1-Act Plays which are dramatic but have a good degree of humour too. Plays are arranged by cast size, ranging from small to large.
Five actors or less
Calling Time
Four actors (2M, 2F - but variable up to 12M, 12F) Running time: Variable from 30 minutes to 60 mins. Calling Time offers any company great versatility. Not only does it have variable casting but it can vary in length from around 30 minutes to an hour. Set in a pub, Calling Time is made up of five linked short plays that take place the same evening. Click here for details
My Funny Valentine
Three actors (1M, 2F) Running time: 45 mins. When Chris gives his wife Nicola a present of some saucy undies as well as a card on Valentine's Day, it's with the hope of spicing up their marriage. In the post, she also gets another card from someone called Stuart who she doesn't know. But he seems to know her and isn't content with just sending a card... Click here for details
Needle Time
Three actors (1M, 1F, 1M or F) Running time: 45 mins. Rob is an ageing hippy DJ, warm but cynical. When Suzie, the new girl at the radio station, comes in he's more concerned in scoring points and showing off. Is anything he says actually true? Or is it all meaningless banter? Click here for details
Man's View
Four actors (1M, 3F) Running time: 45 mins. Three young women, Carol, Ann and Judy, are having a reunion one evening. But, when Carol suggests playing a kind of truth game, secrets they have kept hidden for years emerge with disastrous consequences. Click here for details
Celebulite
Four actors (1M, 3F) Running time: 45 mins. We live in a celebrity-obsessed society. So, when minor-celebrities measure their success on how many times they have appeared on a reality TV show and how often they are recognised in the street, what must it be like for them to lose their looks overnight? Click here for details
Seven actors or less
Welsh Lessons
Seven actors (2M, 5F) Running time: 60 minutes approx. It's the beginning of an adult Welsh learners' class and as the new students get to grips with Welsh for the first time, one of them not only discovers the language coming naturally to his thoughts, but he also seems able to transmit those thoughts to a fellow student. Click here for details
More than seven actors
The Chimes - adapted from the Charles Dickens short story
Eleven actors (8M 3F or 4M 1F with doubling) Running time: 70 minutes approx. 'The Chimes' is the second of Charles Dickens' Christmas books, published in 1844, a year after 'A Christmas Carol'. It is the story of humble Toby Veck, ticket porter, who spends his life running errands for other people, while trying to support his daughter Meg. In this new adaptation of the classic Dickens' tale, Toby learns the importance of love and hope in a most extraordinary way. Click here for details