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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Leavings

By Jez Butterworth

A short monologue play from the author of Jerusalem.

Published in volume Jez Butterworth Plays: One

Lava

By Benedict Lombe

One woman's journey into her own past becomes inextricably linked with the tides of global history in this wickedly funny, strikingly lyrical and explosive debut play. Winner of the 2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

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Last Letters Home

By Matt Hartley

A short monologue play for a female performer.

Published in volume Here I Belong

Lady Dealer

By Martha Watson Allpress

A mile-a-minute, one-person poem play about a young female drug dealer, exploring forgiveness, the exhaustion of trying, and mistaking self-destruction for self-preservation. Premiered at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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Kitchen

By Enda Walsh

A short play from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.

Published in volume Arlington

The Kiss

By Zoe Cooper

A tender, funny and beautifully observed study of lives in limbo, and a glimmer of hope for what lies ahead. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.

Published in volume Inside/Outside

Julie Burchill Is Away

By Tim Fountain

A one-woman show based on the life and writings of the provocative columnist, writer and broadcaster, Julie Burchill.

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Jordan

By Anna Reynolds With Moira Buffini

A short play that tells the true story of Shirley Jones, who kills her baby boy, Jordan, rather than have him taken away by his abusive father.

Published in volume Singular Female Voices

Joanne

By Deborah Bruce, Theresa Ikoko, Laura Lomas, Chinonyerem Odimba and Ursula Rani Sarma

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.

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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.

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In a Vulnerable Place

By Steve Waters

A monologue documenting Steve Waters' own journey from the Norfolk Broads to the steppes of Mongolia to explore, first hand, what is happening to the natural world and the human heart.