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| Pandemonium by Jonny Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 17. Chorus. Whilst most of the denizens of the nether-world are written male, they could, with just a few changes of personal pronoun, be played female. Characters include Cerberus, the three-headed dog. Flexible chorus of demons. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A somewhat divine comedy! Multiple settings, but minimal staging requirements |
| Synopsis | Azaeus is unhappy with his lot. He wants more from being a demon - a look at the Devil's record collection, for a start. He is, after all, reputed to have the best tunes. Azaeus rallies the legions of Hell and they overthrow Satan in an exorcism ceremony. But with Satan gone, Hell begins to collapse, and it's not long before Azaeus has to go to Heaven to beg a favour from the Almighty... |
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| The Passion by Mike Sparks |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 22. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Modern version of a medieval mystery play. Single set (a cart!), basic props. |
| Synopsis | The betrayal, trial and crucifixion of Jesus. |
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| Peter's Tale by Mike Sparks |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act mystery play (in the sense of the medieval religious mystery plays) in modern English. No set requirements, no props. |
| Synopsis | Peter's perspective of the ministry of Jesus, as he reflects on their time together after Jesus' arrest. |
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| The Phantom Thief by Stuart Ardern |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. The characters are all teenagers, though with a variety of ages. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Adventure/mystery for teenagers. Two very simple sets |
| Synopsis | A boy has gone missing. His disappearance coincides with a series of robberies. Can his friends find him and unravel the connection - or is their visit to the haunted house just harmless fun? |
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| The Pied Piper of Hamelin - A Question of Rats by Geoff Bamber |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 20. No chorus. Very flexible numbers. Whilst the mayor is addressed as 'Mr Mayor', there is no other reason for that role or any other to be of specific gender. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for kids. |
| Synopsis | The Mayor of Hamelin needs a plan to rid the town of a gang of disagreeable rats. He decides to offer a reward for their removal and the challenge is successfully taken up by a mysterious pipe-playing stranger. However the Mayor's popularity among the celebrating townsfolk takes a downturn when he refuses to pay the stranger and the town's children go the way of the rats. Is there another plan? Apparently not. |
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Pipkin and the Angel by Geoff Bamber
Production by Chelford Junior Players won the Best Junior Play at Chelford Drama Festival 2014 & Best Junior individual Performance (for Cappuccino Angel) at Wilmslow Guild One-Act Play Festival. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. Some of the characters are written with specific gender but can be changed very easily. More flexibility in numbers is possible by expanding or contracting the number of villagers, mechanics and police. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for kids. No specific set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Pipkin is down on his luck. He really should turn over a new leaf and give up a deeply unsuccessful life of crime. Can he change his ways when he accidentally meets the similarly luckless Cappuccino Angel? The answer would seem to be no, even with the Angel's boss on the case. |
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Politically Correct by Jennifer Marie Sancho
Runner-up in the Cambridge Theatre Challenge (International play-writing competition) 2014 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. The four female characters are intended to be accurate representations of historical people. |
| Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act drama with a single 'common room' setting. |
| Synopsis | Four inmates of an assylum rebel. Jane Austen, Margaret Thatcher, Emmeline Pankhurst and Florence Nightingale must work together to agree a plan to escape from their incarceration. |
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| Port and Starboard by Rob Burbidge |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Archibald is written male but could be played female (preferably with a different name, and as 'secretary' rather than 'office boy') |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act play adapted from an O. Henry short story. Single set divided into three rooms and a waiting area. (This sounds complex, but could be done physically or just with imagination.) |
| Synopsis | Lawyer Gooch has handled many cases of divorce, and arranged the rescuing of more than one marriage. This time he faces three clients, all involved in the same marital discord. Can he untangle the threads and still come out a winner? |
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| A Pottle of Brains by Gerald P. Murphy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play for kids. It's based on a fairytale, so contains a couple of gruesome moments (which, happen off-stage). Simple (negligible!) sets. |
| Synopsis | Tom the Fool has absolutely no common sense, and his mother wishes for him to have a 'pottle of brains' so he can take care of himself after she is gone. She sends him to the old woman on top of the hill, who claims not to be a witch in any shape or form, but who asks him to bring back the heart of what he likes the most and answer one of her riddles. Eventually, after discovering what it means to sacrifice what you like the most, Tom receives a pottle of brains - but not in the way you would expect! |
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| Princess Bigfoot by Bob Heather |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 12. Minimum total without doubling = 14. Chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act family play, based on real characters circa 750 AD (though incorporating folk tales). |
| Synopsis | In 8th Century France an identity theft scheme to usurp the Princess Bertha from her position as the wife of King Pepin is thwarted by that famous pair of investigators: Messrs Hercule and Poirot - as well as by the Princess’s shoe size. |
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