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Clean Pants by Janice Sampson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The two characters are women in late middle-age. The tone is such that they could be played by men (in the manner of Les Dawson and Roy Barraclough). |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comic duologue. A telephone conversation between two domestic locations (which need only be hinted at). Contains mild swearing. Linguistic disambiguation: this piece uses 'pants' in the English way, abbreviating 'underpants'. |
Synopsis | Hetti and Emily are two old friends who have obviously spent a lifetime supporting each other through their respective trials and tribulations (mainly concerning hospital proddings and jabbings.) Hetti has received an appointment letter for her cataract procedure and outlines her concerns to Emily whose best advice turns out to be most prescient! |
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Clerical Terrors by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch set in an office canteen (or a table and two chairs, as we say in the set design department). |
Synopsis | The vicissitudes of office life reviewed over a mug of tea. |
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Cube Farming by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are both nominally male, but could easily be changed to female. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute comedy play. Single set, Simple props. |
Synopsis | It is Marvin's first day at work, where Simon introduces him to his cubicle or PWE (Personal Work environment). |
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Dead True by Geoff Rose-Michael |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 47 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act thriller with a single living room setting. Originally published September 2016, revised December 2018. |
Synopsis | Jan was the main suspect in a murder case in the past but was acquitted. Ghost writer Kim is helping Jan to write a memoir of her experiences and soon finds herself subjected to a horrifying ordeal at Jan’s hands. |
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Debbie and Claire Find a Working Solution by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch set in a pub. (In this case, that's a table, two chairs and two glasses.) |
Synopsis | Debbie and Clare discuss career options. |
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Debbie and Claire Go Round in Circles by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch set in a pub. (In this case, that's a table, two chairs and two glasses.) |
Synopsis | Debbie and Clare have to choose between men and a funfair. |
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Debbie and Claire's Men of the World by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch set in a pub. (In this case, that's a table, two chairs and two glasses.) |
Synopsis | Debbie and Clare classify men by national characteristics. |
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Dialogue by Stewart Boston |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The two characters are written as male, but could be played female without changing the nature of the piece. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Unnerving and disturbing, but gripping one-act play. Single simple set. |
Synopsis | Two immortal beings argue about the pros and cons of passing the time by experimenting with creation. Eventually the one who has worked hard on his people and his vision has to admit it's all gone horribly wrong. The other is happy to bring things to a close. |
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Do You Remember? by Frances Bartram |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] In the original performances, it ran between 25 & 30 minutes. |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama, with an informal set - furniture and a few props. |
Synopsis | In this poignant examination of the effects of dementia we see Doris, who is not as young as she used to be, descend into a confused world through the eyes of her granddaughter Anna as they relive past events. |
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The Doctor's Waiting Room by Ray Lawrence |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short sketch, with a minimal set. |
Synopsis | Two ladies trade tales of woe regarding their various aches and pains while in the Doctor's waiting room, but the first one to arrive has a surprise in store for her. |
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