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Axis (4m plus
1m, 1f, 8m/f support), ONE
ACT DRAMA 45 mins |
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The title of this play comes from
George W. Bush’s declaration soon after the
attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, that there
exists an “Axis of Evil”, a shadowy
conspiracy which is, presumably, out to destroy
the “Allies of Good”. The play explores
the role the media play in terrorist activity, and
is set around a rather absurd, but plausible, situation
of terrorists setting up a talk show between a hostage
and his kidnappers. With a topical and tense plot,
'Axis' is very much a story of our time. |
| Honeymoon
Suite 3x1 Act or 1x3 Act Plays (either
2m, 1f or 4m, 3f), ONE
ACT DRAMA 40 mins each |
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Three plays that explore the reasons
why three couples have booked into the honeymoon
suite at a country hotel. Two of the three are just
married - for one it's barely six weeks since they
met, the other couple though have known each other
for twenty years. Why so soon? Why so long? The
third couple are not married, at least, not to each
other. This and a secret discovered, casts a shadow
over their weekend. Francis, the genial, Irish hotel
porter links all three plays with his homespun philosophy
and his 'see nothing', 'get you anything' attitiude
to his valued guests. |
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Silent Running
(3m, 1f) FULL LENGTH BLACK
COMEDY |
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Harry Falcon runs his entertainment agency like
he runs his his life - on a downward spiral. His
grip on both is weakening as each grip of the bottle
of scotch strengthens its hold on him. Befriended
by one of his female acts, he tries to rekindle
his emotional side, but it is too late; she is spoken
for, and his body and mind are way past redemption. |
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Behind Closed Doors
(5m, 3f) FULL LENGTH DRAMA
(Strong language & scenes
of violence) |
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Set in 1969, when physical and mental abuse was
a fact of life to many women, this play is about
domestic violence inside marriage - a subject still
regrettably topical over thirty-five years later.
The engagement of two university students brings
their families together, but breaks one of them
apart. |
| Resonant
Frequency (2m, 1f, 2m/f) FULL
LENGTH DRAMA |
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A young mother who gains a son then loses him;
an immigrant Italian ice cream shop owner with a
large heart but a murky past; a slightly psychotic
boffin and a pair of slightly out-of-this-world
people who interview the three others form the cast
for this fascinating play. Boffin is a person walking
a tightrope between genius and insanity, reality
and fantasy. His invention and subsequent over-reaction
to a simple incident involving Mother and Toni has
the potential to snuff out all human life. |
| The
Cherry Boys (9m,4f) FULL
LENGTH DRAMA |
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A boy rating takes his first job on a cruise ship
in the 1950's and is forced to come to terms with
homosexual members of the crew when he is barely
coming to terms with his own newly awakened interest
in girls. A poignant story based on events that
happened in real life; about relationships between,
and in between, the crew and their passengers. |
