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Inspector Whalley's Casebook - Volume 2 by Barry Lambert
Published: 9 January 2024
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Same principal characters as Inspector Whalley's Casebook, but functions completely independently.
Run TimeAround 96 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleSingle set - a police operations room with a single entrance (which need not be a practical door).
SynopsisInspector 'Bloodhound' Whalley and his team take on a trio of tricky cases - missing persons, ATM cash theft, and ...Team Building!
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The Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden by Kieron Toner
Published: 5 January 2024
RolesMinimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. Ravenscar (one of two fictional characters) is written male but could be played female.
Run TimeAround 94 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleDramatisation of the true story of the Cottingley fairies.
SynopsisElsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, now elderly ladies, recount to two investigators the events that took place in Cottingley in 1917, when as young girls they took photographs of fairies.
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Funeral for the Cat by B. G. Craig
Published: 4 January 2024
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Elizabeth is written female, but could be played male (and renamed Elliot).
Run TimeAround 28 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA good mix of emotional drama and dark but gentle comedy. Easy to stage on a single living room set.
US English.
SynopsisJudy, an elderly widow, is holding a funeral for her beloved and recently departed cat. Her daughter and granddaughter are alarmed to find that, since a pet coffin was too expensive, Miss Mopsy is lying on the coffee table.
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Hot Air by Mary Portalska
Published: 4 January 2024
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 6 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA funny and fast sketch. Easy to stage with something resembling the front of a hot air balloon basket as a set - this could be as simple as a table with a bit of cloth, or a cardboard cut-out.
SynopsisWhen their hot air balloon takes off without a pilot, two bickering sisters find themselves adrift. And then they find the pilot, dangling on a rope below the basket.
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Looking for Nancy by Olivia Arieti
Published: 4 January 2024
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA tight, efficient dramatic (somewhat melodramatic) sketch set on a ferry (indicated by a ship's rail and a bench).
SynopsisEdith is heading to the mainland with her daughter, Nancy, to do some shopping, but the little girl hasn’t been seen anywhere on the ferry.
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The Guest House by P. B. Stenson
Published: 3 January 2024
RolesMinimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 16. No chorus. Fifteen on-stage roles plus an offstage voice.
Run TimeAround 87 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFull-length play in a single bedroom set. An episodic structure (because all the guests can't occupy the same bedroom at the same time.)
SynopsisClara and Will have bought the Guest House at Number 13, a new business venture for them. They find that there is a lot of on-the-job learning to do - for example, they have to decide what to do with the stash of old twenty pound notes in the hidden wall safe, not to mention the peculiar behaviour of their guests.
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Nighthawks by James Skivington
Published: 3 January 2024
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 44 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleAn easy-to-stage one-act comedy-drama on a single cafe set. Gentle but witty comedy with effective character development. Some adult themes.
SynopsisCathy is about to close her café for the night when three customers show up - Erin, who’s young, poor, and very pregnant, Phil, a goth with an acerbic wit, and Fiona, who's having the worst day of her life.
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Switching Off by Ashley Harris
Published: 3 January 2024
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are all 'middle-aged'. You'll have to make your own mind up as to what that means.
Run TimeAround 26 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act comedy in a single living-room set. A great comedy set-up, with a fun dynamic between the three characters, and good twists and escalations that keep the plot moving quickly.
SynopsisYoga teacher Ruth is holding a lesson in her living room with client Emily. But Ruth's husband, Alistair, believes he has reserved the room so he can watch an important programme. It's a territorial battle, and Emily is caught in the crossfire.
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