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The Terrorist by Graham Jones |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Action-packed thriller. Single set. Contains mild swearing and the aggressive use of a firearm! |
Synopsis | Living a quiet life as a Hotel Manager, David's violent past comes back to haunt him when a guest recognises him. Getting rid of the troublesome man is just the beginning of his troubles, as the man's wife and David's own daughter dig into the mystery disappearance. |
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Underground by Jon Boustead Production by Tykes won Best Youth Production (Teignmouth Drama Festival, 2017) |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 11. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 14. No chorus. All cast should be of same or similar age. |
Run Time | Around 22 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act thriller for youth theatre, with a single - crashed Tube train carriage - setting. |
Synopsis | A group of youth-age children on a school outing are left to fend for themselves, as they find themselves trapped in a crashed tube train and their teachers are nowhere to be found. They all have to deal with the horror in their own way and they take the plot along through intermittent narration and action. |
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The Victim by Geoff Rose-Michael |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. One character is an offstage voice. |
Run Time | Around 31 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act thriller with a single, consulting room, setting. |
Synopsis | Psychotherapist Dr Matt Beckett's last client of the day is late for her counselling appointment. When she does arrive, she is on crutches, and events take a shocking and sinister turn. |
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Welcome to Paradise Road by Brian Coyle Best Script in Festival - Page to Stage Theatre Festival, Liverpool (2016) |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 58 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A satirical thriller with a set alternating between an office and a living room. |
Synopsis | In a society where nothing is private and no one knows who to trust, a woman’s partner has disappeared. She is visiting her neighbour, head of the local Neighbourhood Watch, to find out if she’s heard anything about his disappearance. Will her neighbour help her or is this the person she should be most afraid of? |
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When You're Dead by Geoff Rose-Michael |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 34 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act thriller. Originally published June 2016, revised December 2018. |
Synopsis | Zoe gets the chance to work abroad on a lucrative two-year deal, her two predecessors both deciding to resign before their contracts ended, and not return to the UK. Once overseas, Zoe discovers terrifying information about the girls that has been covered up, and that she may be next. |
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Without Trace by Mark Seaman |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act thriller with adult themes. |
Synopsis | Sixteen year old Amy Mason is missing from her family home. Her parents, Claire and Brian, are discussing Amy's disappearance and their relationship with her as they wait for the police to arrive. Is it just the rebellion of a frustrated teenager that has led to Amy leaving, or is there a more sinister reason for her disappearance? |
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The Wound by Graham Jones |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act thriller. Single domestic set. |
Synopsis | Miriam has just opened her Bed and Breakfast for business and she already has two guests. But now her brother is concerned that the second guests might be a man coming to kill him. A twisted story of murder and deception. |
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