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| A Little Box Of Oblivion
(1f, 4m/f) |
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Finalist
- 34th British All
Winners Festival (NDFA) 2007 (Rushen
Players)
Winner
- Warwickshire Play
Festival, 2007, (Abbey
Players)
Winner -
BEST COMEDY : Sunshine
Coast Theatre Festival 2006, Queensland,
Australia (Jally
Productions)
Winner - BEST
ORIGINAL PLAY : All England Theatre Festival
(North East Heats) 2005 |
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A woman puts a box down next to a stranger in
a park, giving strict instructions before she rushes
off, not to move, knock, tilt or open it. Passers-by
offer suggestions as to what's inside, and what
should be done with it - is it a bomb, a packet
of deadly anthrax or perhaps a severed head? At
last, exasperated by these highly opinionated people,
the stranger shakes and rattles the box, only to
be berated by the returning woman, who reveals all,
much to their embarrassment. |
| Loving Chopin (2m, 1f),
55min |
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A struggle for intellectual (and occasionally
physical) supremacy between a bigoted old judge,
his long-suffering and manipulative wife, and their
smooth, but somewhat subversive, butler. |
| mediocrity (4m, 1f, 1m/f),
35min |
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| Winner
- BEST COMEDY
: Sunshine Coast
Theatre Festival 2007, Australia
(Jally Productions)
Finalist
- British All Winners
NDFA, Woking, 2006 (Phoenix Theatre
Company)
Finalist
- British One Act
Drama Festival, Perth, 2006 (Phoenix
Theatre Company)
Winner - Welsh
National Drama Festival, 2006 (Phoenix
Theatre Company)
Winner
- AMFEST Festival:
Wits Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa,
2002 |
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Kenaf has just learnt that he's about
to die and his life changes dramatically as he finally
stands up to his domineering wife, the bullying
brute and the condescending Doctor. |
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| The Simple Process Of
Alchemy (2m) |
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Telling of the experiments and
misadventures of two charlatan scientists,
Fernando and Reynaldo in Renaissance Italy,
the play provides an invigorating evening
of surreal and silly entertainment. Bursting
with clowning, caricature and competition,
the actors play twenty-five parts between
them they try to discover the ingredients
of a love potion, the secret of alchemy and
the true nature of the earth. |
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| A Bit Of A Do (1f),
35 mins |
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Maggie is happily settled
into her life. Settled with husband, Harry;
settled into their comfortable house in
a small cul-de-sac; settled with her circle
of friends and settled with her high standards
of behaviour. When something unsettling
though happens to one of her friends, the
effect of it builds up a tidal wave around
her which smashes through her comfy existence,
destroying it forever. |
| A Woman Of Uncertain
Age (1f), 35 mins |
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Winner:
Best New Writing,
Buxton Festival Fringe
2003 |
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Ruth is in her forties. She travels with
baby Eve, a slowly dwindling mountain of baggage
and a distinct lack of self-esteem on a somewhat
fraught train journey to see her grown-up
son. We hear the story of Eve through Ruth’s
inner thoughts and outer utterances in this
bitter-sweet comedy of lost love and lost
luggage. |
| Bye-bye, Mr Heim!
(4m, 7f, 1m/f), 40mins |
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Walter Heim is a bigamist and
a money launderer who has been embezzling
from his criminal friends to support his extravagant
lifestyle. Lying in a hospital bed, he is
visited by his two wives, who walk out on
him, and a messenger from the Mob who reveals
that the 'accident' won't be botched next
time - he's living on borrowed time. Who can
Walter turn to for help? His Doctor and Nurse
agree to secretly get him out of hospital
and hide him in exchange for a large sum of
money. Why does the Nurse though, get the
cheque made out in her name only? Does Walter
survive? |
| Digs (4m, 4f), 40mins
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Sara catches Ben with her drunk
sister wrapped round him and throws him out.
