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| Charlie's Last Lap by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Both characters written male, but Charlie, the ventriloquist's dummy, could be played by a girl dressed as a boy. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. Simple set - a chair.
From the Laughter Lines collection. |
| Synopsis | A ventriloquist settles down to watch Match of the Day, accompanied, as usual, by his dummy. |
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| Charmed I'm Sure by Kate Phimy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. An eighty-year-old lady and her carer (a young lady in her twenties). |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Ten-minute play - light comedy but with plenty of opportunity to develop character. Single set (minimal indications of an old lady's living room). |
| Synopsis | Jess has called in on Winifred to see how she's getting on and show off her engagement ring. Winifred is pleased, as Jess is a better carer than that awful Vera... They talk about life, the future and, of course, Winifred's pet, Basil. |
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A Charming Affair by Robert Scott
Best Seller Performance by American Theatre of Dubai was the Judges Award Winner, Short and Sweet Theatre Festival (Dubai) 2014 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The waiter is written male, but could easily become a waitress. |
| Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch with a simple (indicative) restaurant setting. |
| Synopsis | Snow White and Cinderella meet for the first time in years and talk about their husbands, but soon notice a startling similarity. It's no fairy tale, but things get worse when Sleeping Beauty pops in to tell them about her new man... |
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| Cheers by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short comedy play (or a long sketch) with a single West Country pub setting. [This sketch has nothing to do with the TV show of the same name.] |
| Synopsis | Graham returns home after years away and goes looking for a pint. He asks the landlord what he recommends, and Annie the barmaid certainly gives him something to think about... |
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| Chicken Supreme by Susie Casson |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch requiring one simple setting (and some sleight of hand!) |
| Synopsis | Whilst watching a video of a hypnotist’s act Sid becomes susceptible and turns into a chicken. Unfortunately the video recording stops before the vital click of the fingers brings him out of the trance. Wife Betty is finally able to contact the hypnotist to rectify the situation but not without some leg pulling. |
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| Child's Play by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch on a simple (park bench) set. |
| Synopsis | Chardonnay and her friend Jade are sitting on a park bench watching Chardonnay’s son Tyson as he plays. Jade tries to extol the benefits of healthy living and the great outdoors. |
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| A Children's Christmas Carol by Richard James |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen-minute play. No set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Charles Dickens' festive classic much abbreviated as a play for an audience of young children, to be performed by a cast of adults (or possibly by a company of older children.) |
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| Chips Then! by Dian Donovan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. A good chance for two teenage boys to flex their acting muscles, with plenty of opportunity for subtle humour. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Very short play. Single set, simple props. Part of the Emotions collection of shorts. |
| Synopsis | Two lads wait outside a girl's house, one trying to get up the courage to deliver a love letter. A short reminder of teenage frailty. |
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| Choir Boy by Dian Donovan |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short play for teenagers. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | It's the first day at college, and Ben is asserting himself by mocking someone he used to know a long time ago. But people can change, and it's Ben who ends up embarrassed. |
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| Cholesterol by Charles Stott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch for three men in a pub. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Old mates, Tom, Dick and Harry , meet as usual at their local pub. Over a convivial pint or two, they discuss Tom's problems with his cholesterol levels and the consequences for his life style. He fondly remembers the fish and chips, bacon butties and especially wife Stella's famous cauliflower cheese sauce. Fond memories and some regrets... |
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