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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.

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Bombshells

Bombshells

By Joanna Murray-Smith

Six funny and perceptive monologues about the stresses of modern female life.

Zoo and Twelve Comic Monologues for Women

Zoo and Twelve Comic Monologues for Women

By Lily Bevan

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

Glee & Me

Glee & Me

By Stuart Slade

A touching drama about a teenage girl diagnosed with a brain tumour, an unexpectedly optimistic portrayal of love and the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit.

Bunny

Bunny

By Jack Thorne

An exhilarating coming-of-age drama for a solo performer.

My Name is Rachel Corrie

My Name is Rachel Corrie

By Rachel Corrie Edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner

The moving account of the life and early death of a young female activist, adapted from her own writings.

Misterman

Misterman

By Enda Walsh

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.

Ross & Rachel

Ross & Rachel

By James Fritz

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.

Mr Incredible

Mr Incredible

By Camilla Whitehill

A brutal one-man play about modern love and old-fashioned entitlement.

Scorch

Scorch

By Stacey Gregg

A touching and provocative story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, inspired by recent UK cases of 'gender fraud'.

Fleabag: The Original Play

Fleabag: The Original Play

By Phoebe Waller-Bridge

The outrageously funny play that became the wildly successful and 'utterly riveting' (Guardian) BBC television series.

Queers: Eight Monologues

Queers: Eight Monologues

By various Created by Mark Gatiss

Queers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.

Misty

Misty

By Arinzé Kene

An inventive blend of gig theatre, spoken word, live art and direct address, exploring the pulsating heart and underground soul of inner-city London.

A Hundred Words for Snow

A Hundred Words for Snow

By Tatty Hennessy

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

Bird and other monologues for young women

Bird and other monologues for young women

By Laura Lomas

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

CripTales: Six Monologues

CripTales: Six Monologues

By various Curated by Mat Fraser

Six fictional monologues portraying some very real experiences of disabled people in Britain, commissioned to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

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Harm

Harm

By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

A thrilling and razor-sharp twisted comedy on the corrosive effects of social media and isolation.

The Motherhood Project

The Motherhood Project

Monologues and Reflections on Motherhood

By various

A collection of dramatic monologues and real-life reflections by some of the UK's leading writers, artists and thinkers, and explores all the guilt, joy and absurdity, the regrets, pressures and taboos surrounding motherhood.

Prima Facie

Prima Facie

By Suzie Miller

A brilliant, powerful play for a solo actor, about a young, successful barrister forced to confront the patriarchal power of the law. Winner of Best New Play at the Olivier Awards and WhatsOnStage Awards in 2023.

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