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| A Load of Rubbish - Small Cast Musical by Sue Gordon |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The script is structured so that the five characters can be played by two actors. The characters are inanimate objects, so gender is flexible, though the script assumes, for some reason, that the beer can is male and the perfume box is female! |
| Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | Piano and vocal scores for eight original songs are supplied with the Producer's copy of the script. |
| Style | One-act musical for a small cast (designed to be played by an adult touring company to school audiences) |
| Synopsis | Life on an overspill rubbish dump takes a philosophical turn, with items of garbage asking 'why are we here?' - and making a song and dance about it! |
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| Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** A 'backing track CD' with arrangements of songs from the show
** Soundtrack CD - vocal performances of songs from the show
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| Location, Location by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute comedy sketch, single set, simple props. |
| Synopsis | Colonel Wesley-Brown is having trouble finding a house to suit his requirements - but Mr. Grabb the estate agent is on hand to help. |
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| Looking for Mr Evil by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Since we are looking for Mr Evil, one of the characters is clearly male. The other is an interviewer, and they come in all shapes and sizes. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. A sci-fi parody. Single set - just a desk and a few papers. |
| Synopsis | A hopeful candidate attends and interview for the position of Ultimate Galactic Dictator... |
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| The Master Thief by Joseph A. Jones |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Distinct age gap between the two characters. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act comedy drama, with tension - about deceits and money. |
| Synopsis | An old man has his quiet evening in his poor home disturbed, by a frightened young man pretending to come from a charity. He isn't, but the old man isn't what he seems either. |
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| A Matter of Health and Safety [Short Version] by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with a simple single set in a marquee at the village fete. |
| Synopsis | Officious Village fete organiser Tom discusses health and safety issues with his assistant Nigel but becomes increasingly concerned for his own health and safety. |
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| Meet the Inventor by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are written male, but could be played male or female. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A very short sketch. Set requirements: two chairs |
| Synopsis | An interview with the inventor of a time machine explores just some of the paradoxes inherent in time travel. |
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| Mister Right by Robert Black |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. 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 | A short comic dialogue (no set needed). |
| Synopsis | Two geeky friends, Vincent and Harry, both reckon the other has no chance of keeping a girlfriend unless they get rid of their favourite wall poster. |
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| Monkeying Around by Peter May |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch with a single (zoo enclosure) setting. |
| Synopsis | Two of the older residents of the zoo’s monkey enclosure are watching the public from a high tree branch. |
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| A Monster Catch by Ray Lawrence |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Five-minute comedy sketch. No particular set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Two fishermen discuss a new theory on the nature of the Loch Ness Monster. |
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| Motor Mouth by Richard James |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters are written male, but could be either |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch, requiring something to represent a dentist's chair. Family-friendly, light-hearted humour. Would fit easily into a community revue evening or an event of similar tone. |
| Synopsis | A man shows-up for a dental appointment only to find that his usual dentist is participating in a government-sponsored job swap... |
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