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My Hero by Tony Domaille Winner of the Pint Sized Plays (Script Slam) Best Script competition 2020. |
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 | Domestic superhero skit. (Also available as part of the Love and Marriage collection of short comedies by Tony Domaille) |
Synopsis | Superhero Man and Superhero Woman's marriage is on the rocks because Superhero man takes her for granted. So, when fantastic displays of heroics aren't enough to keep love alive, what is? |
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Nailing The Audition by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Whilst the auditionee, Wayne, is written male, a female equivalent could be substituted. (This requires a little work because otherwise you end up with a production of Shakespeare's Juliet and Juliet, a tragedy too far ahead of its time to be staged.) |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with a theatrical bent. |
Synopsis | Finding the best cast for your show is always a problem... |
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Nails By Auntie Em by Toni M Wiley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with a single (Manicure Salon) setting. |
Synopsis | Whilst working from her Manicure Salon, sweet Aunt Em sells everything under the sun via her 'phone - including vitamins, psychic fortune telling, and more. Customers need to be wary or they might get nailed by Aunt Em! |
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Name for a Baby by Peter Zurek |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 1 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Wickedly funny (and wickedly short) comedy sketch. No set required. |
Synopsis | A long name for a baby (and a short explanation). |
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A National Treasure - A Lifetime's Interest by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Part one of a three-part monologue series. No set necessary. |
Synopsis | Violet Brimley is a Northern charlady with rare insight, a heart of gold and a broadminded outlook on life. Her encounter with her client Mr Ranwell and his highly salacious collection of books confirms her opinions about the transient quality of beauty - and the yardstick by which a gentleman should be judged. |
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A National Treasure - Lady with a Fan by Gill Medway |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 13 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Part three of a three-part monologue series. No set necessary. |
Synopsis | Violet Brimley is a Northern charlady with rare insight, a heart of gold and a broadminded outlook on life. Violet enters the world of art and culture, and makes the acquaintance of a beautiful portrait. But something tells our shrewd charlady that nothing is quite as it seems. |
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The Nature Trail of Class 3B by Andrew Hull |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Intended to be adults playing children. |
Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with no set requirements (an imaginary set!) |
Synopsis | Teacher is taking her class on a nature trail. The children (played by adults) and their naughty antics lead Teacher to take drastic action. |
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Nelson's Driving Test by tlc Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch, with verbal and visual gags and anachronisms. Single set (can be very simple). |
Synopsis | A young Horatio Nelson prepares to take his Naval Captaincy Proficiency Test in front of an eager TV crew. |
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Never Be Late by Olivia Arieti |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. The characters are of high school age. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short play about a first date - with some laughs and some surprises. Simple set (a couple of tables, three or more chairs). |
Synopsis | Jim's just dropping into his favourite cafe when he sees his friend Sally waiting for her blind date to arrive. When she won't let him sit with her, he moves on to another girl waiting for her beau. Mistaking him for her date, she starts to fall for him, but it all goes wrong, and not just for Jim. |
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A New Job For The Wicked One by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. As you might expect from the title, one of the characters is a bit of a devil. The other is Mr Shufflebotham, but it could equally be Mrs Shufflebotham. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch set in a job centre. |
Synopsis | Just another regular day in the Little Noddingsbury Jobcentre - or so it seemed. Now Mr Shufflebotham has a very peculiar client - Satan himself has come up from the realms of Hades and is looking for a new job. |
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