Forced to take lodgings, Ben arrives at the
house of Mrs Schiller. With spartan accomodation
and an ageing Austrian landlady, Ben is plunged
into a bizarre series of conversations and
flashbacks. His wild imagination portrays
her as a Teutonic prison warder after she
takes away all his clothes, and his inability
to leave the room until she returns them lets
him take stock of his married life. |
| Ladies On The Costa
(1f), 20 mins each |
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A compelling series of 12 monologues telling
the amusing, acerbic and utterly absorbing
stories of the lives of twelve female ex-pats
living in Spain, each with a diffferent reason
for emigrating there. |
| Two Sisters (2f),
60mins
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Nominated
- Manchester Evening
News Award (Best Play) : 24/7 New Writing
Festival 2006 |
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Dark secrets hidden in the grey
mists of time are reluctantly revealed in
this excellent black comedy. Set in a small
village in 1880's Russia, Anya and Sonia are
goaded into recollecting some things they'd
rather forget from their earlier years, upon
the bizarre discovery of an empty coffin in
Anya's lodgings. |
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| Dancing With Auntie
(3m, 4f), 70-80mins |
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When teenager Barry invites
his new girlfriend to the family Christmas
party, she has a catalytic effect on the rest
of the household, bringing to the fore a secret
that has been hidden for many years. Barry's
father has some explaining to do to his niece
and his son in an attempt to atone for his
actions. A beatifully crafted, wickedly humorous
play. |
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| Love Is A Four Letter Word
(5m, 5f) Two Acts (Strong
language & content) |
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Dave lusts after Jackie. Jackie yearns
for romance. Jackie's mother yearns for perfection.
Dave's mates lend a helping hand (or they interfere
- depending on your viewpoint). The play stares
the serious and sensitive subjects of marriage,
relationships and responsibility firmly in the face,
and doesn't blink or take a step backwards. |
| Playing Away (5m, 8f)
(Strong language & content) |
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Kath discovers that she's pregnant,
and Alan (her husband) can't believe that he is
the father. Being the landlord and landlady of a
Northern pub provides a host of fascinating characters
for Alan to wonder about. He might be the father,
but there again ... |
| Pretzels For Dinner (3m,
4f) (Strong language &
content) |
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Annie and Bill have been married for
40 years during which time he has been the 'lord
and master'. Even after death, he maintains a presence
and keeps her on her toes. Only she can see and
hear him, until finally she decides that she doesn't
need him anymore. |
| Silent Running (3m, 1f) |
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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. |
| Ugga! (the
boy with a paper bag on his head) (7m,
3f, 1m/f) 80 mins. Suitable
(with doubling) for TIE |
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Inspired youngster or fashion victim? Who is this
mysterious 'Ugga'? Why is he wearing a paper bag
on his head? Is he mad or is he making a bold statement?
These are the questions that new English teacher,
Mr Jones has to answer when he starts at his first
school. Join him in his quest to find the truth;
join him in his quest to find out what lies beneath
the paper bag. |
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| Butter Side Up (2m, 3f),
55 mins |
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Breakfast is served at Chuckfarthing House. Which
is tough when you have hangover and you’re
the one who has to serve it. Will the organic grapefruit
be worth the wait? Will the newly-weds ever make
it down to breakfast? Will the past always come
back to haunt you? Find out in this poignant comedy. |
| Exit Right, Running (4m,3f),
45 mins |
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| Runner
Up - BEST
OVERALL PLAY : Drama Association of Wales
Annual Competition 2000 |
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England in 1642 sees two actors fleeing
from persecution as Royalists by Cromwell's men.
