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A.I. Guy by Jonathan Edgington Selected for and performed at the Pensive Federation Theatre Company's 2016 Significant Other Playwriting Festival at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 15 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short one act comedy with a single living room setting and some strong language. |
Synopsis | Despite being close friends Veronica and Courtney have very little in common and their friendship is going a little stale. Seeking a more stimulating companion, Veronica introduces Carlos into the relationship. This is much to Courtney’s chagrin - until she discovers that Carlos is a robot. |
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Alternate Reality by Jonathan Edgington Short-listed (out of over 1,500 scripts submitted) for the Short&Sweet Sydney 2022 Playwriting Festival and (out of nearly 700 scripts submitted) for the Short&Sweet Dubai 2023 Playwriting Festival. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. There are three roles, but Paula and Desirae are played by the same person. (Read the script to see why.) |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Sci-fi or fantasy (it depends on where you draw the boundary) set in an unusual shop. |
Synopsis | Long suffering Paula is rapidly running out of patience with her nice but predictable and boring husband - so how will she react when he steps out of his comfort zone and buys her the most unusual birthday present ever? |
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Babies by Jonathan Edgington Runner up in the 'Pint-Sized Plays' 2009 playwriting competition. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute comedy play in two acts! Simple sets. Contains swearing and adult content. |
Synopsis | Two new mothers discuss life, work, men, sex and babies in two conversations three months apart. |
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The Blue by Jonathan Edgington |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two speaking roles and a non-speaking bartender. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A dramatic short. |
Synopsis | In a bar, Brian talks to Jessica about his former wife, who was a military drone pilot. |
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Dating by Jonathan Edgington A winning entry in the Chesil Theatre's 10x10 playwriting competition, 2010. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute play. Single (minimal set representing a corner of a wine bar). Lots of character work built from a very short script. |
Synopsis | Eve and her friend Hope are comparing war stories of dating, even though Hope already has her man sorted. Just as Eve seems to have given up, she literally runs into Peter, an associate of her ex-husband. But is he too good to be true? |
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Doctor, Doctor by Jonathan Edgington |
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 | Short comedy sketch. Includes adult themes! (No offensive language, but the occasional embarrassed cough...) |
Synopsis | A man goes into his doctor's office and is startled to find a woman there. Despite his initial embarrassment, he reveals his personal problem and then becomes very embarrassed indeed when he discovers who she is. |
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The Dominatrix Solution by Jonathan Edgington Long-listed for 2017 Pint-Sized Plays Writing Competition. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short comedy sketch with adult themes |
Synopsis | George has writer’s block, and resorts to an unconventional solution. He recruits hapless Kim and Laura who discover what his little problem is and in a surprise final twist solve a much bigger problem for him as well. |
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Fine on the Outside by Jonathan Edgington Shortlisted for the 2015 Pint Sized Plays' international playwriting competition. Selected for and performed at The Salisbury Fringe's 'Short Cuts' playwriting festival in 2019. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with a single (living room) setting. |
Synopsis | In this duologue between husband and wife, the conversation is dominated by the obsessive fitness regime he has undertaken. |
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Freya's Necklace by Jonathan Edgington Selected for and performed at the 'Time For Something New' playwriting festival 2018 at the Bread & Roses Theatre, London. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch with a single (charity shop) setting. |
Synopsis | Just a normal day in a charity shop? Probably, until Freya the Norse Goddess of Love and War enters on a bit of a mission. |
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Gone by Jonathan Edgington A winning entry in both Live Theatre's and Maskers Theatre Company's playwriting competitions in 2010. Didcot Phoenix Drama's filmed version won the Best Play and 2 other awards at the 2021 Spelthorne and Runnymede Virtual Drama Festival. |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 16 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Fifteen-minute play with an air of mystery! Single set which requires a garden seat and a half-finished pergola. Originally published 2010, revised 2018. |
Synopsis | George's wife is missing. He knows where she went, but not where she is. Dare he tell the truth to anyone? |
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