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| Guilt by Robbie Flowers |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. One of the characters is nominally a child, but the role is unlikely to be within the range of many children of the appropriate age. The author suggests that it should be played with 'an obvious air of innocence'. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short emotional, possibly edgy, play. Minimal set, but a significant prop (a chest). Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | Angela is suffering for something she did. Until she agrees to talk about it, Sally won't let her out of the box. As Angela opens up, we find that Sally has more than a passing involvement in Angela's suffering. |
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| Hearts and Minds by E. C. Chapman |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Monologue, set in a Northern Irish kitchen. |
| Synopsis | Ulsterman Michael grew up in the Troubles and fears his beloved Belfast has failed to learn the lessons of the past. |
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| Heaven's Gate by Hilary Mackelden |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch intended for church groups. |
| Synopsis | Newcomers checking in at the gates of Heaven. (See also Hebrews 1, 1-3) |
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| High Hopes by William Campbell |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. For a tall actress. (But in the absence of a tall actress, just saw the legs off the furniture.) |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A monologue, in which the actress takes on various roles. |
| Synopsis | Leonora is a significantly tall woman who has experienced frequent verbal abuse in the workplace because of her height. She relives past incidents, both imaginary and real as she prepares for her next job interview. |
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| Holding Up A Mirror by Wally Smith |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Fifteen-minute play. No set requirements (unless three chairs count as a set - in this case, I would count them as props). Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | A discussion about theatre and the nature of drama... but are you watching them, or are they watching you? |
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Hologram by Jonathan Edgington
Selected for and performed at DK Delight Production's DELIGHT NIGHT 2 playwriting festival in London in 2019. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 9 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | The producer's copy of the script suggests one piece of incidental music. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
| Style | A very short play set at a bar in a restaurant. |
| Synopsis | Pensioners William and Barbara are on a blind date. Things are a little frosty until William demonstrates a new app on his phone which gives them a glimpse of their past - or is it their future? |
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| Honeyrose and Hayseed by Ged Quayle |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. In the original draft, Agg was written female and Enna male, but it doesn't really matter. |
| Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A horror short, with a fun twist on expectations. (Contains considerable levels of gore.) |
| Synopsis | In a seemingly post-apocalyptic Britain, two young people talk of the terrible dangers they face - and of a forbidden trip to a city. |
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| I Will Pass My Jeans On by Patricia Gay |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short play. |
| Synopsis | Tara and Abbie are washing and ironing their mum’s old clothes, getting ready to pass them on to charity. Mum can’t resist giving them advice, but she is not all there. |
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| I'm Not One To Gossip But... by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 11 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A comedy sketch. |
| Synopsis | Brenda has met up with her old friend Sharon for lunch and a friendly gossip at Phillip's café. Through the gossip, a few skeletons in Phillip's cupboard are revealed. |
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Idiot Spaz by Eddie Coleman
One of the finallists in the 2016 'British Theatre Challenge' play writing competition. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 14 minutes. [Estimated!] Performance at the British Theatre Challenge showcase ran to 17 minutes. |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A short one act play, set at a fair - by or in - the hall of mirrors. |
| Synopsis | Peter has cerebral palsy and his carer knows him well. Today, however, she must leave for a new job, and the supervisor believes he knows what Peter needs... But Peter knows better. |
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