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| The Babbling Brookes: Ed And Breakfast by Robert Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 25-minute comedy drama, part of the 'Babbling Brookes' trilogy. |
| Synopsis | Eddie and his Mum are at loggerheads again, and this time neither will apologise. The trouble is, Eddie isn’t even sure what it is he’s not apologising for. Meanwhile, Richie is getting worked up about his annual Yard Sale. |
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| The Babbling Brookes: Keep Calm and Kerry-Ann by Robert Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 35-minute comedy drama, part of the 'Babbling Brookes' trilogy. |
| Synopsis | The arrival of Grandad Joseph has the Brookes household in more of a spin than usual, and it’s up to Kerry-Ann to find a solution. The question is, would it be better to have brother Eddie or Grandad working with her? |
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| The Babbling Brookes: Rags to Richie by Robert Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A 30-minute comedy drama, part of the 'Babbling Brookes' trilogy. |
| Synopsis | Richie Brookes is a real liability - so much so that his wife won’t leave him alone without a responsible adult to supervise him. Today it’s their long-suffering daughter Kerry-Ann who’s drawn the short straw. |
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Baby Sparklers by Frank Gibbons
Performance by Palace Players won the Orkney District SCDA one act play festival 2015 and picked-up the Best Moment in Theatre trophy in the Scottish finals. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. The characters are aged 7 to 9, but are intended to be played by adults or teenagers. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act nostalgic comedy play with a single - bonfire - set. An evocation of children growing-up in an industiral town in the 1970s.
Revised 2011 to shorten it slightly to a length suitable for one-act play festivals. |
| Synopsis | November 4th 1970 - a time for learning to swear, a time for discovering friendship, and a time for earning respect.
Armed with dustbin lids and iron railings, Rachel, Susan and Tommy are prepared to guard their modest bonfire pile against an expected raid by the dreaded Dawson twins. But an even greater danger threatens to engulf them when a member of the group is lured away by the Firework Man. |
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| Backstaged by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy (with appropriate adult language and themes) set on a stage before and during a performance. |
| Synopsis | An irreverent and long serving crew of set builders are becoming ever more frustrated with an indecisive director and lead actor whose continual requests for changes leads them to disrupt his big scenes. Meanwhile the men have to deal with the arrival of Fran a new recruit to the team - horror of horrors - a woman! |
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Barbecue by Stephen Scheurer-Smith
New |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy on a single (living room) set. |
| Synopsis | Newly arrived Lydia and Edward decide to hold a barbecue to meet the neighbours, but from umbrella wielding eco-warrior Kate to pushy property developer Trevor, they soon realise they are ringmasters at a circus of warring factions. Can be performed alongside its sister play 'Eight Seconds'. |
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Being Nice by Mark Niel
Performance by Ashrow Theatre Co. nominated for Best Production award at the Buxton Fringe Festival, 2011. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act, single set comedy play. (Contains swearing.) |
| Synopsis | Geoff, a divorcee pays his mortgage by renting out rooms to Emily and Alison, two girls in their twenties. Emily has a crush on Geoff and is mortified when Alison, a much more outgoing and earthy type, weighs in with advice and practical help. The three ponder the different dynamic and set out the boundaries of the potential relationship, but does Alison have a secret she's not sharing with Emily? |
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Bellybuttons by Michael B. Malone
Runner-up in the SCDA One Act Play competition, 1996. Winner of the SCDA Billy Gordon Trophy for best youth entry, 2015. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Characters are aged around 11-12 years old, though for added comic effect the play could be performed by older children or adults acting as children. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy with a simple setting. Scottish English. |
| Synopsis | A group of boys and girls delve into the murky world of relationships with an endearing and comical naivety. |
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| A Bench In The Park by Robin Wilson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy thriller. |
| Synopsis | Joe's bed is a park bench, which - during the day, is used by a number of seemingly unconnected people. As conversations unfold, their relationships with each other and with Joe take a surprising twist. |
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| Betrayal by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One act farce which starts as a simple domestic comedy then turns into a heist story that has so many twists and reversals it's like watching a Samba competition. |
| Synopsis | Leonard is depressed by the arrival of Spring. Margaret says he's a boring bank manager, but by the end of the day he's planning to run away with the money from the vault and the woman next door. Trouble is, he's not the only one with his eye on the money and a fast getaway. |
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