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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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Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet

Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet

By Jo Carson

Fifty-four monologues and dialogues drawn from ‘found’ stories told by everyday people living everyday lives in East Tennessee and the Appalachia region of the USA.

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Sugar Baby

Sugar Baby

By Alan Harris

A one-man comedy-drama about a small-time drug dealer in Cardiff, from critically acclaimed writer Alan Harris.

Sunrise

Sunrise

By Jessie Cave

An honest, tender-hearted and uproariously funny story from actress, comedian, writer and doodler Jessie Cave – with colour illustrations throughout.

Superhoe

Superhoe

By Nicôle Lecky

The hit stage play behind the BAFTA-winning BBC TV drama series Mood, about a twenty-something who spends all her time on social media while dreaming of becoming a success.

Swimming to Cambodia

Swimming to Cambodia

By Spalding Gray

Spalding Gray's extraordinary memoir/monologue, based on his experiences as an actor in the film The Killing Fields.

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Three Kings

Three Kings

By Stephen Beresford

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. 

Thrown

Thrown

By Jodi Gray

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.

Thunderbox

Thunderbox

By Genevieve Barr

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
    Tituba

    Tituba

    By Winsome Pinnock

    Tituba by Winsome Pinnock is a one-woman show about Tituba Indian, the enslaved woman who played a central role in the seventeenth-century Salem Witch Trials.

    Tuesdays at Tesco's

    Tuesdays at Tesco's

    By Emmanuel Darley Translated by Matthew Hurt and Sarah Vermande

    A touching one-person play about a person's true identity, the first English-language adaptation of Emmanuel Darley's hit play, Le Mardi à Monoprix.

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    Unsuspecting Susan

    Unsuspecting Susan

    By Stewart Permutt

    A monologue play about a middle-aged woman whose adult son has converted to Islam.

    Published in volume Singular Female Voices
      The Waiting List

      The Waiting List

      By Owen McCafferty

      A blackly comic monologue about a man under siege in the community where he grew up.

      Published in volume Mojo Mickybo: Three Plays
        Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

        Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

        By Eric Bogosian

        A monologue by a master of the art - 100% pure high octane Bogosian.

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        Where I'm From

        Where I'm From

        By Laura Lomas

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

        Published in volume Bird and other monologues for young women
          The Wife of Cyncoed

          The Wife of Cyncoed

          By Matt Hartley

          A charming and open-hearted one-woman play about self-discovery later in life.

          Woman Caught Unaware

          Woman Caught Unaware

          By Annie Fox

          A searing examination of the culture of body-shaming, exploring how images of women are represented in art and social media.

          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.

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