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The Living Room by Clive David Lloyd Williams
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 54 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act drama of paranormal events in a single living room set (with two practical doors).
SynopsisAfter the death of Joe's wife, his neighbour Amy visits to give him support. This is followed by a series of unexplained events, with paranormal investigators who themselves fall prey to the events.
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Love by John Collings
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. Chorus. The chorus of dancers is optional.
Run TimeAround 44 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act romantic comedy drama with a single multi-functional set.
SynopsisA young girl dreams of finding real love and breaking away from her dominant mother.
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Missing by Sue Bevan
Finalist in the Sky Blue Theatre International play-writing competition, 2013
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Voices of 7 parents may be off stage or recorded.
Run TimeAround 43 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA gritty one act play for youth theatre.
SynopsisTom's run away from home but finds he's spent his first night on Lizzie's 'turf'. Is she going to help him, or take his stuff? Perhaps Lizzie's idea of helping Tom isn't the same as his...
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A Mug's Game by Sarah Reilly
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 90 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleFull-length play, posing question of inner versus outward beauty. Contains mild swearing and an Australian accent.
SynopsisSuzy is unhappy with her new life in the country and decides to host a dinner party. She invites her glamorous friend Alice whose reasons for recent plastic surgery splits the group. Her arrival with Suzy's husband causes cynical sister Jo to suspect foul play. As the wine flows, her usually quiet neighbour, Beth, to her husband's dismay, speaks her mind and there are shock announcements as innermost feelings are exposed. Add to this the new handsome neighbour moving in next door, there are comical scenes leading to life-changing results.
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The Necklace by Tony Best
Performance by Cheshire Academy of Performing Arts won best Youth Production and the Syd Mence cup for a piece of theatre magic at the Wilmslow Guild One Act play Festival, 2012
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 29. Chorus. There are two main roles, and a 'chorus of voices' playing all the other roles, thus the numbers are very flexible. The chorus members play specific roles but also act as a 'Greek Chorus' to comment on the story.
Run TimeAround 35 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act play based on a short story (a moral fable) by Guy de Maupassant. Written for a youth theatre production but could be performed by adults.
SynopsisMathilde is a vain, proud woman, who regrets that the she has been born into the humbler classes. She longs to be an aristocrat. Given her chance to shine, she borrows a stunning necklace, but that is the start of her woes.
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Out With The Old by Wendy Ash
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Tannoy is an offstage voice.
Run TimeAround 110 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA full length play with simple settings.
SynopsisTwo very different couples are next to each other at a car boot sale. Frank and Trace have more kids than they can handle, Julia and Mark are selling the baby things they'll never need and two further characters bring other upheavals into the mix. Quite a roller-coaster of emotions, resulting in surprising friendships and varied support between them all during the day.
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Papa Panov's Special Christmas by James Potter
RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Narrator, 9 other on-stage characters (with three easily doubled) and an off-stage voice.
Run TimeAround 18 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short festive play. Based on Leo Tolstoy's story, itself an adaptation of the traditional tale Old Pierre's Christmas Visitors.
SynopsisThe lonely old shoemaker Papa Panov dreams that he will be visited by Jesus on Christmas Day. Throughout the day, a series of strangers arrive at his door, and Papa Panov helps them with their problems. He realises that Jesus did come after all, in everyone he welcomed.
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Plain Women, Forgotten Men by Gill Medway
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 49 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA trio of short one act plays with single (simple) settings which could be performed separately, or together as a set.
SynopsisIn 'Baggy Trousers' - elderly Sid relives his youth and poignantly remembers his late wife in conversation with an, at first, uninterested Social Worker. 'Two Left Feet' sees sad divorcee Jo find her salvation from depression, and the approbation of sister Carole on the dance floor. In 'Out of Print' - formerly famous children's book writer Erica - now in her eighties - finds that her works are no longer published, but finds encouragement by a letter from a fan. Each play is available to buy separately.
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Potted Austen: Emma by Lou Treleaven
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 13 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma.
SynopsisA short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma, covering all of the relevant events and characters with minimal staging requirements.
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Potted Austen: Northanger Abbey by Lou Treleaven
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 13 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short, humorous adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.
SynopsisA short take on Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, covering all of the relevant events and characters with minimal staging requirements. Cast size can be reduced to six with some meticulous doubling!
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