One Act Plays

A KIND OF VESUVIUS A sensitive treatment of the devastating effects of unemployment, both on individuals and their families. One-act play for three middle-aged, middle-class men. David, Derek and Ian teeter on the b ... Author: PLOWMAN, Gillian Cast (at least 3): 3M One-Act. Details

ANOTHER FINE MESS Stephen and Phil dream of being Stan and Ollie. But their cabaret act is as close as they can get and real life intrudes upon their dreams. In the flat shared with Meg, Stephen's girlfriend, the b ... Author: PLOWMAN, Gillian Cast (at least 3): 2M, 1F Full-Length. Details

BEATA BEATRIX On a guided tour of an art gallery, Beatrice notices a lone man, Jon, crying in front of a painting. She knows the tragic story behind the painting: the apinter;s wife killed herself because he was un ... Author: PLOWMAN, Gillian Cast (at least 4): 1M, 1F plus 5. One-Act. Details

CROOKED WOOD Crooked Wood is a black comedy about a bunch of ruthless property developerswho find themselves faced with an elderly lady who refuses to move out from the last remaining house on their prime site. An ... Author: PLOWMAN, Gillian Cast (at least 6): 6 Full-Length. Details

FABULOUS FACE A couple, a nearly couple and a couple of strangers come together in an art gallery. Through sadness and comedy the three couples become closer. ... Author: PLOWMAN, Gillian Cast (at least 6): 3M, 3F Full-Length. Details

PITS Young stressed professional, Ethan, meets homeless Gore on the streets of London. A strange relationship develops between them drawing Ethan into the community of The Pit – a cardboard city in which ... Author: PLOWMAN, Gillian Cast (at least 7): 5M, 2F + crowd Full-Length. Details

STORM Is the beach house really haunted? The action is tight and a sinister air is developed with the use of very simple sets and effects. Shades of Daphne du Maurier ... ... Author: PLOWMAN, Gillian Cast (at least 4): 3F, 1M Full-Length. Details

THE OX AND THE ASS Henry has just collected his father, Jeremy, from another spell in prison. Is he going to go straight this time? Can they cope with each other? Who has the most secrets? ... Author: PLOWMAN, Gillian Cast (at least 2): 2M One-Act. Details

THE WINDOW CLEANER A window cleaner and a burglar meet in an empty flat. What do they find out, about the flat, its owner and each other? ... Author: PLOWMAN, Gillian Cast (at least 2): 1M, 1F Full-Length. Details

THERE'S NONE SO BLIND A blind reflexoligist discovers that his wife is planning an affair at work - his reaction seems noble and caring but what are his actual motives? ... Author: PLOWMAN, Gillian Cast: One-Act. Details

TWO FAT MEN Duncan and George feel far from comfortable attending a Weight Busters meeting, surrounded as they are by women. Waiting for the meeting to start, they meet an old flame of George's, who bore him a ch ... Author: PLOWMAN, Gillian Cast (at least 8): 5F, 3M One-Act. Details