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Mixed Massages by Alan Robinson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. One of the characters is a non-speaking role - the literal butt of some of the jokes! |
Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] Intended to be played at frantic pace, so possible to run in 50 minutes! |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act farce with a single 'health spa' setting. Intended to be taken at a frantic pace, so could well be done in 50 minutes. |
Synopsis | It's a busy day in the relaxation spa, with New Girl Tina struggling to come to terms with her new job. It's all complicated by a number of clients who've arranged liaisons, or mistaken the premises for.. .some quite different establishment. It's steamy and hairy, but funny too. |
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Mondo Pizzicato by George Freek |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Professor Paderofsky is written male, but could be played male or female. |
Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One act farce. Single domestic set. |
Synopsis | Jimmy is relying on his brother Danny for financial support while he finishes his musical degree. Danny thinks he should marry Peggy, the girl who does their cleaning, but doesn't know that Jimmy and Peggy had a one night stand last week. Danny also doesn't know that their gay friend Freddy fancies him. All these secrets collide on the same day. |
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The More Things Change by George Freek |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Funny one-act farce. Single living room set. |
Synopsis | James isn't telling Joyce everything, but mostly because she won't let him get a word in edgeways between her assumptions. When he takes his leave, she has to fill in the blanks with the help of Ralph, which lands Norah in a load of trouble she doesn't deserve. |
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Much Ado About W... by Leo Finn |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short panto-like, adult-themed farce. |
Synopsis | Quickfire gags, mistaken identities and outlandish new fashion designs confuse the King into believing his unmarried daughter, Princess Grace is pregnant. Is effeminate fashion designer Sir Pryze at the bottom of this? And what has assistant Watt been up to? |
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My Blue Heaven by Colin Calvert |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play, verging on farce. (The subject matter is directed at adults!) |
Synopsis | Brian has used his redundancy money to fund a new business, and, as a result, he and his wife Melanie are Nouveau Riches. What Melanie doesn't know is that Brian's wealth comes from an offshoot of the photography club - providing videos for, shall we say, a specialist market. However, when the friends they invite round for dinner try to look at Brian and Melanie's holiday video, they get more than they bargained for... |
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Nothing Old Nothing New by Anne Graham |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A farce with a single-setting - set over two acts, though could be performed in one. Some strong language |
Synopsis | Valerie is dead but unable to leave her house, now occupied by her son and his wife Zoe - the cause of her fury and her enforced sit-in. Her grandson arrives to find his mother making plans for his sister’s wedding. When the bride and groom and his father arrive for the weekend along with the groom’s psychic mother, scandalous revelations lead to the wedding plans being blown apart and a ruined weekend, although chaotic events lead to Valerie’s happy release. |
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Nunquam Non Paratus by Andy McNamara Production by Whiting Bay Music and Drama group won first place in the 2019 Arran Drama festival, taking the Archie Kerr Wooley Trophy. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 24 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act comedy with a single (outdoor camp) setting. |
Synopsis | On a Scottish battlefield prior to combat, Abernethy’s leadership of the clan comes into question as clan members revolt, demanding democracy and political correctness. |
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Oscar's Sale by Horry Parsons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Farce. Two acts in structure, but of one-act length. |
Synopsis | As Punch and Judy intrude, the staff meeting at Oscars Department Store soon descends into chaos as long standing inter departmental frictions come to the fore. These tensions are soon forgotten however when news comes of a take over of the store by a multi-national company which will mean the long serving, loyal staff's well established work routine and perks are to be seriously curtailed. The solution to their problems comes in a surprising final twist. |
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Out For The Count by Jim Hollingsworth |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 33 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act comedy-farce, with a single (living room) setting. |
Synopsis | Walter and Mabel are celebrating their ruby wedding. Unbeknown to the other, both arrange a surprise party. The twists and turns are exacerbated by the arrival of two amateur hypnotists who wreak further chaos. |
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Out Of Hours by Robin Wilson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 52 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act, farce-like play. |
Synopsis | John Williams is relieved his wife has had to dash off to her mother's - because he has some work to do. He calls his secretary, even though it's outside work hours, to help him calibrate the new technologically advanced bed he's been given... |
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