Plays for One Performer

A powerfully atmospheric one-woman play, All On Her Own tells the story of Rosemary who, alone at midnight in London, has a secret burden to share that is both heartbreaking and sinister.

Five of the most exciting voices in theatre explore the pressures on our public services as one young woman buckles under pressures of her own.

A dark and uncompromising play about romance, expectation and mortality, James Fritz's Ross & Rachel takes an unflinching look at the myths of modern love.

A short play about a man whose fortunes have declined along with the Scottish fishing industry in which he has worked all his life.

An eccentric, teasing yarn from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

A short monologue play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

A monologue play about a petty criminal who is punished by his conscience when he becomes involved in a bungled kidnap.

A darkly confessional monologue for one male performer and a slide projector.

A one-man show set in eastern Berlin in 1995, in which Flannery tells us his life story in the form of a guide to the city.

A British Sri Lankan cricketer prepares for the innings of her life for England against Sri Lanka at Lord’s.

A cutting-edge monologue that throws light on the experience of a teenager in contemporary Britain, from one of the country's most exciting young playwrights.

A monologue first performed by Laura Lomas at Soho Theatre, London, on 5 October 2009 as part of Paines Plough's LATER programme.

A monologue play about a woman on the day of her release from prison.

Three hard-hitting, distinctive monologues for young female actors, from one of the country's most exciting young playwrights.

A short monologue inspired by the Third Epistle of John and first produced by the Bush Theatre, London, as part of the Sixty-Six Books season in 2011.

A bittersweet monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic misery.

A suspicious death at the workplace and loner security guard Nick Prentice is hauled in for interrogation. An uproarious underworld whodunit, Ronan O’Donnell’s single-hander reworks the hardboiled crime thriller for our times.

A virtuosic study of one man's descent into religious mania in small-town Ireland. This edition was published alongside the 2012 production at the National Theatre starring Cillian Murphy.