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| Happy Campers by Richard James |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 7. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Characters range in age from 15 to 60. |
| Run Time | Around 95 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Two-act comedy drama. Single outdoor set (a campsite with tents!) Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | A comedy with a bite to it, this tells the story of a family gathering in the Yorkshire countryside to scatter the ashes of a man with a dark history. There are revelations all round and an unexpected treasure hunt.
As the tag line for one of the productions put it, The excitement is in tents. |
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High Steaks by Andrew Bawn
Production by Chelford Players won the Adjudicator's Award at the Wilmslow Festival of One-Act Plays 2019 |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Three characters are written as female, but can be male. One character is an off-stage voice only. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy with two simple (park and garden) sets, suitable for adult or child actors. |
| Synopsis | Buster the dog fancies himself as a criminal mastermind, despite being slightly dim. With some help from his friends - Roxy, Max, and Smokey the cat - he might get away with daylight robbery. |
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| Highly Strung by AJ Deane |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A fun sketch that offers an interesting challenge to two female actors - playing marionettes and acting out the different games a child plays with them, as well as doing a few different voices. |
| Synopsis | In between their usual child-led activities, two marionettes attempt to discuss the nature of fate and self-determination. |
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| House Rules by Jos Biggs |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch with minimal set requirements. |
| Synopsis | Dave and Shirley are tired after shopping, and craving a tea, but there’s a problem: the head waiter won’t allow Dave into the tearoom. House Rules on attire are the issue, but Dave has a cunning plan to circumvent them. |
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| Howard Does His Best by Geoff Parker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 13. Minimum total without doubling = 13. No chorus. The 10 'soldiers' are gender non-specific. |
| Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one-act comedy suitable for performance by teens and chldren. |
| Synopsis | At the school dance, Howard, egged on by Wayne and Dave, sets out to cross the dance floor to ask Chardonnay (the most beautiful girl in the school) for a dance, but on the way various bits of his body begin to let him down. |
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| In the Bookshop by tlc Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. One of the characters is assumed to be male, given that in the character name is 'man', however this does not really seem to be necessary! |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | A bookseller tries to pre-empt his customer's requests for books. |
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| In Transition by Simon Darlington |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short comedy with a single (triathlon transition area) setting. |
| Synopsis | Divorced Brian, an experienced triathlete, and spinster May, a first-timer, meet at the start point of the race. Both have widely different reasons for participating and neither had any thoughts of romance before the event, but their thoughts are soon dispelled as their relationship develops. |
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| It's a Farce by George Freek |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Does exactly what it says on the label, in two short acts (though of one-act length) with clever dialogue and physical comedy. Single living-room set. Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | A professional meeting between teacher Ernest and the head of his department, Janice, is misinterpreted as a clandestine romantic liaison. Unfortunately for Ernest, the misinterpreter is his wife's best friend who cannot help reporting her observations. Add in neighbour Bob, who has suicidal tendencies, and cookie 'therapist' Marcia who has arrived to offer Ernest a massage and we have a recipe for farcical mayhem. |
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| Just The Ticket by Philippa Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 96 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A satisfying story about a group of women coming together to help each other out, with strong character development and a good mix of topical and character-based comedy. Single interior set with parctical doors. |
| Synopsis | Gemma's sustainable fashion event, or clothes swap as her sceptical mother calls it, is going well despite the nosy neighbour, the newly single mum fretting about her ex, and the goats on the loose. Then a discarded jacket surfaces. In its pockets are a positive pregnancy test and a winning lottery ticket. |
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| The Killers by Henry P. Gravelle |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. One male character is voice only so could be pre-recorded. |
| Run Time | Around 25 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act farce with a single (apartment) setting. US English. |
| Synopsis | Struggling artist George and his partner Paulie are presented with a golden opportunity to transform their perilous financial situation when their landlord’s wife needs a hitman to dispose of her brutish husband. A burglar, a policeman and a malfunctioning toilet enter the fray as the plan goes awry. |
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