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| A Matter of Health and Safety [Short Version] by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with a simple single set in a marquee at the village fete. |
| Synopsis | Officious Village fete organiser Tom discusses health and safety issues with his assistant Nigel but becomes increasingly concerned for his own health and safety. |
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| Medieval Help Desk by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. The Herald and Advisor are written as male roles. It is not imperative that they should be played as males. Likewise the Messenger is referred to as 'he' and as only one person, though there could be as many as five of her! |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch - a torrent of parody and puns - set in a medieval office. |
| Synopsis | You've reached the Medieval Help Desk. How can we give you excellent service? |
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| A Meeting on a Train by Anton Chekhov, adapted Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are written as young adults. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute play, based on the short story 'An Enigmatic Nature' by Anton Chekhov. Single set (train carriage, with no specific furnishings), minimal props. |
| Synopsis | Meeting on a train, Ian tries to impress his travelling companion Ana. As it turns out, Ana impresses him in an unexpected way. |
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| Memories by John Passadino |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three on-stage characters and an off-stage voice. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Romantic comedy in two short scenes. |
| Synopsis | Robert's a great actor, and Judith is certain he's the one to star in her new play, but he's having a lot of doubts about his ability to remember the lines. His co-star does her best to help him out, with startling results. |
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| The Miracle Worker by Tony Benge |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Monologue for a reprobate. No set requirements (though anything to indicate a pop festival would be a bonus). Contains bad language (and good language) and descriptions of inadvisable behaviour. |
| Synopsis | You can't help liking Pete Bristol, the miracle worker of the title in this breathtakingly fast moving monologue. The resourceful rogue finds himself ticketless at a pop festival - not his fault of course, his mates Badger and Wilbur let him down - and his initiative kicks in as he evades and outwits security man Dave to go from freelance toilet attendant to miracle worker. We not only learn about Pete and his deprived home life with his Nan (the best cheese and pickle doorstep maker in the South West) but are also given a vivid insight into the goings on at pop festivals. |
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| The Misfortune Of Lionel Schlusselberg by Aisha Tritle & Keelia McGovern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy skit |
| Synopsis | Lionel, an antisocial medical blogger, is coaxed into a blind double date as a favour to his best friend. Contrasting backgrounds, conversations, and the effect of peanuts result in a short-lived liaison between one pair. But all is not lost for Lionel. |
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| Modern Santa by Colin Calvert |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Whilst the Chairman and Mr. McCrumm are written male, the author has no objection to their gender being reassigned. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen-minute skit. No specific set requirements, and no requirement for movement. (Could be done as a party-piece or front-of-curtain during a set change). Contains mild swearing and adult humour. |
| Synopsis | Santa appears before a committee vetting his application for seasonal work. (They suggest that his contract needs additional clauses.) |
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| Mr. Willoughby by Peter Lancaster Walker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch (simple set, simple props) featuring a switchback conversation and corn circles! |
| Synopsis | An Alien Abductee is interviewed by a sceptical journalist, providing some surprising answers. |
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| A Mum's Life by Ginny Davis |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. One actress voices seven characters. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute monologue on a simple set with one actress as seven characters. |
| Synopsis | Overworked and underappreciated mother Ruth Rich struggles to take her three children, plus one extra, swimming. |
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| Murder At Merryweather Mansion by Lauren Jones |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Sketch-length murder mystery parody. In theory, two sets, but the opening scene could be delivered front-of curtain or in a spotlight to one side of the stage. |
| Synopsis | When the odorous Mike Merryweather is murdered in his own living room, Detective McGloclyn is left with a roomful of suspects and more than a few clues and motives. His keen detective sense may not be up to unmasking the killer. |
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