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| Villains by Shari Gledhill |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 15-minute drama on a single office set. A good, easy to stage, two-person play with the shifts in power dynamic providing some good material for the two actors to work with. |
| Synopsis | Hardened criminal Reid is summoned to the office of prison governor Dawson. Dawson intends to blackmail Reid into assisting him with a personal problem, but Reid is not so easily coerced. |
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| Viral Tune Life Form by Damian Trasler & David Lovesy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. 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 comedy sketch. No set required. |
| Synopsis | Ever got a tune in your head that you just can't shift? Jim has, and his friend Paul tries to help. |
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| Visitors by Heather Bryant |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two vampires (1M, 1F) and an elderly lady. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch for teenagers. Part of the Bite Size collection of Vampire plays |
| Synopsis | Doris is enjoying a quiet night in front of the TV when two vampires burst in! Why doesn't she quake with fear and scream in terror? Well, Doris has a little secret that she might tell Vic and Vyla...as long as they promise not to laugh. |
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| Voice of a Flea 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 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | The fifth in Gill Medway's series of monologues about cleaning lady, Violet Brimley. Minimal set (a chair). |
| Synopsis | Violet's latest job finds her at the house of a celebrated actor, whose chances of a prestigious TV award are in serious jeopardy when he appears to jump into some very hot water. Can Violet's famous tact and diplomacy save the day? |
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| Voices On And Off by Pat Edwards |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 10. Chorus. The Inner Voices characters may be offstage, but also could appear on stage. Claudia and Percy have actions rather than words. The Chorus do not speak or sing. |
| Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act comedy, with quick scenes, and two simple settings. |
| Synopsis | Terry and Ceri are members of the local amateur dramatic society and soon become attracted to each other. Their blossoming relationship is helped, although sometimes hindered, by their inner voices which continue throughout the action. And then there is Claudia... |
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| The W.I. by Liz Dobson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play, simple (minimal meeting room) setting. |
| Synopsis | An undercover reporter is trying to gather material that will prove her theory that the WI is a collection of useless women filling their empty lives with trivia, tea and jumble sales. For her, it's going to be an eye-opener, but for the other women, it's regular day at the WI... |
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| Wait... What? by Ted Evans |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Two (male) characters appear on stage, one of them only briefly. Two male and two female characters appear on a video shown on the stage. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, almost a monologue, in the style of a disjointed presentation. Some educational content about Attention Deficit Disorder. Includes opportunities for improvisation. Contains mild swearing |
| Synopsis | An Attention Deficit Disorder sufferer talks about his experiences with a new wonder-drug and ADD in general, but ends up saying a little too much for the drug manufacturer's liking. |
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| Waiting For God... Only Knows What by Anna Russon and Mike Collins |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Two characters (1M, 1 either) are voice only and can be pre-recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 26 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with a single (kitchen) setting. |
| Synopsis | Seven people are trapped in a kitchen, unable to face whatever awaits them outside... |
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| Waiting for the Unicorns by Gill Medway |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy, requiring little more than a clipboard, a large rock and two actors. (The two animals of every kind are optional.) |
| Synopsis | Noah seems very well organised. He's built the boat thing, all the animals are more or less in alphabetical order, and he's got a list. All that's missing are those infuriating unicorns. Fortunately, his wife has the good sense to grasp the concept of myth and legend. |
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| Waiting for Twist Stiffly by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play which takes place on the set of a 1950s science fiction serial, but is really about actors and their relationship to their characters. |
| Synopsis | Filming of the 1950s adventure serial 'Twist Stiffly - Space adventurer' is being held up because the leading man is nowhere to be found. While the remaining cast members lounge around waiting for him to turn up, they discuss their roles in the drama and their dissatisfactions with the main man. Then they come up with a great way to fill their time until he arrives... |
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