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Non-Sequitur by S. J. Edwards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch in the absurdist mode with no set necessary. |
Synopsis | A number of characters interchange absurd conversations with a surprising conclusion. |
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Nothing Exciting In Little Noddingsbury by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. All the characters are written male, but could easily be changed (although female bank robbers are an under-represented minority). |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Very short comedy play (or a long sketch) with a single set - the minimum necessary to indicate a bank. |
Synopsis | Two bank robbers hold up a small town bank - only to find that the clerk and manager are a little more relaxed than they were expecting. |
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Now Is Not The Time by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Death, War, Pestilence and Famine, and Mr. and Mrs Lamb - a couple from Yorkshire. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Twelve-minute comedy skit. Single set (though the location is largely conveyed through dialogue). |
Synopsis | A couple are trying to get their guest house ready for a party of four when four horsemen arrive. The Four Horsemen. The couple have to explains that they've no vacancies and the End of the World simply isn't convenient at this moment in time... |
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The Old Apprentice by Gary Diamond |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy play, single office setting. |
Synopsis | A 65-year-old applicant for the TV programme 'Find Me An Apprentice' is interviewed by the surprised producer. |
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On Our Own by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters are in their late teens - at an age to be leaving home. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute romantic comedy play. Single interior set (which can be kept to a minimum of a couple of pieces of furniture). |
Synopsis | Josh and Debbie are finally moving in together, despite their mothers' misgivings. They're confident that they're ready for this step in their relationship, but before the boxes are unpacked, they run into some problems. |
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On Stage With Shirley Bassey by Janice Sampson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. One man and his urn. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short monody (a monologue with a little action and a few simple props) for a dutiful middle-aged son. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | In this hilarious, and at times touching monologue we meet David who has come to sort out his recently deceased mother's bungalow. The most difficult part of his task is to deal with Mum's vast collection of Shirley Bassey memorabilia and even more difficult, though he won't admit it, to deal with his bereavement and say goodbye to his mother. Much to the embarrassment and annoyance of wife, Brenda he carries Mum's ashes around with him and is going through the process of taking Mum to all her favourite places. The final location he thinks of is Mum's ultimate dream - but will Shirley agree? |
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One Foot Under by Jordan Handford |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Reverend Goodwinks is presumed male but could be female. |
Run Time | Around 17 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy with a single living-room set. |
Synopsis | Michael's already tense relationship with his in-laws is put under further strain at a funeral with a surprising finale. |
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One Hundred and Eighty! by Jonathan Edgington Runner up in The Maskers Theatre's 2011 Humble Hamlet play writing competition. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute comedy, playing on Shakespearean themes. Contains swearing and adult themes (and a darts player). |
Synopsis | Toby Hamlet is coming home, but his mother doesn't know why. She does know he's broken a promise he made to his dying father by becoming a pro darts player instead of a lawyer. What could he possibly want to speak to his mother about that he can't mention on the phone? |
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One Solitary Line by Neil Walden Winner of One-Act Play Writing Competition at Wexford Literary Festival 2017 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One (gender non-specific) character is an offstage voice only. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with a single (dressing room) setting. |
Synopsis | Two actresses cast in a Shakespeare play bemoan the fact that the Bard gives so few opportunities for meaty female roles. This causes their relationship to become acrimonious. |
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Out of the Trees by Jamie Hope |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two on-stage chracters and two off (who might be recordings). All the characters are written male, but, let's face it, they are all trees. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy play with no requirements for set and props. |
Synopsis | Frank and Walt are a couple of trees who share tales of their conquests and pass the time bantering about tree life. They like to pick on the weeping willow on the edge of the forest, but will be friends to the end. Probably. |
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