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| 22 Hardcastle Court by Gary Diamond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. Characters are four adults, with a range of ages, and two seventeen-year-olds (who like each other). |
| Run Time | Around 45 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play. Two sets (with the neat conceit that in moving out of her mother's house, Emily takes her sofa with her!), one of which requires a practical door. Contains some bad language (and lots of good language) and mild adult themes. |
| Synopsis | When Emily finally manages to move out of her Mother's house, she thinks her worries are over, but thanks to the flat's former owner, she has to contend with mysterious calls from Mr X as well as her mother's interruptions and an amorous pair of students wanting help with their play... |
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Fidelity Farce by Gary Diamond
Production by Pontfaen YFC won the Brecknock round of the Wales YFC drama competition 2020. |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act bedroom farce. (Lots of doors, that sort of thing.) |
| Synopsis | Successful businessman Vincent Donaldson has booked a hotel room - the scene of a fling with his PA. But he hasn't counted on the appearance of his wife, her sister (with whom he is also having an affair), and another woman from his past. Not to mention the room-service man... |
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| Ghost Walk by Gary Diamond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 6. Minimum Female roles = 8. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 21 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | A one act comedy drama, with various settings. |
| Synopsis | On a ghost walk in York various locations are visited - associated with ghostly happenings. Our guide is finally revealed... to be not the sort of person we thought he was. |
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| Heaven's Waiting Room by Gary Diamond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
| Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | Short one-act comedy play. Single (rather white) set, simple props. Contains mild swearing and mild adult themes. |
| Synopsis | Martin Dexter is confused to find himself in a waiting room. He remembers breaking up with his girlfriend and... oh, yes, falling to his death. But where does he go from here? (It seems that there are two possibilities...) |
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| Talk Show by Gary Diamond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 8. Minimum total without doubling = 11. No chorus. (The doubling figure assumes that the Videotones (three female vocalists) are a recording rather than a live act!) |
| Run Time | Around 55 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play, single set (a simple TV talk show studio bounded by dressing room and green room). Includes mild swearing and adult themes. |
| Synopsis | Bunter Smiles is having a bad day. He's just found his wife cheating on him with an American actor, who just happens to be the main guest on his talk show. Little does he know how bad the other guests are going to be... |
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| X-Traordinary Factor by Gary Diamond |
| Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 9. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Whilst PC Gorgonzola is written male, we believe that the character could easily be female (evening-up the numbers a little). |
| Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
| Music | None. |
| Style | One-act comedy play. Minimal set and simple props (so could easily serve as a very funny festival piece). Contains mild swearing. |
| Synopsis | In an attempt to escape the law, two bungling would-be thieves crash the auditions for a reality TV talent show. Unfortunately for them, there's a policeman auditioning, as well as a couple of other surprises in store... |
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