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Absolute Angels by David Pemberton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 78 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length comedy horror, inspired by (but deliberately not sticking to the storyline of) 'The Turn of the Screw' by Henry James. |
Synopsis | Young governess Angela is hired to look after two precocious teenage children. When she arrives at the country house, she finds the household haunted by the ghosts of a former caretaker and governess, whose behaviour and death have seemingly corrupted the souls of the two orphans. |
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Aliens in the Park by Louise Bramley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. One character written as M but can be played by F. |
Run Time | Around 103 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length sci-fi comedy. Single set with suggested video effects as backgrounds. |
Synopsis | A group of Evolans have come to Earth to study the population and ascertain if a male can be found to improve the gender ratio back at home. But Jasper won’t leave his dad, and the crew are suddenly feeling… different. |
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A Bit of a Problem by Geoff Parker |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Mary should be old enough to be Adam's mother. |
Run Time | Around 106 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | An unusual, full length play with strong language and adult situations, in two split settings. |
Synopsis | Against their better judgement, Mike and Adam have brought their wives to see the local drama group's play. But the plot of a man sleeping with his brother's wife hits a bit close to home and a whole surprising bunch of secrets come tumbling out in one busy evening. |
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Building Bridges by Colin Calvert |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 7. No chorus. One character (the dog walker) could be an offstage voice! |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length character comedy with an environmental theme. Single set - simple, give or take the boardwalk which is constructed on-stage during the show! Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | It's nerdy Clive's first time with The Ferrets - a group of environmental volunteers - and today they're building a boardwalk over some boggy ground. What will he make of officious Bob, strident Beryl and ASBO Mandy? And what's so special about Molly's culinary offerings? |
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Cardigan Coast by Louise Bramley |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 100 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full-length comedy. Contains strong language and adult themes. |
Synopsis | The world of reality TV sets its sights on the senior market, as the pilot of 'Cardigan Coast' kicks off. There are five housemates, all in their twilight years but determined to show the camera they’re up for anything. |
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Chance Encounters by Jamesine Cundell Walker Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 17. No chorus. Can be played with a different cast in every scene, or with the same cast throughout. |
Run Time | Around 76 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A full length play comprised of nine connected playlets with a single (park bench) setting. |
Synopsis | Nine encounters take place on a park bench during the course of a day in September. Some are dramatic, some comedic. |
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Checkout Girls by Louise Roche Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 90 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | The Producer's Copy of the script includes suggestions for all the songs (12 songs plus reprises) to be sung in the course of the show. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script. |
Style | Full length feel-good comedy play interspersed with popular songs. Single composite set (multiple locations on one stage). |
Synopsis | Checkout staff gossip, bicker, joke, laugh, cry, hug and fight their way to supermarket singles night! |
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Death by Detective by David Pemberton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 8. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 70 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A witty and fast paced comedy loosely based on The Speckled Band with a solid mystery plot provided by the Conan Doyle source material. A lot of fun for cast and audience. Structured in two acts, but could form half an evening of one-act plays. |
Synopsis | When a legendary detective solves a terrible murder and discovers his own guilty part in the affair, it is left to his closest friends to prevent him from arresting himself. |
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Dummy Cabs by S. P. Franksson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. Four on-stage characters, seven live voices (which could, conceivably, be played by one male actor) plus a recorded message. |
Run Time | Around 114 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A fun full-length comedy with likeable characters in a single taxi office setting. |
Synopsis | It's the 1990s and Dermy Cabs is under threat from a competitor. Beryl, the overworked switchboard operator, struggles with phone, radios and in-person customers whilst trying to keep the company's drivers under control, especially Bob, whose wife has kicked him out of the house. |
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For the Good of the Family by George Douglas Lee |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 110 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Full-length drama. Domestic interior settings. |
Synopsis | A family reunion becomes a fraught affair as Jack and Virginia's son can't resist bringing up the subject of the effect his profoundly disabled sister had on his childhood. The discord leads to an astonishing revelation. |
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