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AS GOOD AS NEW

by Perry, David

A macabre comedy set in the suburban home of the Pimbles, who live in the shadow of imminent catastrophe. While Grandpa toils in the cellar on his corpses, the normal life of the family goes on from one fatality to…

Cast 2 male 3 female

DEATH OF COOL, THE

by Pollock, Alan

At the centre of Alan Pollock's satirical black comedy is Switch, a charismatic graduate who makes a substantial living from large-scale benefit fraud. With the help of two hangers-on, the would-be club DJ Richie and Tara, an aspiring actress, Switch…

Cast 3 male 2 female

Script available

DOCTOR BRENT'S HOUSEHOLD

by Percy, Edward

Early drama by Edwawrd (Ladies in Retirement) Percy.

Cast 3 male 5 female

FALLING UPSTAIRS

by Pertwee, Roland

Early short comedy by Roland Pertwee.

Cast 1 male 3 female

FINAL TEST, THE

by Paling, Chris

Peter and Ruth have had a long and happy marriage. Or so Peter believes. They both have their own interests – he loves listening to the cricket on the radio, she likes to travel. But all is not well as…

Cast 4 male 2 female

Script available

FIND THE LADY

by Pertwee, Michael

When Rosie Lake, the proprietress of the Delamere Private Hotel, stumbles across the strangulated body of one of her residents, she faints! When Rosie comes to, there is no body and no evidence to prove a crime ever took place.…

Cast 3 male 5 female

Script available

FIVE BLUE HAIRED LADIES SITTING ON A GREEN PARK BENCH

by Penzotti, John

Anna, Eva, Rose, Gladys and La La had only two things in common when they met seven months ago: a park bench and a life well-lived. Through fond and sometimes painful memories, keen observations and a good belly laugh now…

Cast 4 male 6 female

Script available

FLOWERS FOR A LADY

by Percy, Edward

Short play by Edward Percy (Ladies in Retirement) and Lilian Denham.

Cast 1 male 3 female

HIMSELF

by Phelan, Brian

The last of a dying breed, Christie Cameron has spent a lifetime touring the counties of Ireland as an actor-manager in the time-honoured tradition. When Christie sets off on a short lecture of American universities in the company of his…

Cast 5 male 2 female

Script available

HOUSE, THE

by Parks, Brian

The Redmonds have an unusual relationship – with their dream home. With the kids now raised, it’s finally time to move on. They don’t, though, want to just sell the place. They want to entrust it to its next owners,…

Cast 2 male 2 female

Script available

HOW LONG IS NEVER? - DARFUR A RESPONSE

by Pinnock, Winsome

After Rwanda the world said never again. These seven short plays, originally commissioned and produced by the Tricycle Theatre London, explore the nature of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Many Men's Wife (3M 1F) by Amy Evans…

Cast 11 male 13 female

Script available

IDP

by Pinnock, Winsome

Part of a collection of seven short plays originally commissioned by London’s Tricycle Theatre to stimulate discussion and debate on the on-going situation in Darfur. In IDP, a mother refuses to acknowledge the existence of her own daughter, who has…

Cast 2 female

Script available

IMPERIAL FIZZ

by Parks, Brian

A seemingly carefree high-society couple swill cocktails and exchange witty banter and pointed barbs as they sing and dance to melodies transmitting from a classic RCA radio in their swanky art deco apartment. They are persistently and comfortably tipsy and…

Cast 1 male 1 female

Script available

LADIES IN RETIREMENT

by Percy, Edward

Based on a famous murder which actually took place at the end of the last century and set in the 1880s, this play has become one of the most successful and most frequently performed in the modern repertoire. An eerie…

Cast 1 male 6 female

Script available

ONE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER

by Pollock, Alan

Coventry, November 1940 Katie Stanley is a headstrong 18 year old training to be a teacher. While awaiting the All Clear signal from an air raid warning, she encounters the stranded Michael, an Oxford tutor of Romantic Literature and Language…

Cast 5 male 4 female

Script available

PARAGON, THE

by Pertwee, Roland

Full length drama by Roland and Michael Pertwee.

Cast 4 male 4 female

PINK STRING AND SEALING WAX

by Pertwee, Roland

Set in the parlour of the Strachan's house in Brighton during the late 1800's, Pink String and Sealing Wax is a domestic drama concerning a repressed family, whose cold and undemonstrative father comes to realise the full worth of his…

Cast 4 male 5 female

Script available

RELUCTANT ROGUE, THE

by Patrick, John

A very funny and fast-moving play centring on an amorous young college professor who specialises in seducing the prettier of his female students until he finds himself trapped in a tangled web of false promises. Reed Dolan would seem to…

Cast 2 male 5 female

Script available

SHE'S DONE IT AGAIN

by Pertwee, Michael

Take a gambler with debts and a pregnant wife. Take a parson with a pregnant wife who has mislaid £200 of church money. Take a bookie, also with a pregnant wife who is about to collect the gambler's debts. Put…

Cast 7 male 4 female

Script available

SHOP AT SLY CORNER, THE

by Percy, Edward

After a crime-riddled past, Descius Heiss settles in London and to all appearances is a respectable gentleman. His chief aim is to provide happiness and security for his gifted daughter Margaret, who has been brought up in complete ignorance of…

Cast 6 male 4 female

Script available

WAITING ROOM

by Pertwee, Michael

Set in the waiting room of a railway station, women of all types wait for their train or for the friends they are meeting. Interwoven into their stories is the drama of the married woman who realises through a chance…

Cast 9 female