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THE GREATER GOOD
After 40 years in Spain, Marion and Trevor are finally coming home, and their relatives are determined to welcome them back with a family celebration. There's just one problem - a host of secrets and lies bubble just beneath the surface of their middle class respectability and threaten to derail the whole event. As they grapple with each surprising revelation, one questions remains: how much can one family sweep under the carpet?
(Full length; Drama; 4M, 4F, 1M/F)
AN UNDIGESTED BIT OF BEEF
Getting characters like Ebenezer Scrooge to change their ways involves specialist expertise and no one stages an intervention like the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. But engineering a Yuletide epiphany isn't as easy as it looks and requires an entire back room staff from maintenance men to cleaners. Can the experts at Ghoulies Inc deliver the Christmas turnaround Jacob Marley wants for his friend?
(Full length; Comedy; 2M, 6F, 1M/F)
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(Photo courtesy of Theatre Adhoc)
DAI WATKINS AND THE BLANCMANGE OF NOTHINGNESS
Dai Watkins has retired - and it’s not the barrel of laughs he thought it would be. Somehow he’s ended up staring at a patch of soil for hours on end and his wife’s really not happy. So, when an environmental problem presents itself at the allotment, he decides that he’s the man to nip it in the bud. He just wasn’t expecting to end up a cult leader into the bargain!
(Full length; Comedy; 2M, 10F)
LESS FOR MURDER
25 years of marriage! You'd get less for murder - or so Leonard Parfitt keeps reminding his family and friends, gathered to celebrate the silver wedding anniversary of Leonard and his wife Valerie. But when your family epitomises the word dysfunctional and your friends aren’t much better, even the most well organised party is destined not to run smoothly. And no amount of Black Forest gateau is going to save the day!
(Full length; Comedy; 2M, 7F)
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(Photo courtesy of Theatre Adhoc)
UNDER THE DOCTOR
Poor Dr Parry - her heart's not really in the job anymore and no surprise considering the random assortment of ailments queuing up to see her every morning. To be fair, her receptionists try to keep most of the difficult things away from her but even Marjorie struggles to avert the wrath of a menopausal woman on the edge!
(One act; Comedy; 1M, 6F)
CHANGE AT GORDANO
Karl's worst fears are realised when he finds himself sitting next to the over talkative Terry on a coach trip to the Dordogne. He politely listens as Terry reveals the details of his life with an over bearing mother but then the conversation takes an unexpected turn.
(One act; Comedy; 2M)
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(Photo courtesy of Theatre Adhoc)
DOWDY ABBEY
Edward Horley, the seventh Earl of Bantham, has enough on his plate. He's gambled the family fortune on an unsuccessful business venture and needs a quick fix to get the money back before his wife the Countess finds out.
On top of that, his daughter wants an expensive society wedding, his footman is pilfering from the store rooms and his mother, the Dowager, is threatening to drink them out of house and home. Oh, and there's a director and actress from the adult film industry hiding under the dining room table.
No wonder they call it the Roaring Twenties!
(Full length; Comedy; 5M, 5F)
DODGY RECEPTION
When Candice and Darren tie the knot in the sleepy Welsh village of Pant-y-Gusset, they expect the reception to go without a hitch - but fate has other plans.
The vicar isn't quite sure why she's there, the mother of the bride is waiting for her call to baking stardom and the man-eating bridesmaid is too busy chasing the bewildered best man. To top that, the groom's gone missing! What else could possibly go wrong?
(Full length; Comedy; 2M, 6F)
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WHOSE COAT'S THAT JACKET?
Life in Ystrad Cwm Gelli is rather dull - just the way Tony Meredith likes it. Then a mysterious jacket turns up on his arm chair, catapulting Tony and his family on a rollercoaster ride he'd much rather do without. Will Angharad successfully seduce Mostyn the delivery driver? Will Stan ever smile again? And will they discover who owns the elusive jacket before the apocalypse strikes?
(Full length; Comedy; 6M, 6F)
NOW IN A MINUTE
There’s a brand new food court in Ystrad Cwm Gelli, but all excitement is quickly replaced by hostility when a competition between the stall holders is announced. Relationships are strained, tensions are rising and things keep exploding but, even in the most hostile environments, love might still blossom.
This is a follow up to Whose Coat's That Jacket but also works as a standalone play
(Full length; Comedy; 6M, 7F)
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(Photo courtesy of Theatre Adhoc)
TWP AND TAMPING
Everyone loves a wedding and the inhabitants of Ystrad Cwm Gelli are no exception. There's an excited buzz as Angharad and Mostyn plan their nuptials, supported by their family and friends, and a really cheap wedding planner. Things run smoothly at first but very soon our happy couple have to negotiate a series of downright ridiculous events that threaten to derail the whole affair.
This is a follow up to Whose Coat's That Jacket and Now In a Minute but also works as a standalone play
(Full length; Comedy; 7M, 6F)
LEECHES
It's 1346 and England is at war with France. Thomas Webb and his servant Marietta arrive at St Gertrude's Priory where Thomas has acquired the role of infirmary physician which, they hope, will herald an upturn in their fortunes. But life never runs that smoothly.
Can Thomas and Marietta contend with the peculiarities of the Benedictine brothers and sisters under St Gertrude's roof? Can they make a good impression on the sour faced Mother Superior and the disdainful Abbot and hold onto their position? And can they all survive the disruption of a funding crisis, an outbreak of leprosy and some mad woman impersonating the king?
There's nothing middling about these Middle Ages.
(Full length; Comedy; 4M, 7F, 1M/F)
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(Photo courtesy of Theatre Adhoc)
KISS ME QUICK
As a romantic celebration of 40 years together, Vince has brought Peggy back to the windswept pier where he proposed, pleased with himself for having avoided the expense of a Mediterranean cruise. Peggy, on the other hand, is unimpressed, which seems to have been a theme for most of their marriage.
Joining them on the pier, however, are the embodiments of their true thoughts, voicing aloud what Vince and Peggy really think of one another and revealing some deep, dark secrets from 40 years of cohabitation.
(One Act; Comedy; 2M, 2F)
LOOKING FOR CATHERINE
A lady arrives on a dementia ward looking for Catherine. She relates the life story of the missing woman to the member of staff at the desk and they both reflect on the cruelty of a disease that robs you of your very identity. But where, indeed, is Catherine?
(One Act; Drama; 2F)
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PLAGUED BY DOUBT
Thomas Doubt doesn't let a little thing like a global pandemic get him down. As the bubonic plague rips across London, he sees the chance to increase his family fortunes by using his cart to transport the dead as opposed to the living. Despite his entrepreneurial spirit, his brother-in-law the physician still looks down his nose at him, the barmaid at his local tavern continues to terrify him and his own wife and daughter continue to despair at everything he does.
But when Thomas starts to see a worrying pattern in the spread of cases in his neighbourhood, he is forced to consider a frightening fact...and even the 'science' from St Mungos won't get him out of this one.
(One Act; Comedy; 3M, 3F)