Contains three drama's on the theme of 'escape from unhappiness or fear'

• Remembrance Day - 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.
• The Brown Felt Hat - 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 - 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.

  Contains three black(ish) comedies

• Movers - 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.
• Something Beginning With C - 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.
• Digs - 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.

  Two plays for one female voice.

• Once An Actress - 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 return to the factory. A superb single-hander for a competent actress.
• A Bit Of A Do - 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.

  Two plays on the theme of disability.

• For The Love Of Sara - (Drama) 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.
• Time For Ben - (Black Comedy) 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.

  Six monologues for a female voice.

A sideways look at the non-native female inhabitants of the Spanish Costa’s, ’Ladies On The Costa’ comprises two volumes of six monologues each, written for a single female voice. A compelling series 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. Their stories take about 10 minutes to tell, and are ideal to perform singly or grouped together either with the same actress or with a number of players. The twelve ladies tell their engaging and entertaining tales of feminine fantasies, follies and foibles with humour, pathos and precision.

In Volume 1 ...
‘Christmas On The Costa’, ‘Dagenham Days’, ‘Down From The Valleys’,
‘Going Native’, ‘Good To His Mother’ and ‘Made In America’

  Six monologues for a female voice.

A sideways look at the non-native female inhabitants of the Spanish Costa’s, ’Ladies On The Costa’ comprises two volumes of six monologues each, written for a single female voice. A compelling series 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. Their stories take about 10 minutes to tell, and are ideal to perform singly or grouped together either with the same actress or with a number of players. The twelve ladies tell their engaging and entertaining tales of feminine fantasies, follies and foibles with humour, pathos and precision.

In Volume 2 ...
‘On The Promenade’, Other People’s Pets’, Stranger Than Fiction’,
'The Auld Country’, 'The Green Man’ and ‘Unmarried Bliss’