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Best Served Cold by Alan Robinson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Reginald is described as being in his twilight years and should give the impression of being - how shall we put this? - well padded. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute play for a gastronome. Set simply a table, chair and napkin. |
Synopsis | In this bitter sweet monologue we have all the ingredients of an enthralling menu with a delicious twist for dessert. As food critic Reginald assesses another average meal, something has left a bad taste in his mouth - a taste that triggers memories of a sweet love, a bitter betrayal and a sour revenge. |
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Beyond the White Noise by Steven A. Shapiro |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act drama for two actors on a simple set. |
Synopsis | Peter is waiting to meet his new therapist, but another patient in the waiting room is insistent on talking to him. The two souls work out their issues. |
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The Big Courtroom Drama by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. Chorus. The characters are a (male) teacher and his (mixed) class of (older teenage) students. The text assumes a chorus ('the rest of the class'), but it would be possible to play the piece without them. |
Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act play, set in a modern drama classroom. Props are mainly tables and chairs. |
Synopsis | A group of drama students improvise a courtroom scene, but when the teacher becomes the accused, can they tell where the make-believe ends? |
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The Big Event by Horry Parsons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play with a single set. |
Synopsis | Trainee Assistant Librarian Poppy is in charge for the day, but the library is under refurbishment - in preparation for the anniversary of the visit of Elizabeth the First. Village characters drop by the library to discuss the upcoming celebration and inspect - and protest - about the building work. |
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The Big Night IN by Richard Marsh |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 80 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length comedy, with adult themes and language, set in a living room. |
Synopsis | Great pals Tony, Rob, Simon and Gary meet for another of their usual - nights out. They become dismayed when they realise that they are getting older, girlfriends are getting serious and marriage, kids, slippers, and mortgages beckon. But even staying IN is not as simple as it used to be. |
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Bill & Ben by Richard James Performance by Tiger Theatrical Productions won Best Comedy and Best Actor at the 2014 Spelthorne and Runneymede drama festival. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 38 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play - a two hander involving playwrights. |
Synopsis | Ben Jonson is spending his last day in his condemned cell, after killing an actor in a duel. He has a surprise visitor - William Shakespeare, who comes to plead with him to perform a 'neck-verse' - reciting a Psalm, that may save him from the noose. But what does Shakespeare have to gain? |
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Billy's Will by Seymour Cresswell Runner-up Best Play, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Adjudicator's Award for Best Moment of Theatre at Glenealy One Act Drama Festival, January 2020 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Award-winning one-act drama in a single (Dublin living room) setting. |
Synopsis | Rookie solicitor David has been sent to draw up a will for Billy, an aged alcoholic, struck off solicitor. The straightforward task becomes complicated for David, as he witnesses family tensions and division - with their various disputes and secrets. |
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The Birdman of Barnocky by Roger Lee |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 87 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length drama on a single (disused hotel lounge) set. |
Synopsis | Having scattered his wife’s ashes on the island they both loved, Michael is hopeful he can buy the place and open the hotel they’d planned. But Alex also has plans for the island, as does Danny’s family. It’s enough to make you curse... |
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Birthright by Christine Steenfeldt |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play in a single setting. |
Synopsis | An original storyline suggesting a question mark over Shakespeare's birthplace in a short dramatic comedy, with a twisting plot! |
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Births, Deaths and Marriages by Stephen Scheurer-Smith |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 7. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. Chorus. The chorus is a wating-room full of patients in the second act. |
Run Time | Around 105 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length play in three acts (each in a different setting). |
Synopsis | A family saga told through three comic episodes. Laughter turns into tension in all three plays as family frictions and heartaches unfold. Each of the three components is also available separately: Arrival Oncology Anniversary |
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