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| Chair of Truth - Tabitha Tritt by Frank Gibbons |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Comedy sketch set in a Television Chat Show Studio (which is just a couple of comfy chairs and a coffee table). |
| Synopsis | Chair of Truth interviewer Chris P. Bacon explores the disordered life of heiress Tabitha Tritt. |
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| Chances In The Rain by Robert Scott |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play, with a park setting. |
| Synopsis | Edward and Michelle are waiting for their dates in the same park. Both seem to have been stood up, yet they aren't very sympathetic to one another. But there are two other lonely people on hand, and things resolve neatly... eventually. |
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| Changes by Bob Tucker |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Two-handed comedy sketch. Single simple set (table and chairs). |
| Synopsis | James arrives back from work to discover that his home has suddenly succumbed to an attack of minimalism! |
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| Changing Booms by TLC Creative |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Nick, the presenter, is written male, but need not be so. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch from the 'Skitskrieg' Second-World-War revue show by TLC Creative. (This sketch written by Damian Trasler.) |
| Synopsis | The TV makeover show makes over Doris and Charlie's house! |
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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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