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Augustin Homes and the Eye of the Beholder by Bob Hammond |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Dry, surreal one-act comedy play set in a detective's office. |
Synopsis | Another case for the Word Famous Detective, Augustin Homes. A husband has disappeared. Or is he simply missing? Aided and abetted by his tabloid-reading associate, the World-Famous Detective stumbles his way through the case before it finally resolves itself. |
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Birds, Bees and Gooseberry Bushes by Ray Lawrence |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. One adult and two teenagers. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch, no set requirements, simple props |
Synopsis | A father struggles to overcome his embarrassment long enough to explain the facts of life to his teenage son while they are on holiday. |
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A Bit of Light Froth by Kelsey Gray |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with a single (coffee shop) setting. |
Synopsis | A customer’s attempt to get a cup of coffee is increasingly frustrated by the superior attitude of the barista. |
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Bomber Command by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The script specifies the characters as two male and one female, however if gunner Jenkins is female, there's no reason why the rest could not be played so. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch from the 'Skitskrieg' Second-World-War revue show by TLC Creative. (This sketch written by David Lovesy and Brian Two.) |
Synopsis | The Pilot and Flight Engineer of a Lancaster Bomber face trouble from 'the passengers' in the back! |
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Break Both Legs by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. There is no formal chorus, but the sketch is about a theatrical rehearsal, so there could be other actors around. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch with a theatrical bent. |
Synopsis | As all actors know, there are plenty of superstitions linked to the theatre... |
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Budget Airlines by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short in-flight comedy sketch with a minimal set - just a couple of chairs to indicate the aisle of an aircraft. |
Synopsis | When flying with a budget airline it is always a good idea to read the small print to understand exactly what you get for your money - and what is extra... |
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Café Society by Colin Calvert |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are vaguely middle-aged (whatever that means). |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play. Single cafe setting. A romantic comedy of an unexpected kind. Contains swearing. |
Synopsis | Pauline is enjoying a long wait for her lunch in the rather run-down cafe that Luigi has inherited from his mother. When Patrick enters, she's not sure she wants to be disturbed, but they fall into an easy conversation - or so she thinks, until he disappears without any explanation. |
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Career Change by Barry Lambert |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Written as 2 male and 1 female, but could be reversed with minor changes. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy parodying religious logic. It might offend some of the more devout members of audiences, but they'll get over it. |
Synopsis | Wally visits the local vicar to say he is considering a career change and thinks he might like to become a god. The vicar is understandably sceptical at first, but is eventually won over. |
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Cash in the Attic by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Whilst the characters are written male, this is a comedy sketch and the author would not be alarmed if women were cast! |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch from the 'Skitskrieg' Second-World-War revue show by TLC Creative. (This sketch written by Mark Niel.) |
Synopsis | It's another edition of 'Cash in the Attic' and the team find some amazing items in Herr Schutzstaffel's house. |
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Casual-ty by Jack Burgess |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Five-minute sketch spoofing surgical soap opera. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
Synopsis | An operation is in progress, and the outlook for the patient is bleak... |
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