As they try to meet their friend who will help them
escape, they run into two 'ladies of the night'
who recognise them as actors. Will they hold their
tongues? Can they be bought? What revelation is
one of the actors forced to make to the other? |
| Flumes And Fumes (5m,
6f), 60 mins (Strong language
& content) |
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Madcap mayhem, debauchery, lust
and mistaken identity, all this and more! The
play is set in 'Floaters Leisure Centre' just
prior to an inspection by the local senior councillor,
Mr Pantalone. Isabella, the Centre's Manageress,
is in a flap; however her dysfunctional staff
are not perturbed in the slightest, add a good
measure of lunacy to this theatrical pot of nonsense
and you have all the ingredients for a crazy rollercoaster
ride that builds and builds into an insane, ludicrous,
climax that would not be amiss within the walls
of Bedlam! |
| Sharks In The Custard
(3f, 4m/f) 45 mins |
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Winner -
Drama Association of Wales Annual Playwriting Competition
1997 |
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The cleaning ladies in the municipal art gallery
enjoy their work, but rumours of government cut
backs threaten to upset their cosy regime. In
the face of adversity they come up with a solution
that not only secures their futures and helps
to save the gallery, but also ensures that their
lives will never be quite the same again. |
| Slap And Tickle At The Pig
And Whistle (5m, 3f), 60 mins (Strong
language & content) |
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A story concerning the misappropriation
of private love letters belonging to Isabella
and Lelio and the debauched selfish interest of
Pulcinella, the publican of 'The Pig and Whistle'.
The crazy antics of Arlecchino, Colombina's quick
thinking paramour and the thwarted, elicit love
affair between Isabella and Lelio, all add up
to a rollicking, uproarious comedy that crashes
like a comic avalanche to it's ultimate conclusion. |
| The Ladybirds (9f), 45
mins |
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The village drama group has lost all
their men. The future looks bleak until a bright,
young director agrees to help them out. The suggested
solution at first shocks the straitlaced villagers,
but then becomes the vehicle which gets the cash
flowing back into the groups desperate bank account. |
| The Village Hall (9m,
8f), four 30 min one-act plays (or play 2, 3 or
4 in combination) |
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That hallowed institution - the Village
Hall, scene of unparalleled local country dramas
is the setting for these four comedy plays. Each
play stands up in its own right, but the quartet
could be played together in many combinations. Each
play features one or two main characters and their
particular use of the Hall, a Jumble Sale, the Amateur
Dramatics group, the scout's Gang Show and the Wedding
Reception.. |
| Time For Ben (3m, 3f)
45 mins |
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A highly unusual play in that the
title role has no words to speak. Ben is a disabled
teenager, severely handicapped and wheelchair-bound,
having his eighteenth birthday complete with visiting
relatives. Mark, Ben's father gets annoyed with
Ben's uncle who doesn't appreciate both the sacrifices
Mark has made, nor Ben's sense of humour which shines
out like a beacon through the family quarrels. |
| Vanessa & The Vanguard
(2m, 1f) 45 mins |
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| Nominated
- AMFEST Festival
: Wits Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa
2000 |
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The action for this unlikely comedy
occurs in the sultry, smoky setting of a private
and intensely personal investigation into the wherabouts
of a missing person. The client is a remarkably
beautiful woman, however, instead of the suave,
gravel-voiced detective we may have come to expect,
we encounter Orton T. Norton - a frenetic, obsessive,
and somewhat eccentric private eye. |
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| Stand And Deliver (4m,
10f) (Strong language &
content) |
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Winner
- AUDIENCE AWARD : Wakefield
Drama Festival, 2009, (JABA
Players)
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In a small Maternity Ward, Sister
Mitchell and Nurse Walker have to contend with four
pregnant women and their other half's (or mother
in one case) each with different reasons for being
pregnant and different views on births, deaths and
marriages. It may sound like an unlikely setting
for a comedy play, but Janet Shaw has a talent for
turning the most incongruous situation and poking
fun at it, or the people in it. Great fun! |
| Stopped Interrupting (4m,
4f) |
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A play within a play (sort of). When
a performance looks likely to be cancelled due to
a missing actor, the author of the play agrees to
stand in for him. A few minutes into Act One, the
cast are perturbed by a lady member of the audience
standing up and claiming that she wrote the play
not the supposed 'author' on stage. It transpires
that they were in love many years ago, but broke
up and haven't seen each other since. Did the script
get snaffled? Why did they break up? How will the
cast cope with this unusual and testing situation? |
| Tie Break (4m, 4f, 1m/f) |
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When 94 year old Vincent arrives at
