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Sixty-Love by Mike Rowbottom
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 48 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act comedy with a single (tennis club veranda) setting.
SynopsisMiddle-aged widow Felicity, who pretends she's ten years younger, is having a sizzling relationship with Alan, who is 25 years her junior. They are observed by Deborah and Jennifer, two older women, who eventually discover suppressed feelings in themselves.
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Snow White Goes Dating by Jonathan Goodson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four on-stage characters (ostensibly three princesses and a frog) and the off-stage voice of a pantomime dame turned TV presenter.
Run TimeAround 40 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy in a simple set. Despite the fairy tale nature of the characters, the language and subject matter make it very definitely an adult production for an adult audience.
SynopsisPreparing to take the stage for a dating show, three very different princesses compare notes on the princes they've known, Charming and otherwise. Only one will walk away with the man behind the screen, unless they find an alternative.
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A Sobering Fete by Rosemary Grace
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. No formal chrous, but there is the option for additional actors to play other customers at the fete.
Run TimeAround 26 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA fun comedy for female-leaning groups. Three strong characters with good comic interplay. Easily staged on a single set of three tables.
SynopsisThree mums run stalls at a PTA fair. Julie is determined to make money for the school, whatever it takes, Cam is devoutly health-conscious and Lily is flogging a pyramid scheme.
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Socks by Rosemary Frisino Toohey
3rd Place, the Ian Wishart Quaich in the 2023 Edinburgh round of the Scottish Community Drama Association's One-Act Festival.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four principal characters plus an off-stage female voice (which could be pre-recorded).
Run TimeAround 20 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort, one-act comedy play. Single set - the inside of a clothes dryer at a laundromat! ( A delightful contribution to an under-used sub-genre of costume drama!)
SynopsisA group of single socks discuss their plight. Should they attempt escape? Why have they been abandoned? Don't humans know that socks are the cornerstone of civilization?
A tale of abandonment, rejection and hope in the confines of a clothes dryer.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of clean laundry must be in want of the correct number of socks.
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Something That's Mine by Alexis Coward
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Two characters are voice-only and gender non-specific - these roles can be doubled with two of the main characters.
Run TimeAround 46 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act dark comedy on two sets.
SynopsisTwo couples seek couples therapy. But what are they hiding from each other?
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Squirrel Caper by Jamie Hope
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 33 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act comedy with a single (park bench) setting.
SynopsisA gang of squirrels mastermind a plan to mug an old lady who visits the park every day. Their meticulous plan hits a snag when the old lady unexpectedly brings her dog with her and a pesky chipmunk tries to muscle in on the action.
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Switched by Frances A. Lewis
Performance by Carbost Village Drama won the MacKinnon Salver and the Wakefield Quaich Award for stage presentation, Scottish One-Act Festival, 2014.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. There are two off-stage voices which might be live or recorded.
Run TimeAround 50 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act farce, with a single set split between a dentist's waiting room and a living room.
SynopsisJeffrey gets himself into a tangle when his girlfriend Veronica and wife Claudia end up with identical handbags...
Note that a companion piece - AKA Charlie - is also available. The two plays function independently, but can also be played together.
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A Therapist Unleashed by Barry Lambert and Amy Randall
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 55 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy/drama in a single set. (On the way to a satisfactory resolution, there's room for the actors to explore a range of emotions and even have a fight.)
SynopsisShelly has a full roster of therapy clients, but she starts to notice some interesting things about their stories - like points where they intersect. She can't help the individuals herself, but maybe she can try something really unusual...
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There's No Place Like Home by Peter Harrison
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four on-stage characters and an off-stage female voice (which could be recorded, but, in our view, would be better performed live).
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy in a single domestic setting.
SynopsisWhen elderly Howard claims his dead wife Nancy has been talking to him, his daughter and her partner think he is suffering dementia and plan to move him into a home. But there's a surprise in store when he demonstrates how he contacts Nancy.
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There's Something about Bernard by Richard James
Performance by Dunvegan Players won the Philip Rose Bowl, Scottish One Act Play Festival, Skye Division, 2010
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy play, single (simple, domestic) set. Contains mild swearing.
SynopsisBernard's wife, best friend and daughter are gathered to surprise him with a party on his birthday, but it's his ex-wife who walks in first. Some hard truths are exchanged, and in the end, it's Bernard who surprises them all.
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