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Anniversary by Stephen Scheurer-Smith Best New Play Sawston Drama Festival 2010 Production by Waterbeach Community Players |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 35 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy fuelled by family tensions. |
Synopsis | Kevin decides to celebrate his 25th Wedding Anniversary by recreating the wedding reception but his plans start to unravel with the arrival of his drunken brother... |
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Anniversary at Camelot by Nicholas Richards |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 9. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 11. Minimum total without doubling = 18. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 50 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Light-hearted one-act Arthurian romp for kids. |
Synopsis | King Arthur and Guinevere plan to give each other a novel present to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. They delegate the task to various knights who must encounter magical forces to complete the task. |
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Another Cat, Another Hat by Stuart Ardern |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 12. No chorus. As presented on the web site, the script requires a minimum cast of 15, but the Producer's Copy provides a number of variations to the text which can reduce the cast size to 10 (with doubling). It's panto so gender is flexible. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] (Variations cutting characters and dances would bring the time down to around 20 minutes.) |
Music | The script has several places for songs and dances at the producer's discretion. The score for one song is provided (it's not essential, but it happens to fit.) |
Style | One-act rhyming pantomime version of Puss in Boots, designed for minimal sets but requiring a few portable items. |
Synopsis | The miller's son, to his distress Is poor and can't court the princess That's something which his cat disputes - A talking cat, it's Puss in Boots! |
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Extras | The following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script: ** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files ** Pantomime Fun-Packs - jokes and games for children, to supplement the programme for your show
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Any Colour But Red by David Pemberton |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 6. Minimum total with doubling = 14. Minimum total without doubling = 15. No chorus. Fourteen on-stage characters (including a detective written male, but playable by either gender) and an offstage female voice. |
Run Time | Around 60 minutes. [Estimated!] The original production took 50 minutes. |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy whodunnit with adult themes. Two almost identical kitchen sets! |
Synopsis | When Jim and Jani hold an Open Morning to sell their house, a mix-up in arrangements sends them some extremely unusual prospective buyers, some with bizarre expectations. Twenty-four hours later, the house has become a crime scene and the police need the help of the neighbours, Fred and Molly. |
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Anyone for Bison? by Bill Tordoff |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 12. Minimum Female roles = 12. Minimum total with doubling = 24. Minimum total without doubling = 26. No chorus. All characters are adults, intended to be played by children. Whilst there isn't a formal requirement for a chorus, other characters could easily be added. |
Run Time | Around 40 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Costumed comedy for kids. Single set (with teepee). |
Synopsis | This is what might of happened when a bunch of English settlers first encountered native Americans - a clash of cultures resolved in a uniquely American way. |
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Anything You Say, Your Majesty by Geoff Bamber Best Seller |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 7. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 18. Minimum total without doubling = 22. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 42 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play for kids. Multiple settings, but intended for production with minimal scenery. (The author is fond of 'a few stage blocks'.) |
Synopsis | Surely a Queen looking for a new high-profile image and appearance in ‘Hi, there!’ celebrity magazine, can do no better than featuring in a coronation and a royal wedding at one and the same time. Of course the absence of both a crown and a suitable groom could be a problem. |
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April Groom by Pat Wollaston |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 30 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | One-act comedy play with a single apartment setting. Contains some adult themes and language. |
Synopsis | Jim is to be married to Judy tomorrow. Best Man Phil and Judy's sister Mel set up an April Fool's joke which goes awry. |
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Are You Watching Me? by Tony Frier |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 38 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one act play - ostensibly a comedy, though with a dark twist ending that befits a thriller. |
Synopsis | Ali is close to giving birth, and desperate to leave the dingy apartment where she and her husband Jon are living until her mother’s house sells. All the while, there’s a man watching them from another block of flats. When Ali receives a disturbing text, Jon decides to confront the voyeur - it's at this point a dark secret is revealed. |
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Armed Robbery For Dummies by Paul R. Roman Performance by One Shot Theatre won the Adjudicator's shield at the Warwickshire One Act Plays festival 2010 |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus. Three live characters and a corpse. |
Run Time | Around 20 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short one-act play with a single set and very black humour. |
Synopsis | Frank needs a change and thinks armed robbery is the way to go. He consults with his recently paroled friend, but the first attempt goes wrong and he ends up with a dead neighbour on his hands. So he needs to get some quick lessons in body disposal... |
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Arrivals by Liz Dobson |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 5. Minimum total with doubling = 6. Minimum total without doubling = 6. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 28 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | A one-act comedy drama. |
Synopsis | Can there be a more boring place to spend time than the arrivals lounge at Leeds Airport? Or is it instead a snapshot of the rich tapestry of life, highlighting everything from love and friendship to grief, disappointment, and deceit? |
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