Clive and Ann's house with 21 year old Melanie,
and it's announced they are engaged, everybody suspects
of her of being a gold-digger. After she leaves,
they discuss theories as to how she could 'bump
the old codger off' without getting caught. Later,
a policeman arrives to quiz them on the sudden demise
of Vincent.. Is he all that he seems though? What
does he say when the real Vincent arrives? |
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| Axis (4m plus 1m, 1f, 8m/f
support), 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. |
| For The Love Of Sara (3m,
1f plus 1m, 2f support), 45 mins |
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Ben is a patient in a psychiatric
ward. As he is being questioned by Carl, a psychiatrist,
the landscape of Ben's family life emerges. The
centre of his life is his love for his daughter,
Sara, who was born brain damaged. There is a horror
in Ben's life that he can't face up to, but ironically,
it is this same horror that has the effect of dramatically
changing Sara's life. |
| Honeymoon Suite 3x1 Act
or 1x3 Act Plays (either 2m, 1f or 4m, 3f), 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. |
| Ladies On The Costa (1f),
~10 mins each |
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A compelling series of twelve monologues telling
the amusing, acerbic and utterly absorbing stories
of the lives of twelve female ex-pats living in
Spain, each with a diffferent reason for emigrating
there. |
| Lucy In The Sky (4f),
45 mins |
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| Finalist
- NDFA All Winners
Drama Festival, Woking 2009 (Wilstead
Players) |
| Winner
- BEST ONE ACT PLAY
(Female Cast) : Drama Association of Wales
Competition, 2002 |
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Three women seek shelter in an inner
city hostel for the homeless. On this cold winter
night, each has a different reason for being there.
Two of them are having to come to terms with recent
events which have shattered their lives. The other
cannot forget her failing because once a year for
fifty years she has been vividly reminded. |
| Movers (4m, 2f), 40mins |
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Four removal men are clearing the
large Cartwright house on the hill, a once powerful
industrial dynasty, now reduced to bankruptcy. The
play is a symbol of all our destinies - the great
can crumble and the weak can survive, especially
if they are sustained by a sense of humour. We all
have our tragedies, we usually survive, and life
moves on. If you have the ability to laugh at yourself,
it helps. |
| Once An Actress (1f),
35 mins |
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Bored with her factory job, Sara attends
an audition and is amazed when she gets a part.
Through this catalyst she attends drama school and
afterwards lands an acting job touring Welsh schools,
both of which provide her with valuable new life
skills. Her bubble is burst though, when she gets
no more acting jobs and has to retrun to the factory.
A superb single-hander for a competent actress. |
| Remembrance Day (5f),
40mins |
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Leanora - a 'difficult' patient, has
been moved from one nursing home to another, and
the new staff are not too happy with her. During
a visit by her daughter and grand-daughter, some
family skeletons are revealed. Forced into a corner
by all around her, Leanora decides it is time to
tell the 'truth' behind the rift. |
| Ship Of Fools (4m, 1f),
40mins |
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In the middle of the 19th century, a desperate
group of starving villagers wreck a ship that holds
no food or money, just society's unwanted - a ship
full of fools. This sharply dramatic play tells
their story. It was initially envisaged as an allegory
of the arguments against Care in the Community (ie
the abandonment of seriously ill patients and the
lack of round the clock care) however the period
setting allows for various other readings. |
| Something Beginning With C
(3m, 3f), 40mins |
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Mike is a 'Jack-the-lad', living
his life in pubs, each night with a different
girl. One day he is diagnosed with cancer. To
start with he carries on as before, but the decision
whether to change his lifestyle or carry on as
before, weighs heavily on him. |
| The Brown Felt Hat (6f),
45mins |
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Ann (and her daughter, Beth) arrive
in 1942 from Wales, to escape the bombing and work
in her sister Pat's hotel. The work is demanding,
and Pat works them hard. Each of the women has a
battle to fight and fears to conquer. The brown
felt hat is a symbol of good times, of well-being,
of self esteem and of magical escape. It is a prop
which helps the wearer to escape the ugliness of
war. |
| The Cafe Sirocco (3m,
2f, 1m/f) One Act |
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Henry and Melissa, an unhappily
married middle-aged couple, have each arranged
a secret rendezvous with would-be lovers. Unfortunately,
not only have they chosen the same restaurant,
but their new lovers work together in the same
office. Lying and deceit are used by the couple
to bolster their hum-drum lives, tactics which
soon unravel when the two couples inevitably encounter
each other. |
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| A Phoenix Rising (8m,
6f) |
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What happens in a society that
has lost its way and is in a state of civil unrest?
