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Blatant Disruptions by Robert Scott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. Whilst six of the characters are written male, they are representations of famous archetypes and there's no barrier to them being portrayed by women wearing fake beards (or other appropriate indicators of character). |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Daft comedy sketch. No set requirements other than a semi-circle of chairs, but costumes would seem appropriate, given the nature of the characters. |
Synopsis | The newly combined groups of 'Blatant Confusions' and 'Archaeological Disruptions' have their first meeting to hear about the progress on Stonehenge and other plans for confounding historians and archaeologists of the future. |
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Bon Appetit by Ged Quayle |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy-horror sketch - in the mode of Grand Guignol (where some elements might be classified as gross! You have been warned.) Set in appartment - created by just a couple of pieces of furniture. |
Synopsis | Edwin Tusk, the third richest man in the world, is planning the ultimate banquet. The chef he's chosen has met (and been bankrupted by) Mr Tusk before. As discussions turn dark, the chef wreaks a terrible revenge. |
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Book City by Peter Keel |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. 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. |
Synopsis | A man enters a book store to complain about his purchase, leading the shop asisstant to explain exactly what it is they sell. |
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Booted Out by Ray Lawrence |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. Since the character is a football, the question of gender is academic. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Monologue (light comedy). Simple set (a table) and a few props. Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection. |
Synopsis | A wistful sporting reminiscence told from an unusual perspective. |
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Boy by Janice Sampson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy duologue with a simple single setting in a park. |
Synopsis | Featuring Boy, a rather foul mouthed assertive West Highland Terrier, and the timid young woman who is dogsitting whilst his owners are away. Disgruntled with the way in which he is being cared for, Boy deliberately disobeys the young woman and, using very adult language, lets the audience know just how he feels. As the tussle for superiority progresses the roles become reversed ending in a newly subservient Boy being dominated by the young woman who, as a result of Boy's behaviour, has found a new self-assurance. |
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Boysenberry Park by Henry P. Gravelle |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Two adult couples, each with a teenage child. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute play about teenagers and their long-suffering parents! Single set (indicative of a forest clearing). |
Synopsis | Two families find themselves sharing the same clearing on a camping trip, and things quickly deteriorate between them. The peacemakers come as a surprise. |
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Brace! Brace! Brace! by Susie Casson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy skit set on the ubiquitous park bench. |
Synopsis | Two strangers meet on a park bench - Jo, who is trying a novel new approach to get over a fear of flying, and Sam, who consequently loses a sandwich. |
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The Break Up by Jamesine Cundell Walker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short drama set on and around a bench. (An individual short play from the Chance Encounters collection.) |
Synopsis | Alex and Bobby meet for a post hoc review of their relationship. |
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The Breakfast Police by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. Two parents, an 11-year-old (written male) and two members of the police force. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. In theory, a domestic set - in practice, a table and chairs. |
Synopsis | Ignoring the wishes of his parents, Toby has chosen not to eat breakfast today - an illegal action which must be dealt with by the Breakfast Police. |
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A Brief Guide To Greek Tragedy by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. Chorus. 2 narrators and 3 'actors' who each switch between multiple characters. Chorus can be any number of people, even just 1. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short educational sketch. |
Synopsis | Learn about ancient Greek tragedy in ten minutes, using the story of Cassandra (the prophetess whom no one believed) as demonstration. |
Price | For scripts and live performance rights, please click on the Price Link to find the cost. For scripts and lockdown videos/streaming rights, click here |
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