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I Googled You by Jonathan Edgington Selected for and performed at the 2017 Salisbury Fringe 'Short Cuts' playwriting festival. Shortlisted for the 2018 Actor Awareness Intergenerational Night. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy play for two actors. Can be performed on a minimal set. |
Synopsis | Felix and Truly meet for the first time on a blind date. Felix is at first taken aback by Truly’s antics in her garden but the date goes ahead. Afterwards, the pair give a surprising final assessment. |
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Imagine You Are A Tree by David Lovesy & Brian Two |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch |
Synopsis | Sometimes meditation doesn’t bring the peace and tranquility that was sought. |
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In At The Deep End by Kate Phimy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch, with an optional - living room - setting. |
Synopsis | Shirley's mid-life crisis continues as she searches for something to take her out of the rut of domesticity, but husband Pete wants the quiet life. He surprises Shirley as she secretly rehearses for her very odd new hobby, but as it happens - all turns out rather well. |
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In the Bookshop by tlc Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. One of the characters is assumed to be male, given that in the character name is 'man', however this does not really seem to be necessary! |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch. |
Synopsis | A bookseller tries to pre-empt his customer's requests for books. |
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In the Computer Shop by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Single set - represent a computer shop as simply as you can! |
Synopsis | A customer struggles with the complexities of the computer market or, depending on your point of view, a techie struggles with the complexities of humantity. |
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In the Human Resources Office by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy play, or possibly a long sketch. Single office set (a desk). |
Synopsis | Tony has just been made redundant and goes to the Human Resources department to be processed. But Tricia is 'just covering'... |
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In The Library by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short sketch |
Synopsis | Two library clerks sort through an eclectic array of books. |
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In the Opticians by Damian Trasler & David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The optician is written as male (but only because he refers to his wife), so gender reassignment could be possible. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch of the punning kind. Minimal set requirements, a few simple props. |
Synopsis | A customer visits the opticians. Cue a string of daft eye and eyesight gags! |
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In The Same Boat by Peter May |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch for two actors, no set necessary. |
Synopsis | Noel is in his garden shed trying to make a rabbit hutch when he hears the voice of God. |
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Interval by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch, requiring only a couple of seats (and a couple of actors to fill them). |
Synopsis | The interval of a theatrical show provides the opportunity for a gossip (and a string of theatre jokes). |
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