What if certain people with influence decided
to help create and promote the idea of a new messiah?
Modern technology with all its creativity can
produce images which could convince the most ardent
sceptic, so why shouldn't a troubled church organisation
harness it for its own ends? |
| Behind Closed Doors (5m,
3f) (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. |
| Fate (4m, 5f) (Strong
language & content) |
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When the warped minds of two families
being joined in marriage intertwine, the results
are a devastating mix of incest, lies, bribery,
fraud and adultery. Left to themselves the four
flawed relationships in the two families must
ultimately lead to their self-destruction. Only
fate can take a hand in the proceedings to change
the outcome for two of the characters. |
| Glimpse Due Solace (7m,
5f) (Strong language &
content) |
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The play explores the way love and
guilt manifest themselves inside human relationships:
the flowering and de-flowering; the living and dying,
shouting and crying. Are love and guilt insistent?
Always. Are they persistent? Occasionally. Are they
consistent? Never. |
| In (3m, 3f) (Very
strong language & adult content) |
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A psychotic and homosexual private
investigator who despises prostitutes gets hired
by a husband who is curious to know if (and why)
his wife is being unfaithful to him. Why does she
visit the doctor's so regularly? |
| Love, Marilyn (17m, 7f,
1m/f) |
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One of the 20th century's classic
icons, Marilyn Monroe continues to fascinate. This
play attempts to explain why her character developed
the way it did, and provides an insight into her
last few tragic hours. Requires a young, competent
actress to play the title role as she is alone on
stage for 15 mins at the end of the play. |
| Portrait Of Dylan (4m,
3f) (Strong language &
content) |
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The short, enigmatic life of Dylan
Thomas was one filled with emotion, artistic endeavour
and alcohol. A man of passion and poetry, a womaniser,
a Welshman. Charting the years from childhood
to his death aged 39 in New York, 'Portrait Of
Dylan' is a powerful, moving account of Dylan's
life, loves and lyrics. |
| Resonant Frequency (2m,
1f, 2m/f) |
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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 Audition (2f)
(Strong language & content) |
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How far will an actress go to get
a part? How far does the Director need to push?
A psychological drama exploring the relationship
between Director and actress at an audition where
the normal rules and etiquette have been dispensed
with. A most unusual play. |
| The Cherry Boys (9m,4f) |
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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.
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| The Magdalen Whitewash
(4m, 16f) |
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Winner - YOUTH
DRAMA AWARD: Kent Drama Festival
(Youth Drama Challenge Cup) 2009 |
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Brought to recent attention by the
film 'The Magdalene Sisters', this play vividly
portrays the despair and inhumanity inflicted on
the 'Maggies' - those unfortunate girls who had
the misfortune to be institutionalised in the Magdalen
Laundries. Their crimes? Being pregnant mainly.
Their punishment? To be separated from their familes
and work long hours in the laundry. Requires a mostly
young cast. |
| The Revolutionaries (18m,6f) |
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An important moment of history is
highlighted in ‘The Revolutionaries’.
The theme of the play is the fight for power around
the time of Lenin's death and takes place in the
aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution. Lenin
knew he was dying and was concerned about who might
be his successor. He favoured Trotsky, but as history
tells, Stalin was very much in the way. |
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| Free And Easy (5m, 4f) |
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Enjoy a real nostalgia treat with this gently
humorous, hugely entertaining, piece of escapism.
