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.
Spacewang
A monologue play in which a teenage girl roams the streets of Withernsea in search of aliens.
St Nicholas
An eccentric, teasing yarn from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.
Stacy
A darkly confessional monologue for one male performer and a slide projector.
Sugar Baby
A one-man comedy-drama about a small-time drug dealer in Cardiff, from critically acclaimed writer Alan Harris.
Sunrise
By Jessie Cave1fAn honest, tender-hearted and uproariously funny story from actress, comedian, writer and doodler Jessie Cave – with colour illustrations throughout.
Superhoe
By Nicôle Lecky1f (age 24, mixed race)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.
Surrender
By Sophie Swithinbank With Phoebe Ladenburg1fA gripping play about a woman trying to survive in a punishing and dysfunctional penal system that has separated her from her daughter. Premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2024.
Three Kings
1mA 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
By Jodi Gray1f (plus pre-recorded material)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
1fA 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 MonologuesTituba
1fTituba 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
1 performer (playing a transgendered female character)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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Amateur Productions
On Now & Coming SoonBill Bryson, Adapted by Tim WhitnallFin KennedyAmanda WhittingtonAlexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate SummerscaleAmanda WhittingtonHenrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard EyreTom WellsJeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey