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Career Change by Barry Lambert |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Written as 2 male and 1 female, but could be reversed with minor changes. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short comedy parodying religious logic. It might offend some of the more devout members of audiences, but they'll get over it. |
Synopsis | Wally visits the local vicar to say he is considering a career change and thinks he might like to become a god. The vicar is understandably sceptical at first, but is eventually won over. |
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Careless Talk by Hugh Smith New |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 6 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch - a parody verging on the surreal. Set on a railway station, but really doesn't need any set. |
Synopsis | Two wartime spies meet at a railway station and talk nonsense. |
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Cash in the Attic by TLC Creative |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Whilst the characters are written male, this is a comedy sketch and the author would not be alarmed if women were cast! |
Run Time | Around 3 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Short sketch from the 'Skitskrieg' Second-World-War revue show by TLC Creative. (This sketch written by Mark Niel.) |
Synopsis | It's another edition of 'Cash in the Attic' and the team find some amazing items in Herr Schutzstaffel's house. |
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Casual-ty by Jack Burgess |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Five-minute sketch spoofing surgical soap opera. (Part of the Acting Funny collection of sketches.) |
Synopsis | An operation is in progress, and the outlook for the patient is bleak... |
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The Cat and the Dog by Victor Callen |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | This is, essentially, a talking heads piece, but since the heads are those of a cat and a dog, the comedy could be enhanced by costume or make-up. (Some animal content.) |
Synopsis | A simple conversation piece between a cat and a dog about the relative merits and disadvantages of their places in life and the household. |
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The Cat Club by Dominique Vaughan |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. All the characters are cats (anthropomorphised and inhabiting a very human environment). |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute play - a comedy and character piece with a single bar-room set. |
Synopsis | A group of cats meet up at their regular haunt to share some sad news about one of their number. They remember her fondly (in the main) and decide how they will go on. |
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Catapult by David Lovesy Best Seller |
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 an offstage voice. Roger and Geoffrey are written male but gender is unimportant and names can be changed to fit the gender of the available actors. |
Run Time | Around 5 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Comedy sketch with no set requirements. |
Synopsis | Two medieval peasants try out a new, quick, cheap form of transport. |
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Caught Out by Steve Shaw |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 5. Minimum total without doubling = 5. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 10 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Ten minute comedy play. Single, simple set. |
Synopsis | Two burglars break into Mrs. Forester-Brown's House, but their noise attracts attention. Meanwhile, Mrs. Forester-Brown's husband has gone missing... |
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The Cautionary Tale of Eva Bird by Ray Lawrence |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus. |
Run Time | Around 4 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Rhyming monologue (with no requirement for set or props.) |
Synopsis | The cautionary tale of Eva Bird - the Nuclear Nightingale. |
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The Cautionary Tale of Georgie Porgie by Cheryl Barrett |
Roles | Minimum Male roles = 5. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 10. Minimum total without doubling = 10. No chorus. The narrotor's lines could be split amongst several people. |
Run Time | Around 7 minutes. [Estimated!] |
Music | None. |
Style | Rhyming morality play for kids. |
Synopsis | The familiar tale of Georgie Porgie, whose bullying ways lead him to a grave end, is brought to life in an innovative manner. |
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