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The Bird, the Mouse and the Sausage by Peter Nuttall |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute play for kids. |
Synopsis | A tale of domestic bliss upset - with a moral message about the dangers of fire. One of Peter Nuttall's Grimm Tales (for Little Horrors) |
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The Birdman of Barnocky by Roger Lee |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 87 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length drama on a single (disused hotel lounge) set. |
Synopsis | Having scattered his wife’s ashes on the island they both loved, Michael is hopeful he can buy the place and open the hotel they’d planned. But Alex also has plans for the island, as does Danny’s family. It’s enough to make you curse... |
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Birds, Bees and Gooseberry Bushes by Ray Lawrence |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One adult and two teenagers. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch, no set requirements, simple props |
Synopsis | A father struggles to overcome his embarrassment long enough to explain the facts of life to his teenage son while they are on holiday. |
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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The Birth of Womankind by tlc Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 10. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Sketch with minimal set requirements, just a few props. Vaguely 'sci-fi' genre. |
Synopsis | In a society in which all men have been wiped out, the survivors try to come to grips with their roles. |
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Birthright by Christine Steenfeldt |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play in a single setting. |
Synopsis | An original storyline suggesting a question mark over Shakespeare's birthplace in a short dramatic comedy, with a twisting plot! |
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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Births, Deaths and Marriages by Stephen Scheurer-Smith |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. The chorus is a wating-room full of patients in the second act. |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play in three acts (each in a different setting). |
Synopsis | A family saga told through three comic episodes. Laughter turns into tension in all three plays as family frictions and heartaches unfold. Each of the three components is also available separately: Arrival Oncology Anniversary |
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Bit of a Gossip by Frank Gibbons Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are descibed as 'a couple of mature ladies'. Make your own mind up as to what constitutes maturity! |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Five minute comedy sketch. Minimal set. Contains cream cakes. From the Laughter Lines collection. |
Synopsis | A couple of ladies set the world to rights - largely by putting everyone else down. |
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A Bit of a Problem by Geoff Parker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Mary should be old enough to be Adam's mother. |
Run Time | Around 106 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | An unusual, full length play with strong language and adult situations, in two split settings. |
Synopsis | Against their better judgement, Mike and Adam have brought their wives to see the local drama group's play. But the plot of a man sleeping with his brother's wife hits a bit close to home and a whole surprising bunch of secrets come tumbling out in one busy evening. |
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A Bit of a Turn by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch on a minimal café set. |
Synopsis | Maureen and her Aunt Vera are discussing Brenda's latest accident. |
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A Bit of Light Froth by Kelsey Gray |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with a single (coffee shop) setting. |
Synopsis | A customer’s attempt to get a cup of coffee is increasingly frustrated by the superior attitude of the barista. |
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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