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Digging A Hole by Geoff Rose-Michael
Winner of Madeline Boden New Writing Award at Woking Drama Festival ((October 2023)
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. All Luka's speeches are recorded, since all her stage appearances are as a corpse.
Run TimeAround 66 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleComedy thriller in a single (livingroom) set. One-act in structure, but run-time on the boundary between full-length and one-act.
First published in 2022, revised 2024.
SynopsisOne night, Fi accidentally kills a stranger in her flat, who she believes to be a burglar, but who is in fact an acquaintance of her flatmate and ex-partner Ellie. They attempt to cover up what Fi has done by manufacturing evidence that their visitor was really a burglar. Then they discover the truth...
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Does My Bum Look Big In This? by Johnny Grim
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 25 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act adult comedy set at a café table. Australian settings but with opportunities for customising to other locations.
SynopsisLong-time Aussie friends Donna, Janice and Sharon meet for coffee, prior to Janice flying off to attend her sister's wedding. Their get together is suddenly interrupted with news that the wedding has been called off.
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The Earthquake Drill by Damian Trasler
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 3 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short comedy sketch.
SynopsisAt a meeting of the Health and Safety committee, a demonstration of the earthquake drill is not quite what was expected.
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Fast and Furious by Ray Lawrence
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. A customer, a helpdesk operator and a voiceover (which could be recorded)
Run TimeAround 6 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleComedy sketch requiring a couple of desks.
Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection.
SynopsisA computer user tries to get help with a technical problem.
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Final Motions by Jamie Hope
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are written as 2M, 1F, but that isn't important for the content, so any mixture could be used with appropriate tweaks to the way the characters are addressed.
Run TimeAround 13 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short, dark, surreal comedy play. (If it had music, it would be a musical.)
SynopsisDoctor Schliersee has to deliver some bad news to Mr Whoston, who doesn't take it well. He also doesn’t appreciate the doctor's exhortation to make the most of his remaining time, rather than seek a cure.
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Finding Zanzibar by Susie Casson
New
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Written as one male, two female, but playable by any mixture.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short play with plenty of comedy drawn from the opposing attitudes of two librarians, and a satisfying dramatic ending.
SynopsisTom's library book has been overdue for a year but now he's summoned up the courage to return it. Surely the library staff will be kind to him?
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Freshly Laid by Frank Gibbons
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 4 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short comedy sketch, set in a park - simple bench setting.
SynopsisThe elderly ladies are catching up with the latest - on hens, ducks, and possible other roostings.
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Freya's Necklace by Jonathan Edgington
Selected for and performed at the 'Time For Something New' playwriting festival 2018 at the Bread & Roses Theatre, London.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 12 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA comedy sketch with a single (charity shop) setting.
SynopsisJust a normal day in a charity shop? Probably, until Freya the Norse Goddess of Love and War enters on a bit of a mission.
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Gallery Attendants by Simon Michael-Morgan
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two on-stage characters and a voice over a two-way radio (which, might be recorded, although it's a to-and-fro of dialogue which would be easier live).
Run TimeAround 8 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy - a funny satire on generational conflict - set in an art gallery. (A black box with paintings 'on the wall'.)
SynopsisTwo gallery attendants don't have much to do other than stand still. The younger attendant dreams of a better life - or at the very least, having a chair - while the older takes pride in his work and attempts to report his colleague's slovenliness.
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Getting It Off by Ray Lawrence
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The Waiter could easily be a Waitress
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleTen-minute comedy play. Single (café) set. Simple props.
SynopsisShirley and Tracey reflect on the struggle for weight loss in a café.
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