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End Of The Pier by Karen Doling |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act play, single set - a fortune teller's tent at the end of a pier! |
Synopsis | A gypsy called Lea (as all soothsayers are) reads people's fortunes on the end of the pier - at least, that's what the sign says, but she usually tells people the same old thing. Today, things aren't going to go as she planned, but the results will be strangely familiar... |
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The Endowment by Susan Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. As written, the two characters have a playing age of around fifty, though this could be varied somewhat. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act Drama, single domestic set. (Includes occasional swearing.) |
Synopsis | Linda receives a visit from her ex-husband, bearing unwelcome memories and unexpected news. Have their years of separation changed them enough to right old wrongs? |
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The Engagement by Rebecca Preen |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. All the characters are young adults. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch. The esential element of the set is (the outside of) a toilet cubicle with a practical door. Whilst this seems a lot for a short sketch, we think that it's worth it! |
Synopsis | Mercedes is very keen for her two mates to admire her new engagement ring and tries to impress them with tales of her man's brilliance. Since they remain un-awed, she goes further and further until he accidentally reveals himself and is a lot less than they expected. |
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Enjoying the Outdoors by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch set on a camping ground. |
Synopsis | It's a man's world in the great outdoors, but sometimes a few extra luxuries help. |
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Enlightenment by Bob Tucker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One of the characters (Jim) is written as male but could easily be Jennifer. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch. Single set (the interior of a filling station), simple props. |
Synopsis | Victor is seriously depressed - until a chance encounter in a filling station sends his life in an unexpected direction! |
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The Epic of Gilgamesh by Adrian Jarvis |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 28. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 75 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Four thousand-year-old Sumerian epic brought to life. This play skilfully combines dance, mime and music with challenging acting and technical opportunities together with a gripping story, ideal for Secondary Schools, Drama Acadamies, and Youth Groups. |
Synopsis | King Gilgamesh is convinced that he can find the secret of eternal life and his dramatic odyssey is brought to life as he wanders the mythological world in his quest for immortality. We travel with him as his travails become ever more arduous and he becmes embroiled in ever more dramatic conflicts. |
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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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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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