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Handstands For You by Adam Exton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The characters are children, but could be played by children or adults. There are three characters, but two of them appear in some scenes as younger versions of themselves. (Either played by the same actors or by younger ones.) |
Run Time | Around 65 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A touching and deftly-handled approach to the subject of childhood illness. Multiple settings, but does not need explicit sets. Contains mild swearing (which could be moderated if deemed in appropriate for a specific production). |
Synopsis | When Billy was five, his best friend was Gemma, but she moved away. Now Billy's thirteen, he's got a new best friend in Ronald, but he also has leukaemia. Gemma moves back to the neighbourhood and the three have to find space for each other. |
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High Steaks by Andrew Bawn Production by Chelford Players won the Adjudicator's Award at the Wilmslow Festival of One-Act Plays 2019 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Three characters are written as female, but can be male. One character is an off-stage voice only. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act comedy with two simple (park and garden) sets, suitable for adult or child actors. |
Synopsis | Buster the dog fancies himself as a criminal mastermind, despite being slightly dim. With some help from his friends - Roxy, Max, and Smokey the cat - he might get away with daylight robbery. |
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The Honorable Knight by Stewart Boston |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. Nothing remarkable in the characters (apart from the dragon, obviously). |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A light comedy, playing on the traditions of the knightly stories. Split-stage set, with one permanent location and the other half of the stage doubling for two other locations. |
Synopsis | Before leaving his castle for the last time, Sir Gawain of the renowned Round Table reluctantly reveals a tale of his exploits that shows him in a less than favourable light. |
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A Human Write by Amelia Armande Production by Ury Players won the 2018 Aberdeen SCDA district youth competition and the Kincardine district trophy. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 11. Chorus. The writer is written male, though need not be. His thoughts - the chorus - are genderless. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A fascinating one act drama that uses mime and rhyme to take us into the mind of a struggling writer. Contains one mild swearword. |
Synopsis | The writer is grappling not only with his writing but also with his personal life as he desperately attempts to strike up a relationship with Janis, a beautiful girl he sees on a bus. Well paced and gathering speed, the play uses the chorus to reveal the writer's thoughts - sometimes cogent, sometimes chaotic - come to life as the surreal become real. |
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I Now Pronounce You by David Titchener |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Five on-stage characters plus the off-stage voice of a police officer (who might be recorded). |
Run Time | Around 36 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play in a single (living room) setting. |
Synopsis | Eddie, Big Chris and Jono are preparing for the upcoming double wedding of Eddie to Trudy and Big Chris to Maureen, but they need to cut costs. Surely getting Jono to perform the ceremony couldn't backfire, could it? (The core characters appear in Flaming Liberty and The Next Big Thing. The pieces are independent, but could be used together.) |
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I Remember When by Dawn Cairns |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Three on-stage characters plus four off-stage (including two children) who might be recorded. |
Run Time | Around 44 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy in a single camp-site setting. |
Synopsis | John looks forward to re-visiting his childhood holiday campsite but his wife Sheila is not so sure, particularly when John insists his curmudgeonly mother come along too. |
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The Importance Of Peaches by Tony Domaille |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 27 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy with a single setting |
Synopsis | The Southbury Players Committee is meeting to discuss the group's poor record of success. Members are looking for a big idea to revive the group's fortunes, but when all seems lost, salvation comes from an unexpected source. |
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In One Form Or Another by Nikki Pontin |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Doctor could be played by m or f. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's copy includes 3 suggested pieces of music, to add atmosphere for this play. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | A one act gothic thriller, with a living room setting and specific lighting effects. |
Synopsis | Helen, Edward and their son have moved into their dream home, unaware of its history and the events which took place there. With increasing horror, Jacob seems to be the catalyst for the terrifying happenings - which Helen in particular is unable to deal with. As she relates events to a psychiatrist, the full horror becomes apparent. |
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The Innkeeper's Christmas by Mike Sparks |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. An Innkeeper tells us of the frantic time he and his staff have had during the Roman Census in Judea. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Modern version of a medieval mystery play. Single, minimal set, basic props. |
Synopsis | An Innkeeper tells us of the frantic time he and his staff have had during the Roman Census in Judea. |
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Isaac and Ishmael by Christopher Kent |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A powerful play for a small cast in a single living-room set. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | Adam is waiting for the reading of his father's will, but that won't take place until the attorney arrives and Adam's institutionalised brother David is brought to the house. The noises only Adam can hear are scaring him, as does the fear his brother's madness may be genetic... |
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