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Cassandra by David Morrison
Published: 19 February 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 115 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A very engaging full-length historical thriller, with plenty of twists and turns and a mystery that will leave audiences with plenty to discuss. |
| Synopsis | 1941. The staff at Bletchley Park are overworked and understaffed in their mission to decode German naval messages. A new girl, Cassandra, demonstrates an incredible ability which can speed up the process - only to mysteriously disappear. As the clock ticks on the fate of a large convoy, a desperate search gets under way to find her, and to determine if an enemy agent is operating amongst the codebreakers. |
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The Thursday Night Ladies' Club by John Ford
Published: 7 February 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 108 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length play in a single set, structured in four acts (covering four different evenings in the same pub). |
| Synopsis | A group of women meet every month in their local pub. Whether it's quiz night, a disco, or a Christmas do, what they're really going for is each other's company. But their differing attitudes, particularly between the bullish Helen and the eco-warrior Amanda, often cause conflict. |
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Benchmarks by Bob Hartwell
Published: 21 January 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | The classic park bench set is the starting point for a gently funny and satisfying script that gives strong roles for six actors. |
| Synopsis | Around an ordinary park bench on a November day, the stories of six people intersect - an old lady determined to make trouble, a paranoid and overworked park keeper, a teenage mother anxious to meet a stranger, a jogger desperate to get fit, a businessman secretively making notes, and a married woman keen to deceive her husband. |
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In the Midst of the Storm by David Ridler
Published: 17 January 2025 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. A wide range of ages amongst the characters from 'late teens' to over eighty. |
| Run Time | Around 114 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Full-length, fun twist on the stately home murder mystery - in which there isn't a murder. Humour and a range of distinct characters. Simple full-stage sets interspersed with front-of-curtain scenes. |
| Synopsis | It's supposed to be a relaxing holiday in a stately home with a chance to meet the Lord and Lady, but there's a possible poisoning, blood and a knife in the kitchen, and a secret in the cellar. Luckily, there's also a police officer. |
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