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Nothing Exciting In Little Noddingsbury by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. All the characters are written male, but could easily be changed (although female bank robbers are an under-represented minority). |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Very short comedy play (or a long sketch) with a single set - the minimum necessary to indicate a bank. |
Synopsis | Two bank robbers hold up a small town bank - only to find that the clerk and manager are a little more relaxed than they were expecting. |
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Nursery Crime Scene Investigation by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Another 'film noir' parody - a ten minute play with minimal set requirements and few props. |
Synopsis | Tommy is a Nursery Land CSI officer, charged with investigating the death of Solomon Grundy - who seems to have lived his life in something of a hurry... Could this be a case of identity theft, and can Tommy unmask his killer? |
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Nursery Crimes - The Egg's Files by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Another 'film noir' parody as a 15-minute play, with minimal set requirements and few props. |
Synopsis | Business is slow for Fairytale PI, Puss in Boots. All that changes when he is handed a set of files belonging to the late Humpty Dumpty Puss is drawn into a complex web of intrigue and conspiracy involving the FBI (Fairyland Bureau of Investigation), the 3 Pigs Construction Empire and the Big Bad Wolf. |
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Odd Ball by Steve Menary Perfomance by Berriew YFC won the Best Production (plus two other awards) in the NFYFC National Finals, 2010. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. It would be possible to double Scott with The Spot, but that would require rapid changes, so would need a lot of thought to go into the costumes. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play about a teenager with testicular cancer. Rapid alternation of scenes implies an outline set, rather than detail - thus suitable as a festival piece. Contains mild swearing and discussion of a serious subject! |
Synopsis | Danny is a football player on his school team, but he's got a secret - something like a spot in a very private place. It turns out to be a lot more serious than acne, and costs him his place on the team, and the friendship of his closest mate. Are they both gone forever? (The script is in British English, so 'football' refers to a game in which the ball is addressed principally by the players' feet.) |
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Oh Pair! by Rob Ricards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length comedy/farce. Single set, which, being a farce has a sofa, multiple doors and a set of French Windows. (The difference from every other stage set with French Windows is that this one is actually set in France!) Contains mild adult themes. |
Synopsis | Maddy and James are on holiday with their daughter and her baby. They've hired a French girl to act as an au pair during the holiday and return to England with them. At least, that's what they tried to do, but Dominique turns out to be Dominic, and he has a few other surprises in store for them... |
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On Offer by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two couples. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch. Single set (indicative of a living room). |
Synopsis | A couple come to view a house, but what they find is something rather different... |
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On the Way to the Wedding by Ray Lawrence |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two couples: a middle-aged man and his wife, and the wife's parents. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Domestic comedy. Single set divided into living room, hall and garage. |
Synopsis | Nora, her husband Sid and Nora's parents have been invited to a wedding. Sid couldn't be happier - but that's because he is in the garage, changing the oil on his beloved car, where he can forget that his mother-in-law has inexplicably moved in. |
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One Hundred and Eighty! by Jonathan Edgington Runner up in The Maskers Theatre's 2011 Humble Hamlet play writing competition. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute comedy, playing on Shakespearean themes. Contains swearing and adult themes (and a darts player). |
Synopsis | Toby Hamlet is coming home, but his mother doesn't know why. She does know he's broken a promise he made to his dying father by becoming a pro darts player instead of a lawyer. What could he possibly want to speak to his mother about that he can't mention on the phone? |
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One Sweet Kiss by Emma Northcott Best actress at the 2020 NOSCARS (NODA East District 9). Original script Winner 2017. Queen Mother Theatre. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 48 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act thriller with a single (living room) setting. |
Synopsis | Sophie has invited her friends Sarah and Ross over for dinner. Tony, Sophie’s partner, isn’t pleased. Sarah thinks she has discovered a chilling secret from Tony’s past and as the evening wears on, her tongue loosens and accusations are made with devastating consequences. |
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Out of the Trees by Jamie Hope |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Two on-stage chracters and two off (who might be recordings). All the characters are written male, but, let's face it, they are all trees. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy play with no requirements for set and props. |
Synopsis | Frank and Walt are a couple of trees who share tales of their conquests and pass the time bantering about tree life. They like to pick on the weeping willow on the edge of the forest, but will be friends to the end. Probably. |
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