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| Birdseed by Ged Quayle |
| 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 | Sketch-length thriller in Grand Guignol style (where some elements might be classified as gross! You have been warned.) Set in an apartment - created by just a couple of pieces of furniture. |
| Synopsis | Ben likes strippers and has invited Ann back to his appartment. What seems like a nervous date is actually a deadly game between two people with dark secrets. |
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Checkmate by Robert Scott
Best Seller |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 23 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act play, with a simple set. |
| Synopsis | A tense thriller. In this play a friendly game of chess between husband and wife becomes more of a game of cat and mouse. Michael likes to think he's always one move ahead, but perhaps this time Amy has him in check. |
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| Coppers by Kate Stafford |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Four onstage characters and an offstage (male) voice. |
| Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act tale of brutal deceit in the world of politics, building to a satisfying twist. Two sets (office and pub) indicated by furniture. Contains swearing. |
| Synopsis | In 1984, government minister Christabel and police chief Neil grapple with the embarrassment of having rings run around them by a criminal gang, while journalist Suzy is sniffing out a scandal and attempting to bribe Christabel’s old flame. |
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Kill-Joy by Mike Rouse
Partington Theatre Glossop 2018, Best Actress award, Rachael Hope, under original title of Mirror Image. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. In addition to the two on-stage characters, there is a radio announcer's voice at the start. This is likely to be a recording. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] First production timed at 27 minutes. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act thriller. Single set (which may be very simple). Contains swearing and adult themes. |
| Synopsis | A man and a woman stumble into an alley behind a club. It’s clear what his intentions are, but she’s not going along with him. Not here, not now, not with a serial killer on the loose. |
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| Kit Kat Man by James Addis |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | An efficient spy drama - like a compact Le Carré. Realistic dialogue leading to a surprising but well-planted twist.
Simple set - another chance to wheel-out the park bench. |
| Synopsis | Moscow, near the end of the Cold War. Paula Wilson seeks to coax the defector Gerald Soames back to Britain, ostensibly as a means of undermining the intelligence Soames has given to the Soviets. In reality, her motives are more sinister. |
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