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| Sorry You're Leaving by Wally Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. One of the characters is on the point of retirement, the rest are younger. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute comedy sketch. Single simple set, simple props (mostly edible). |
| Synopsis | Mr Templeman's leaving party is very sparsely attended, but Edith puts that down to it being a Friday and Mr Templeman coming from Accounts. Sadly, the truth is told to Edith and her boss far too late for them to do anything about it... |
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| Sponge Cake And Leopard Skin by Jane Hilliard |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A fifteen minute comedy monologue |
| Synopsis | A middle aged woman relates a somewhat stale, routine marriage and an exciting illicit adventure only to discover her husband’s amazing secret life which breathes new life into their life together. |
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| Standing Room Only by James Harvey |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. The characters are written as 4M, 3F, a lot more flexibility is possible! |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute play, single set (the minimum required to indicate a waiting room). Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | A group of people are being kept waiting - in hell. How long are they going to have to hang around for their share of eternal damnation? |
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| Strange New Worlds by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Sketch, minimal set, a few simple props, Science Fiction (TV) parody [Okay, early Star Trek!] |
| Synopsis | Three members of the Galaxy Patrol, Security Branch, are on the surface of an alien planet. Bearing in mind they're all wearing red jerseys, how many will get off the planet alive? |
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| A Stranger's Guide to Panto by Leo Finn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. The numbers in the cast depend on how you deal with the dragon (two people, one person or one doubling with the villain.) Most of the roles - except the Heroine and, because this is panto, the Hero, are written male. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short (sketch-length) narrated British pantomime. Simple to stage (single set) give or take the dragon. |
| Synopsis | A quick review of the major points of that most peculiarly British of shows, the Pantomime. A show that explains comedy through comedy. |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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| Sunny Side Up by Stephen Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both character written male but could be changed to female. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch. A dark comedy sketch. Simple set. |
| Synopsis | Mr Cruthers is looking to sort out his stay at the Sunny-Side-Up campsite, but it's more than a little unusual. Not least because some of the helpful staff are a bit on the - er - dead side. |
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| Sweet and Spooky by Olivia Arieti |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play (give or take a couple of minutes). A gently humorous teenage ghost story. |
| Synopsis | Millie wants to be a writer, and she wants Pete, her handsome schoolfriend, to look through her latest work. The trouble is that Millie's ex-boyfriend is dead. Dead but not forgotten - his ghost haunts the attic room where she writes. |
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| Table For One by Sydney Weiss |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy on a single restaurant set. US English. |
| Synopsis | Daniel eats at the same restaurant every day of his life. He likes the food, but he likes the waitress even more. He keeps getting roped into sitting with stuffy Mike and crazy Susan, when all he wants is a second alone with Meg. Will Daniel ever be able to marry Meg, or will the chaotic ambiance of the diner render this task impossible? |
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| Take a Seat by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten minute light comedy monologue with poignant moments. |
| Synopsis | Freda loves her favourite bench in the park, where she can watch the world go by. But nothing has prepared her for the sudden appearance of a runaway bride. What advice if any can Freda give, especially when a desperate young man appears on the scene? |
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| Taking An Interest by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch for three actors, with minimal or no set. |
| Synopsis | Older ladies Mary and Alice are in a long queue at the bank and they pass the time in idle conversation full of malapropisms, when young Ben joins the queue. The ladies' interest in Ben grows as they wait, until Mary comes to a startling and somewhat irritating realisation. |
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