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Abandon Ship by Robert Black Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short sketch with a single setting. |
Synopsis | The ship is sinking, but Fred and Ernie’s prevarication and bickering leaves them vulnerable. |
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Anger Management for Dogs by Rupert Haigh Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The two characters are both dogs. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Bawdy sketch! Single set, with no specific requirements (in theory a pub - indeed could well be done in a pub). Includes mild swearing though in the context, the word 'bitch' is entirely non-pejorative. |
Synopsis | Rex and Fido are having a drink in their local and discussing the week they've had. It's hard to keep your cool in Cat Tolerance Classes, especially when you have issues with abandonment. |
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The Angry Doctor by Robert Scott Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Perkins is written male but could be either. The doctor sounds male, but also could be either. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Single set (a desk to represent a doctor's surgery). Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | An anxious patient meets a doctor whose bedside manner is, to say the least, unusual. |
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Another Day, Another Gossip by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Whilst the two characters are women, they might be played as women by men in non-glamorous drag. (British people with long memories are invited to contemplate Les Dawson in this context.) |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch. Simple set representing a living room. |
Synopsis | A couple of 'mature' ladies take in tea, cakes and gossip. |
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Anything to Declare? by David Lovesy & Steve Clark Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are both written male, but the customs officer could easily be female. |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. Requires a table and a suitcase (the contents of which can either be hidden from the view of the audience, or revealed for greater comic effect). |
Synopsis | A traveller has his bags checked at Customs and some unusual items are discovered! |
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Assignation by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Whilst the two characters are women, they might be played as women by men in non-glamorous drag. (British people with long memories are invited to contemplate Les Dawson in this context.) |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch. Simple set. |
Synopsis | Two holidaymakers review their vacation experiences over breakfast. |
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At Your Service by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch, requiring a table and a few props. |
Synopsis | Two well-dressed gentlemen in the hospitality room of a hotel discuss the guests around them. |
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A Bag of Swag by Bob Hammond Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 12 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A two-handed comedy sketch with no set necessary. |
Synopsis | A cat burglar is going about his business one dark night, with a bag of swag over his shoulder, when he is confronted by a patrolling policeman. Can the burglar smooth talk his way out of his precarious situation? Will the policeman's suspicions be confirmed? Where do the turnips come from? Delve into A Bag of Swag and find out. |
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Beach Buddies by Frank Gibbons |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Whilst the two characters are women, they might be played as women by men in non-glamorous drag, provided they look good in beachwear. (British people with long memories are invited to contemplate Les Dawson in this context.) |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch set in a pair of deck chairs. |
Synopsis | Ange and Maxine are enjoying the benefits of a seaside holiday - the bracing air and the opportunity to sit in deck chairs grumbling about the men in their lives. |
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Beetlemania by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The characters are both written male, but Douglas could undergo gender reassignment with little pain! |
Run Time | Around 2 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy sketch. No set or props required beyond a single handkerchief. |
Synopsis | Douglas is delighted to hear that his old friend Michael has someone new in his life, but when they meet she's not what he expected... and it doesn't look like the relationship was meant to last. |
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