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Daisy Markham by Janice Sampson
Performance by Shiskine SWI drama group won, best play, best supporting actress, best actress in the Isle of Arran One Act Drama Festival 2016. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One character is an offstage voice. |
| Run Time | Around 27 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act drama with a single (dining kitchen) setting. Some strong language. |
| Synopsis | Fiercely independent 102 year old Daisy refuses help from the authorities until mature Social Worker Jenny arrives on the scene. Their relationship develops fruitfully when they discover a surprising connection with Daisy's traumatic younger days. |
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Dance Story by Frank Gibbons
Shortlisted in the SCDA Play on Words competition 2011.
Performance by Cardigan Theatre won the 'best actress' award at the Pembrokeshire one-act festival, 2012. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. The announcer is written male (and sounds male, but need not be). PJs group of dancers are assumed female, but need not be. There are four of them but there could be more or fewer. Two parts written adult, the rest are of high school age. |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. Not a musical (in the sense that it does not include songs), but the backdrop is rival dance troupes, so dance could be a major element. |
| Synopsis | The Dragon Belles dance team are through to the finals of the competition, but one of the members is too ill to dance. In fact, she has a heart condition that can only be cured at a hospital in Canada. Now they need the prize money to send her there, but will her replacement be good enough? |
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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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| 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 Dreaming by Richard James
Performance by Maidenhead Drama Guild won Best Play and Best Actor at the Henley Drama Festival, 2017. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are written male, but could be either. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play, suitable for a bare stage presentation. |
| Synopsis | Two men find themselves in a featureless room, with no memory of how they arrived there, or even who they are. Their only clues come from scraps of paper on the floor, that seem to mirror words they have spoken. Can it be true that they're just characters in an unwritten play? |
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| The End of the Pier by Richard James |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Three generations - target ages, 20, early 40s and early 60s. (Whilst this is intended to be played 'to age', it might be within the compass of the older echelons of a youth theatre group.) |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act drama. Single set (enough to suggest the location). |
| Synopsis | An exploration of the relationships and struggles of three generations of women. Cynthia has experienced a betrayal that changes her life dramatically and her daughter Mandy is determined to stay strong and pull her family back together. Billie, Mandy's daughter, is preparing to leave for university but has a secret to reveal before she goes. |
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| Escape From Garden Grove by Mathilde Dratwa |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Characters of different ages |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy duologue set on a bus stop bench. Set in America, but with a universal theme. Includes (appropriate) strong language. |
| Synopsis | Teenager Sophie and her grandmother Faye are about to set off on an adventurous trip. With pathos and comedy, and her sagacity, Faye helps Sophie see the world in a different light. |
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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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| Exam Results by Caroline Spencer |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Four 18-year-old girls. (Intended to be performed by that age or younger.) |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short play. Single set, simple props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
| Synopsis | Four girls get their 'A-Level' results and though one doesn't get the grades she needed for University, perhaps she's not the one to pity in this subtle and well-observed piece.
(For readers outside England and Wales, 'A-Levels' are the equivalent of High School Graduation in the USA.) |
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