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In The Library by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short sketch |
Synopsis | Two library clerks sort through an eclectic array of books. |
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In the Opticians by Damian Trasler & David Lovesy |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The optician is written as male (but only because he refers to his wife), so gender reassignment could be possible. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch of the punning kind. Minimal set requirements, a few simple props. |
Synopsis | A customer visits the opticians. Cue a string of daft eye and eyesight gags! |
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In the Secret Service by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. In addition to the principal male protagonists, there are voice-overs from two female characters - of course these could be recordings or voiced live. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Single office set - a desk and two chairs. |
Synopsis | A hopeful job applicant attends an interview for the Secret Service. |
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It's not the end of the World by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Minimal office setting |
Synopsis | One of the most important questions about the zombie apocalypse: what happens to the advertising industry? After all, it's not the end of the world... |
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Keeping up with the Andersons by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
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 | Jimmy's dad thinks he has built the perfect Anderson air raid shelter, until he hears about his neighbour's. |
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Looking for Mr Evil by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Since we are looking for Mr Evil, one of the characters is clearly male. The other is an interviewer, and they come in all shapes and sizes. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. A sci-fi parody. Single set - just a desk and a few papers. |
Synopsis | A hopeful candidate attends and interview for the position of Ultimate Galactic Dictator... |
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Making up the Make-Up by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are written 1M, 2F, but that could be changed. (Donna probably works better female, but make your own mind up!) |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch with a theatrical bent. No set or props required, but the costume and make-up is essential to the comedy! |
Synopsis | New make-up girl Donna is not quite what the director expected... |
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Military Intelligence 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 characters are written male, this is a comedy sketch and the author would not be alarmed if women were cast! |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch from the 'Skitskrieg' Second-World-War revue show by TLC Creative. (This sketch written by Mark Niel.) |
Synopsis | Two German spies report back to their superior on their failed mission to London and blame the map provided. |
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The Ministerial Address by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The minister is written male (for the purpose of pronouns in stage directions) but need not be. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fun satirical wordplay. The minister's combination of extravagant language and total cluelessness about how to actually do his job may be reminiscent of real-world politicians, but the comedy is broad enough to be timeless. |
Synopsis | The Education Secretary outlines the department’s new policies in a press conference. |
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Miranda Finds Herself by Damian Trasler |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch with a single domestic setting. |
Synopsis | Geoffrey is somewhat bemused to learn that his wife Miranda needs to find herself. |
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