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The Brotherhood of Big Ben by Robert Black |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch for three actors, no set required. |
Synopsis | Jack Steeple wants to join the secretive Brotherhood of Big Ben, but first he must undergo the initiation ceremony. |
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Cholesterol by Charles Stott |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch for three men in a pub. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | Old mates, Tom, Dick and Harry , meet as usual at their local pub. Over a convivial pint or two, they discuss Tom's problems with his cholesterol levels and the consequences for his life style. He fondly remembers the fish and chips, bacon butties and especially wife Stella's famous cauliflower cheese sauce. Fond memories and some regrets... |
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A Christmas Carol - The Real Story by Colin Calvert |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 9. No chorus. Two characters required for performance as a simple duologue, a further 7 (nominally 5F, 2M) required if the action is staged. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Essentially a duologue which could either be done without additional actors, (as an after-dinner piece) or be staged as a narrated mime. Minimal staging requirements. Makes no attempt to be 'politically correct'! |
Synopsis | Two narrators tell the story of a modern day Scrooge who's having the wool pulled over his eyes by dishonest Bob Cratchit and his gang of cronies. |
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A Day at the Races by Will van der Lande |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A short, absurd sketch. No set requirements, a few props. |
Synopsis | It's the Duck Derby and an Aristocrat is exchanging small talk with the owner of today's favourite, Dangerous Dennis. Surely nothing can prevent a win for Dennis today? |
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Duck Bread by Billy Doyle |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The characters are adults, but could easily be performed by teenagers. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Sketch. Single (outdoor) set. The script includes mild swearing. |
Synopsis | A man is in the park, about to feed bread to the ducks. Unfortunately, it's the wrong sort of bread... |
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Fast and Furious by Ray Lawrence |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. A customer, a helpdesk operator and a voiceover (which could be recorded) |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch requiring a couple of desks. Also available as part of the Diamond Jubilee 2012 collection. |
Synopsis | A computer user tries to get help with a technical problem. |
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Gallery Attendants by Simon Michael-Morgan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two on-stage characters and a voice over a two-way radio (which, might be recorded, although it's a to-and-fro of dialogue which would be easier live). |
Run Time | Around 8 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy - a funny satire on generational conflict - set in an art gallery. (A black box with paintings 'on the wall'.) |
Synopsis | Two gallery attendants don't have much to do other than stand still. The younger attendant dreams of a better life - or at the very least, having a chair - while the older takes pride in his work and attempts to report his colleague's slovenliness. |
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Golfer by Graham Jones |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A farcical comedy sketch set in the lounge of a golf club. |
Synopsis | Two established members are horrified by the antics of new member Reg, who seems to have little knowledge of the game or it's protocols. |
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Hi Santa, Remember Me? by Trevor Suthers Winner of the 'Pint-Sized Plays' competition, 2008 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. The (silent) barman is written male, but need not be. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten-minute dark comedy play. Single (simple barroom) set. Contains mild swearing. |
Synopsis | Trying to have a quiet drink in his off-season, Santa is accosted by someone claiming to be his biggest fan, but who actually has a complaint to make... |
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The Ice Cream Man Cometh by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A comedy sketch set in a street with the side of an ice cream van. |
Synopsis | After a long wet summer Luigi has been making the most of the sunshine, however not all the residents welcome him and tempers rise along with the temperature. |
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