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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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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.

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.

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.

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
    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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    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
      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
        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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        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.

        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
          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.

          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. 

          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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          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.

          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.

          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.

          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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          Stacy & Fanny and Faggot: two plays

          Stacy & Fanny and Faggot: two plays

          By Jack Thorne

          Two troubled, disturbing but bleakly funny plays from a leading writer of Channel 4's Shameless and Skins.

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