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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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

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.

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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

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

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

By Eric Bogosian

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

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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

By Matt Hartley

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

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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.

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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.