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| Erica and Me by Alan Robinson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Only four of the characters are called Erica. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Hilarious one-act farce. Single set (ideally with two practical doors, but could be staged without). Simple props. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | To impress his boss, who likes employees to be family men, the single, nerdy Simon hires an escort to pretend to be his girlfriend. Things spiral out of control when three women turn up, all (possibly) the Erica he's expecting... |
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| Escape From Garden Grove by Mathilde Dratwa |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters of different ages |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy duologue set on a bus stop bench. Set in America, but with a universal theme. Includes (appropriate) strong language. |
| Synopsis | Teenager Sophie and her grandmother Faye are about to set off on an adventurous trip. With pathos and comedy, and her sagacity, Faye helps Sophie see the world in a different light. |
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| Escape! by Sharon Rutland |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Martin, the escape room manager, could easily be played female as Martine. |
| Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length comedy. Technically two settings - the escape room reception and the room itself, but the first scene can be played front-of-curtain. |
| Synopsis | A group of colleagues are sent to an escape room as a team-building exercise. But tensions between the group and fears of imminent redundancies prevent them from focusing on the game, and strange clues threaten to unearth skeletons in Steve's closet. |
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| Esmerelda and the Baron by Leo Finn |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. The characters include a tree (always good for a wooden performance). |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short British pantomime designed for a small cast on a small stage with minimal scenery. |
| Synopsis | The evil Baron Grim rules the land since the mysterious death of the Duke and his wife. He wants to uncover the charms of young Esmerelda, but she has fallen in love with the stranger, young Hott, who is really the Prince. Will true love triumph? Of course it will. |
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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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| Establishing Relations by David Craig Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Playing ages: two parents, two in late teens. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. Single domestic set. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | John's very excited to be bringing Stella home to meet his Mum and Dad, but he's amazed by his Dad's reaction. Dad wants John to give Stella up, straight away, but naturally John wants to know why... Until he finds out. |
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Esther by Richard Cowling
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 22. Minimum total without doubling = 32. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script comes with piano and vocal scores for 16 songs, one instrumental and 15 scene-change pieces. (A conductors score and band parts are available as an optional extra.) |
| Style | Full-length Musical based on the biblical story of Esther. Designed as a school musical, could equally well be done by an adult or mixed company. |
| Synopsis | King Xerxes of Persia maries Esther, a Jewish orphan who has been brought up by her uncle, Mordecai. Haman, the chief minister of Xerxes court insists that everyone bow down to him. When Mordecai refuses to do so, Haman flies into a rage and plans to kill Mordecai, and all the Jewish people in the kingdom. Mordecai calls upon Esther for help, but this means she must confront the mighty Xerxes... |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
** Backing CD with instrumental version of the 16 songs and 16 musical interludes (including scene changes) for the musical Esther by Richard Cowling.
** Vocal tracks for the 16 songs (with 16 musical interludes) from the musical Esther by Richard Cowling. (Vocals by Leanne Cooper and Richard Cowling.)
** Conductor's score and band parts (keyboard, trumpet, trombone, woodwind, bass, etc.) for the songs and incidental music (32 pieces) from the musical Esther by Richard Cowling.
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| Eva of the Golden Hair by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short stage adaptation of Saki's The East Wing. |
| Synopsis | Socialite Lucien Wattleskeat and Major Boventry, after much deliberation, make heroic efforts to save Eva of the Golden Hair from the blazing East Wing of Lady Gramplain's manor house. |
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Even Numbers by Tony Domaille
Best Seller Winner of the Derek Jacobi Award for New Playwriting 2023. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Dr Vincent is written male, but could be played female. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Multi-award-winning thriller with strongly written dialogue and good roles for three actors. One-act, one set (prison consulting room) with a scene in a prison cell created purely by lighting. |
| Synopsis | Mary-Ann has poisoned and killed five people and Doctor Vincent must make an assessment of her mental state for the court. In trying to establish if she is insane, or just plain evil, a shocking truth is discovered. |
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| An Evening to Forget by Rupert Dick |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | The 'Boss coming to dinner' trope is one that has been used for years, but this script succeeds in taking it in a new direction in spectacular fashion with elements of light comedy, farce and thriller. |
| Synopsis | Olivia is worried, because her boss is coming to dinner and it’s very short notice. And he’s bringing a companion. And it’s a very important dinner. But when things really go wrong, it’s not any of the issues she was imagining. |
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| Every Dog Has Its Day by Peter May |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch for two actors, no props or set required. |
| Synopsis | A long line of disembodied souls are waiting to see God, to find out what the future holds for them. |
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