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| Princess Bigfoot by Bob Heather |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act family play, based on real characters circa 750 AD (though incorporating folk tales). |
| Synopsis | In 8th Century France an identity theft scheme to usurp the Princess Bertha from her position as the wife of King Pepin is thwarted by that famous pair of investigators: Messrs Hercule and Poirot - as well as by the Princess’s shoe size. |
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| A Princess For Christmas by Jeff Bray |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. 7 actors, with a choir of 3-4 singers. |
| Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length comedy with a single retirement home setting. |
| Synopsis | Grumpy old widower Reg gets the shock of his life when his ex-mistress Diane, who he abandoned many years ago, is admitted to the Retirement Home After a stormy beginning and with the tender help of the staff and other residents, they are able to rekindle their relationship. |
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| The Prisoners' Dilemma by Matthew Lynch |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. Six main characters and four cameo roles. |
| Run Time | Around 71 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A drama in two scenes, which could be played as two acts - making it a full length piece, with a single (prison cell) set. |
| Synopsis | A disparate group of strangers are locked in a prison cell, not knowing the reason for their incarceration. They are all put to the test through a series of challenges, some of which could be lethal, and finally seem able to benefit - from finding their inner selves. |
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| Problem In Judaea by Stewart Boston |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Easter play. Structurally in two acts, but of one act length. Three sets, but designed for minimal staging. |
| Synopsis | A minimalist retelling of the events surrounding the Crucifixion, told from the point of view of Pilate, the Sanhedrin and Herod. |
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| Prodigal Daughter by Archie Wilson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 123 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A full length, hard-hitting family drama, with a single (living room) setting. |
| Synopsis | A happy family is shocked by the arrival of father Bradley's previously unknown daughter - Katrina. Doubts as to whether she really is his daughter, and Tyler and Lucy's half-sister, gradually force the family apart until the shocking truth is revealed. |
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| Professor Roth's Will by Joe Starzyk |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 84 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Two-act drama on a single academic office set. American English. |
| Synopsis | Four siblings gather together for the reading of their father's will. But as their personal trials and life-long baggage come out, they discover the true cost of being the child of the infamous Raymond H. Roth. |
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| Profound Moments by Johnny Grim |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy with a single pub set. Contains swearing (and discussions amongst ladies). |
| Synopsis | A quartet of modern single lady friends gather in a pub for a girlie night out. They relate (in intimate detail) their experiences with the opposite sex, and their search for that profound moment which will see them find Mr Right... |
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The Proposition by Brian Coyle
A winner of the British Theatre Challenge (International one-act playwriting competition) 2014 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play, set in a flat - which should appear 'expensive'. |
| Synopsis | Alan has been picked up, and he assumes it's for sex, but what Leo has in mind is quite different. Alan begins to suspect something when he meets Laila, but when Leo uses a stungun on him, he's really confused. Because it's all about art... |
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| Protocol by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch for a cast of two in a single simple set. |
| Synopsis | Brendan arrives at Belfast airport on a visit to his mother. However, before he can see her, he has to go through customs. All is not as straightforward as he expected. |
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| Psychic Babble by Stephen Scheurer-Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy on a single hotel bar set. Can be performed alongside, and share a set with, its sister play One Mistake. |
| Synopsis | Aspiring psychic Jim joins his new girlfriend Sandra and her friends Vera and Marjorie for a pub quiz, and tries to predict the answers. He hopes to impress Sandra enough for her to invest in his business. |
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