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Saving India by Vithal Rajan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute play, single set. |
Synopsis | A short political sketch in which three Indian government secretaries discuss their plans for the nation - and their own advancement - whilst puffing on their Cuban cigars. |
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Say it with a Sausage by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Whilst the two characters are women, they might be played as women by men in non-glamorous drag. (British people with long memories are invited to contemplate Les Dawson in this context.) |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch. From the Laughter Lines collection. |
Synopsis | At the end of the working day, what could be better than a discussion of the relationship between slimming and happiness? (Especially when accompanied by cream cakes.) |
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The Scary Tale of Frankenstein by Richard Coleman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 8. Chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short, rhyming Gothic horror comedy play for kids! Single laboratory set! |
Synopsis | Professor Frankenstein creates a new life from recycled body parts. Unfortunately, his assistant, Egor, drops the brain, so a substitute has to be used. Whilst the brain seems to work, the locals see Frankenstein's creation as a monster and they really aren't happy! |
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Schoolroom Sketch by tlc Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Chorus. Pantomime dame (Male playing female) and class of children (of any age!) |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Sketch extract from English Pantomime - knockabout clowning and wordplay |
Synopsis | A teacher contends with a disruptive class! |
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The Script by Trevor Suthers |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. 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 play. No set requirements, simplest of props (four scripts!). Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | A Producer, Director and Actor have called a meeting to tell the writer of a play that they loved it so much they want to change every aspect of it. |
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Scripted by Brenna McBride |
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 | Quirky comedy short on a coffee shop set. |
Synopsis | Coffee house waitress Jenny has written her own happy ending for herself and her favorite customer, Kevin - and she's hired the perfect director, Linda, to make her fantasy a reality. But what happens if life refuses to imitate art? |
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The Search for Pyrrha by Jonathan Edgington |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 18 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short fantasy drama with an air of mystery. A stand-alone play, but also the sequel to the award-winning Gone. |
Synopsis | Ten years after her disappearance, George is still searching for his wife. In a field scheduled to be turned into a nature reserve, he finds a mysterious door. |
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Searching by Bob Tucker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute comedy play. Single set (a reception area, so little more than a coffee table and a couple of chairs). |
Synopsis | David is going to be on a new television show where he picks from a selection of six women and dates them to determine his match. Trouble is, he seems to be scaring them off before the show even starts... |
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Second Honeymoon by Alan Barkley Finalist in the Sky Blue Theatre International play-writing competition, 2013 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act play, set in 1952. |
Synopsis | Claire is looking for a way out of her marriage, but instead runs into someone who knows all about trying to cope with a demanding life - Marilyn Monroe. They trade lives for an afternoon and learn a little about life from each other. |
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The Secret of Giving Up Smoking by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The script is written with the characters as two women and one man, however other mixes are possible. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute play. Contemporary realism. Simple set, simple props. |
Synopsis | Barry and Nancy attend Celia's 'Give up smoking' seminar, but will it be the painless solution they're both looking for, or just another expensive con? |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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