of chairs). Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | It's the fifth annual Flower Arranging society mystery tour, and they've been out to Blockley Castle, just like every other year. But this year there's an escaped elephant, a missing kleptomaniac, the discovery of a mistress and the most tragic secret yet... |
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| Nailing The Audition by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Whilst the auditionee, Wayne, is written male, a female equivalent could be substituted. (This requires a little work because otherwise you end up with a production of Shakespeare's Juliet and Juliet, a tragedy too far ahead of its time to be staged.) |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch with a theatrical bent. |
| Synopsis | Finding the best cast for your show is always a problem... |
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| Nails By Auntie Em by Toni M Wiley |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with a single (Manicure Salon) setting. |
| Synopsis | Whilst working from her Manicure Salon, sweet Aunt Em sells everything under the sun via her 'phone - including vitamins, psychic fortune telling, and more. Customers need to be wary or they might get nailed by Aunt Em! |
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| Name for a Baby by Peter Zurek |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 1 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Wickedly funny (and wickedly short) comedy sketch. No set required. |
| Synopsis | A long name for a baby (and a short explanation). |
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| Name That Murder by Troy Shearer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 85 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Two-act, single-set farce. |
| Synopsis | All the classic elements of a farce, with lovers, spurned husbands, misunderstandings, discoveries and deceptions. Plus, of course, a huge number of entrances and exits! (All this and an errant toupee.) |
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| A National Treasure - A Lifetime's Interest by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Part one of a three-part monologue series. No set necessary. |
| Synopsis | Violet Brimley is a Northern charlady with rare insight, a heart of gold and a broadminded outlook on life. Her encounter with her client Mr Ranwell and his highly salacious collection of books confirms her opinions about the transient quality of beauty - and the yardstick by which a gentleman should be judged. |
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| A National Treasure - Lady with a Fan by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Part three of a three-part monologue series. No set necessary. |
| Synopsis | Violet Brimley is a Northern charlady with rare insight, a heart of gold and a broadminded outlook on life. Violet enters the world of art and culture, and makes the acquaintance of a beautiful portrait. But something tells our shrewd charlady that nothing is quite as it seems. |
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| A National Treasure - Monologue Collection by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A collection of three monologues. No set necessary. |
| Synopsis | Violet Brimley is a Northern charlady with rare insight, a heart of gold and a broadminded outlook on life. We encounter her on three very different and unusual jobs. |
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| The Nature Trail of Class 3B by Andrew Hull |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Intended to be adults playing children. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with no set requirements (an imaginary set!) |
| Synopsis | Teacher is taking her class on a nature trail. The children (played by adults) and their naughty antics lead Teacher to take drastic action. |
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| Naughties At The Nineteenth Hole by Richard Coleman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 10. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 103 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length, good old-fashioned farce. |
| Synopsis | In rural 1950s England, MI5 agents are investigating various nefarious deeds at Bristle Upon Rise Golf Club. Harry Toxin wants to build an extension to his holiday camp but faces opposition from the environmentalist Toads In Trouble brigade. Interwoven are the members’ extramarital goings on, and a diamond smuggling ring. |
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