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A Tour In The Vaults by Olivia Arieti New |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 33. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short light-comedy/drama. |
Synopsis | A couple of tourists are waiting to take their tour in the city's vaults, unaware that the place is still haunted. |
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Up, Up and Away by John Peel |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. In addition to the four on-stage characters, there are five off-stage voices. Three male, two female. (These might be recorded but some sections would probably be better live.) |
Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play with drama, emotion and humour. Contains mild swearing. Multiple locations, but achieved by lighting and a few props. Originally published 2015, revised 2019. |
Synopsis | It all starts with the funeral - although to the grieving widows, Elsie and Mary, this seems a bit final. But, from their new vantage point, James and Clifford find that they are able to look down, as well as look back. However, it's looking forward that gives them the most concern... |
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Was Blind But Now I See by Howard Lipson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short skit, telling and examining a well-known fable from a Christian perspective. No set requirements. |
Synopsis | Five blind people encounter a curious object and work together to find out what it is, while a sighted pair react differently. |
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We Don’t Like To Be Beside The Seaside by John Peel |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Six on-stage characters plus a radio announcer (who could be recorded). |
Run Time | Around 102 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play with a single main-stage set and occasional action in other places, set in downstage areas. |
Synopsis | It's an annual event for three married couples to take a cottage by the sea. One couple drops out at the last minute. But they have found two younger unattached women to take their place. Things get complicated when it turns out the newcomers may be unknown to the wives, but not to the husbands. The question is, by design or destiny? |
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We're All Dead by Jonathan Edgington Selected for and performed (by Precipice Productions) at Stockwell Playhouse's 2019 One Act Playwriting Festival in London where it received a 'Highly Commended' award. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Two of the male characters should look alike. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act ghostly drama with multiple settings (arranged by the actors). With adult themes and strong language. First published in 2013, revised edition published 2019. |
Synopsis | With time shifting between the present day and 1973, Russ and Rachel experience life changing events brought about by Russ's encounter with his younger self. |
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Whatever Happened To Old Miss Weere by Richard Hills |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One male character has an offstage vocal part |
Run Time | Around 32 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act drama, set in the single location of a bar at the Rose and Crown. |
Synopsis | Some of the regulars have gathered in the Rose and Crown, and conversation turns to old Miss Weere. She hasn’t been seen about for a few weeks, not even coming in for her usual drink. Perhaps they should call the police? |
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