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Plays for One Performer

Discover fringe-theatre shows turned award-winning TV series, memoir-monologues, writer-actor collaborations and so many more excellent examples of solo shows in our collection below.

If you're a theatre-maker interested in creating your own solo show, there's no better place to start than with Making Your Solo Show: The Compact Guide, by Lisa Carroll and Milly Thomas – both experienced solo-show writers, who teach popular workshops on getting to grips with the form.

Discover 10 top tips to make your solo show memorable, an extract from Lisa and Milly's book over on our blog.

Showing 37-54 of 143 items.

Thunderbox

A short monologue play about a pregnant wheelchair user facing a tough decision, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues

    Audition

    A short monologue play about a disabled actor facing up to the traumatic experience of auditioning, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

    Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues

      Paper Knickers

      A bold, witty monologue play exploring what it is to be an amputee, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

      Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues

        The Shed

        A short monologue play exploring the power that a carer can exert over a wheelchair user's life, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

        Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues

          Hamish

          A short monologue play exploring the challenges facing a young wheelchair user, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

          Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues

            The Real Deal

            A short monologue play exploring the issue of benefits fraud, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

            Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues

              Three Kings

              A heartbreaking and hilarious play for a solo actor about fathers and sons, the gifts and burdens of inheritance, and the unfathomable puzzle of human relationships. 

              Isolated But Open

              Voices from Across The Shutdown

              By various

              Twelve new monologues written in response to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020 as part of Papatango's scheme to inspire creativity and share brilliant new stories.

              Daughter

              A darkly satirical monologue about fatherhood, love and toxic masculinity.

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              Madame Ovary

              The heartbreaking and hilarious true story of the author's own experience of ovarian cancer.

              Zoo and Twelve Comic Monologues for Women

              A wildly inventive comedy drama about courage, female friendship and flamingos. This volume also includes twelve comic monologues for female performers.

              Sink

              A play of two voices for one actor, about memory, catastrophe and sacrifice.

              Fleabag: The Special Edition

              A special edition of the outrageously funny, blazingly forthright stage play, featuring exclusive bonus material.

              For All I Care

              A fast-moving, touchingly funny play about two very different women, both having a very bad day.

              Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane

              A play about losing someone close to you, about the human need to remember and connect.

              Age of Minority: Three Solo Plays

              Three solo plays exploring the lives of three queer youths and their resilience in the face of violence and intolerance. Winner of the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama.

              Thrown

              A child-psychologist attempts to record what she's spent her whole life trying to forget, as the memories of former patients collide with her own.

              A Hundred Words for Snow

              A play about a teenage girl's solo journey to the North Pole with her father's ashes.