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Two Left Feet by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short drama for three actors and one simple set. |
Synopsis | Following her divorce, 40-something Joy has turned up at her sister Carole’s place, where she sags about on the sofa looking gloomy. Carole, on the other hand, has a richly fulfilling life in the ballroom with boyfriend Steve. Joy’s last dance, aged 15, was a disaster, but can she find strength on the dance floor at last? And is Steve really the romantic he's cracked up to be? |
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UFO Hotline by John Passadino |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Two on-stage characters and three offstage voices, two of which might be recorded (Ellen would be better live). |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch with two possible endings. |
Synopsis | Ron and Grace's second date is going well until a flying saucer lands nearby and the occupant begins to approach them. Attempts to call for help see them redirected to the UFO Hotline, which is not as useful as they'd hoped. |
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Uneven Surfaces by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play for two female actors (and an off-stage male). |
Synopsis | Visiting her widowed grandmother Grace, who lives alone by the sea, Emily discovers the meaning of true love as Grace expounds on her vast collection of sea shells. |
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The Ups and Downs of Father Jack by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. These are pantomime characters, so Jack could very well be played as a pantomime Principal Boy (so by a girl). The baby is nominally male. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. From the Laughter Lines collection. |
Synopsis | Jack comes down the beanstalk again, and discovers that there have been some changes at home... |
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A Ventriloquist's Tale by Ray Lawrence |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Whilst this is presented as a monologue, it could also be performed by three people, playing narrator, ventriloquist and psychiatrist. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short rhyming comedy monologue (no set or props required). |
Synopsis | A Ventriloquist who fears he's being controlled by his dummy seeks professional help and gets some straight talking. |
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We Have To Talk by Don Lowry |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. If the three scenes were to be played separately, the three couples could be played by the same pair of actors with changes of costume and style. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short play comprising three short sketches on one theme. Written to be played continuously, but the three could be spaced out through an evening of short pieces. No set, so could be played front-of-curtain. |
Synopsis | Three relationships have reached the point where the couples need to talk. It's curtains for two pairs, but the third might just make it... even if it's for the strangest of reasons. |
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Weekend by Jane Ayres |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The male character is an offstage voice only. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short sketch with minimal set requirements. |
Synopsis | Two teenage girls chat about their weekend. One of them had a chance illicit encounter with an older man, which turns out to have consequences for them both. |
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Welcome to Paradise Road by Brian Coyle Best Script in Festival - Page to Stage Theatre Festival, Liverpool (2016) |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 58 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A satirical thriller with a set alternating between an office and a living room. |
Synopsis | In a society where nothing is private and no one knows who to trust, a woman’s partner has disappeared. She is visiting her neighbour, head of the local Neighbourhood Watch, to find out if she’s heard anything about his disappearance. Will her neighbour help her or is this the person she should be most afraid of? |
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A Well Organised Rehearsal by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with a theatrical bent. |
Synopsis | The first rehearsal can sometimes be a nervous moment for a new cast... |
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The Whore's Tale by Archie Wilson Performance by Oxted Players won best actor, best actress and best director at the Southern Counties drama festival, 2014. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Single-set one act play. Strong sexual themes and violence. |
Synopsis | Gerald pays a call to Mandy, a prostitute, asking for her to play a special game. However, we quickly find out that neither Mandy nor Gerald are who they seem to be, but then the game is not what we think it is either. A twist-in-the-tale three hander. |
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