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A Human Write by Amelia Armande Production by Ury Players won the 2018 Aberdeen SCDA district youth competition and the Kincardine district trophy. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. The writer is written male, though need not be. His thoughts - the chorus - are genderless. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A fascinating one act drama that uses mime and rhyme to take us into the mind of a struggling writer. Contains one mild swearword. |
Synopsis | The writer is grappling not only with his writing but also with his personal life as he desperately attempts to strike up a relationship with Janis, a beautiful girl he sees on a bus. Well paced and gathering speed, the play uses the chorus to reveal the writer's thoughts - sometimes cogent, sometimes chaotic - come to life as the surreal become real. |
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I Remember When by Dawn Cairns |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Three on-stage characters plus four off-stage (including two children) who might be recorded. |
Run Time | Around 44 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy in a single camp-site setting. |
Synopsis | John looks forward to re-visiting his childhood holiday campsite but his wife Sheila is not so sure, particularly when John insists his curmudgeonly mother come along too. |
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It Never Rains But It Pours by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | One song, to be played over the closing actions, is suggested in the Producer's copy of the script. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one-act comedy with minimal set requirements. (Previous version published in 2019, revised edition published 2021.) |
Synopsis | The ark has sprung a few leaks and Noah and his family have been bailing out water. Noah’s wife tells Noah to ask God to stop the floods. They soon discover that they need to make an appointment to speak to God, which isn’t as easy as they first thought. |
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Keeping Up Appearances by Elizabeth Bell |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 42 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play set in Dora Irvine's kitchen during the First World War. |
Synopsis | Set in the early years of the Great War the play poignantly examines the devastating effects the war had on the womenfolk left at home whilst their loved ones were fighting and dying. Based on JM Barrie's two-act play 'The Old Lady Shows Her Medals' (first performed 7th April 1917). |
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The Living Room by Clive David Lloyd Williams |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 54 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act drama of paranormal events in a single living room set (with two practical doors). |
Synopsis | After the death of Joe's wife, his neighbour Amy visits to give him support. This is followed by a series of unexplained events, with paranormal investigators who themselves fall prey to the events. |
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Memory Lane by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Three of the characters are in their seventies. The youngest is at least 45. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play, single setting (a Welsh farmhouse kitchen). |
Synopsis | Walter Curtis has died and requested that his widow, Rosemary, scatter his ashes in the Welsh valleys where he was evacuated during the Second World War. We follow the emotional journey to Denbighshire in Wales made by his widow Rosemary, his daughter Mary, and sisters Vi and Doris. This is also a trip down memory lane for Doris and Vi, who were evacuated to Wales with Walter in 1941. They are looking forward to spending time with Gladys with whom they were billeted - Rosemary however is not entirely happy with Walter's request or his bequest... |
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Missing by Sue Bevan Finalist in the Sky Blue Theatre International play-writing competition, 2013 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Voices of 7 parents may be off stage or recorded. |
Run Time | Around 43 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A gritty one act play for youth theatre. |
Synopsis | Tom's run away from home but finds he's spent his first night on Lizzie's 'turf'. Is she going to help him, or take his stuff? Perhaps Lizzie's idea of helping Tom isn't the same as his... |
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The Mother-in-Law by Ginny Davis |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. 3 adult roles and 3 optional non-speaking roles for children. |
Run Time | Around 51 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy with a three-part composite set (living room, bedroom, kitchen). |
Synopsis | Irene’s scheming elderly mother Grace needs to be cared for, so Irene persuades reluctant husband Peter that the best answer is for Grace to move in with them. What follows is a game of pig in the middle as the trio struggle to cope with the situation. |
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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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Old Folk by Archie Wilson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play. Single set - the day-room of an old folks home (which can be easily implied through a few comfy chairs). |
Synopsis | Leonard is the new arrival and only man in an old folks' home. The ladies nearly come to blows over him while he tries to fathom the mysteries of Bingo, random medicine assignment and teatime wrangles. |
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