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1 F - Alleluiah (5 mins). Rainbow Baby (5mins), Princess Frankenstein (10 mins)
Alleluiah 5 min monologue. 1f: 40-50s. One set. Bridget shares a bed and a bathroom with her husband - but not the secrets of her heart. While Barry completes his morning ablutions, Bridget contemplates an adulterous liaison.
Rainbow Baby 5 min monologue. 1f: 30-60s. One set. Sylvia recollects the joys and challenges of adopting a child with Down’s Syndrome.
Princess Frankenstein 10 min monologue. 1f: teens -30. One set. Medical student, Frankie, is a genius in the lab, but her love life stinks. Then she gets the Big Idea. Can she surgically create the perfect man?
Rainbow Baby 5 min monologue. 1f: 30-60s. One set. Sylvia recollects the joys and challenges of adopting a child with Down’s Syndrome.
Princess Frankenstein 10 min monologue. 1f: teens -30. One set. Medical student, Frankie, is a genius in the lab, but her love life stinks. Then she gets the Big Idea. Can she surgically create the perfect man?
1 M - Sperm Vampire (5 mins). Taking the Plunge (5mins).
Sperm Vampire 5 min monologue. 1m: 20-40s. One set. Tonight is peak fertility for Rachel. After two years of failing to conceive, she’s desperate for a baby. But can husband Kips rise to the occasion?
Taking The Plunge 5 min monologue. 1m: teens-20s. One set. Tim’s got no job, no girlfriend and his parents suspect he’s hoarding drugs or worse in his bedroom. Then he meets Jacqui, buys a fish tank and life takes a turn for the surreal.
Taking The Plunge 5 min monologue. 1m: teens-20s. One set. Tim’s got no job, no girlfriend and his parents suspect he’s hoarding drugs or worse in his bedroom. Then he meets Jacqui, buys a fish tank and life takes a turn for the surreal.
1 F/1 M - Blue Line Day (15 mins). Lost Property (5mins). Enemy (5 mins). Cathy’s War (20 mins). Bathroom Secrets (10 mins)
Blue Line Day 15 mins. Also 10 mins version Fingers & Toes. 1f: 20-40s; 1m: 20-40s. Flexible staging. After two years of failing to conceive, Rachel is desperate for a baby. Can husband Michael rise to the occasion? Things come to a head when Rachel decides to spice things up in the bedroom.
Lost Property 5 mins. 1f: teens-30s. 1m: 20-50s. One set. Annie has mislaid something precious. Derek in Lost Property is eager to help her recovery it. But can life and death be that simple? A surreal comedy.
Enemy 5 mins. 1f: teens-40s. 1m: teens-20s. One set. The Russian Front, winter 1943. A German conscientious objector and a captured Russian partisan wait for dawn and a Nazi firing squad. Can they find common ground?
Cathy’s War 20 mins. 1f: 20-30s. 1m: 20-30s. One set. Northern Ireland during the Troubles. After Cathy's young husband is shot dead in army cross-fire, she decides to take revenge into her own hands. But is there one rule for women and another for men in this deadly game of vengeance?
Bathroom Secrets 10 mins. 1f: 40-50s. 1m: 40-50s. One set. A middle aged couple each have a guilty secret. Are they brave enough to tell?
Lost Property 5 mins. 1f: teens-30s. 1m: 20-50s. One set. Annie has mislaid something precious. Derek in Lost Property is eager to help her recovery it. But can life and death be that simple? A surreal comedy.
Enemy 5 mins. 1f: teens-40s. 1m: teens-20s. One set. The Russian Front, winter 1943. A German conscientious objector and a captured Russian partisan wait for dawn and a Nazi firing squad. Can they find common ground?
Cathy’s War 20 mins. 1f: 20-30s. 1m: 20-30s. One set. Northern Ireland during the Troubles. After Cathy's young husband is shot dead in army cross-fire, she decides to take revenge into her own hands. But is there one rule for women and another for men in this deadly game of vengeance?
Bathroom Secrets 10 mins. 1f: 40-50s. 1m: 40-50s. One set. A middle aged couple each have a guilty secret. Are they brave enough to tell?
2 F/1 M - Last Man in Watford (5 mins/15 mins). One of Our Robots is Missing (5 mins/10mins).
Last Man in Watford 15 mins (also 5 min version). 2f: teens-20s; any age. 1m: any age. One set. The year is 2084 and women rule the world. Adam is one of only a handful of men left in England, kept for research purposes in a zoo. Can he find true love, even behind bars?
One of our Robots is Missing 10 mins (also 5 min version Nuclear Bunker). 2f: teens-20s; 30-60s. 1m: any age. One set. It’s been three years since the nuclear holocaust and Lady Kay regrets having settled for an Economy Class bunker. The menu is unrelenting, the West Wing is tiny and the staff are work-experience robots. Where will it all end?
One of our Robots is Missing 10 mins (also 5 min version Nuclear Bunker). 2f: teens-20s; 30-60s. 1m: any age. One set. It’s been three years since the nuclear holocaust and Lady Kay regrets having settled for an Economy Class bunker. The menu is unrelenting, the West Wing is tiny and the staff are work-experience robots. Where will it all end?
2 F - Meat / Pig in a Blanket (10 mins)
Pig In A Blanket 10 mins, also available in a 5 minute version. 2f: 20-30s. One set. Two sisters find themselves stuck in traffic with a kidnapped farmer in the boot. Do the ends ever justify the means?
3 F - Little Red Hoodie (20 mins)
Little Red Hoodie 20 mins. 3f: teens/20s; teens/20s; 50+. Flexible staging. A new twist to an old fairy tale in which the Wolf is so much more than just a hairy beast. Can Hoodie, Gran and Aisha escape from the Wolf’s belly, or should they wait for the Woodcutter?
4 F - Harriet by the Swings (5m)
Harriet By The Swings 5 mins. 4f:20-30s x3; 30-50. One set. Mothers beware! Something dark stirs in the playground. A poetic drama about infertility.