Set to a backdrop of over fifteen hits of the 50s
and 60's, we follow the trials and tribulations
of Eric Dobbins, the dryly nonchalant publican,
and his matriarchal wife, Iris (a stereotypical
landlady), as they, their staff and their regulars
fight to save the pub from the unscrupulous hands
of the brewery manager who sees it as a potential
lap-dancing venue. Requires a cast of competent
singers and a three-piece band. |
| Lumley Mill (18m, 20f)
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Set in the fields and farms of
England circa 1890. John Bartlett's play is a
lovingly created look back at those simpler times
of shepherds and squires; innocence and indulgence;
Morris men, maidens and milk-maids. Using traditional
English folk tunes, this play is an unusual, but
fascinating glimpse at the social mores and constraints
of Victorian agricultural society. The cast list
is quite large, so there is ample scope for doubling
if necessary, or for involving a large number
of actors where this is possible. |
| The Giggleswick Players Do
'Full Frontal' (8m, 11f) 100 mins |
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An affectionate behind-the-scenes
look at life both on and off stage at an Amateur
Dramatics group. With ambitions that are amorous
as well as artistic, romances flourish and fail,
in the midst of the Directors attempts to stage
a musical comedy. Requires several competent singers
and dancers - even though the parts they are playing
can't sing or dance (or act for that matter). |
| Sunshine Mountain (15m,
11f, 3m/f) |
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Set in the mid-1930's, a group of excitable children
are taken to the seaside for a day. An endearing
look back at more relaxed past times, when Sunday
School charabanc outings were very popular and deckchair
attendants ruled the beach! Suitable for either
adult or school productions. |
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Full Length |
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| Dylan (5m, 3f) (Strong
language & content) |
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The dance musical version of 'Portrait
Of Dylan' (see above) which combines the text
of that play with superb, professionally recorded
music on CD. Dance sequences can be imaginatively
used during these musical interludes to complement
the spoken action. |
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Full Length |
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| Revelation Of The Velvet City
(5m, 3f) 110 mins |
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A rather sinister portrayal of the
murky divide between good and evil, passive and
active, order and chaos. The Righteous and The Meek
struggle to each gain the upper hand in a battle
for survival as the end of the world approaches.
The five acts break neatly into the equivalent of
a two act play. |
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| A Quiet Life (1m, 3f) |
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| Winner
- BEST ORIGINAL PLAY
: All England Theatre Festival (North
East Heats) 2003 |
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Ten thousand pounds in grant money
has been stolen from the Village Hall committee
and although Fred Jackson is a retired policeman,
his instincts are still razor-sharp. It's unlikely
to be Allison, the recently arrived newcomer to
the village, but has Joan, the treasurer, dipped
her fingers in the till, or does Audrey, the 'local
girl made good' and now Chair of the Committee know
more than she's letting on? |
| Fate's Thread (1m, 4f) |
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| Winner
- BEST ORIGINAL PLAY
: All England Theatre Festival (North
East Heats) 2004 |
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Susan suffers a fatal accident caused
by her husband, Jack. She meets Alice and Harriet
in the graveyard who, also being dead, have to persuade
Susan to reconcile herself to the fact that she
has been been murdered. Can they do this, or will
Susan be forced to spend the rest of eternity in
the Sea Of Lost Souls? Fates Thread is a ghost story.
It's a murder mystery, and a light comedy. It's
a race against time to save a soul. |
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Full Length |
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| Where You Going, Bobby Fortner?
(7m, 4f) |
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Bobby, living in a small American
town, discovers that illegal dumping of toxic chemicals
is taking place in the local river, but nobody in
the town seems to be interested - not even the Sheriff.
In passing, he mentions it to his doctor who agrees
to help Bobby find the culprits as the town's water
supply is at risk. This play for young adults raises
topics of the environment, collusion, teenage relationships
and trust. |
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