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| Going Down 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 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch (with a lot going on under the surface). Contains peccadilloes. |
| Synopsis | Sebastian wakes up in the passenger seat of his car to find that his wife, Elizabeth, has driven him to an unusual spot. |
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| Grandma at the Village Fete by Cheryl Barrett |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Five-minute comedy monologue. Contains ripeness. |
| Synopsis | A humourous monologue about the excitement at this year's village fete, with Grandma's fortune telling, the exploits of Camp Claude and a host of other village characters. |
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| Great Moments in History, Number 2 by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Historical skit in one short scene. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) Contains mild swearing and a telescope. |
| Synopsis | The Spanish Armadillo. A Lady finds a fully paid-up Fool on look-out duty. |
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| Great Moments in History, Number 5 by Jack Burgess |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Five-minute sketch. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
| Synopsis | The Sinking of the Titanic. Observed, with stiff-upper-lip, by two elderly gentlemen and by a steward. |
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| The Greatest Invention In History by Damian Trasler |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Scientist is a gender-neutral description. |
| Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch, no set, just a few props. (For those who don't have a matter transporter handy, teleportaion/materialisation may be represented by a sound effect.) |
| Synopsis | A scientist about to reveal his world-changing invention has a number of unexpected interrupting visitors. |
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| The Green Bikini by Alexis Coward |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A dark comedy monologue with no set necessary. One example of adult language. |
| Synopsis | A woman discusses the change of her holiday plans and how they have affected her. Distracted by carpet stains and visitors, she incriminates herself. |
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| The Hang-Up by Helen Gent |
| 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 | A very short sketch which is simple, funny and easy to produce. |
| Synopsis | A couple are at the end of a long phone call, but she has more trouble disconnecting than he does. |
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| Have You Any Bread? by Jos Biggs |
| 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 minimal set (a simulated shop counter). |
| Synopsis | A customer attempts to buy bread from the bakery, but ends up investigating the surprising hours of the village. |
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| He and She 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 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short comedy sketch. Minimal domestic setting. Contains marital disharmony. |
| Synopsis | 'She' tries to explain to her husband that she has an attentive admirer. |
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| Heading Home by David Lovesy |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Whilst the characters are nominally gendered, they are, when all's said and done, two pigeons and a cat! |
| Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short sketch. The author suggests it could be performed as a radio play so that the anthropomorphic twist is not revealed until the right moment, but it could be staged. No set or props required, though if it is staged, costumes would be a good idea! |
| Synopsis | A pair of homing pigeons encounter difficulties finding their way home.
A sketch from the 'Bright and Shiny Radio Show' collection |
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