Plays to perform

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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Bombshells

Bombshells

By Joanna Murray-Smith

Six funny and perceptive monologues about the stresses of modern female life.

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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Jordan

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
    The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret

    The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret

    By Catherine Johnson

    The alternating stories of two women (played by the same actress), both of whom 'lose' their sons - one murdered, the other a runaway.

    Published in volume Singular Female Voices
      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
        My Name is Rachel Corrie

        My Name is Rachel Corrie

        By Rachel Corrie Edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner

        The moving account of the life and early death of a young female activist, adapted from her own writings.

        random

        random

        By debbie tucker green

        An urgent play about the senseless killing of a black schoolboy, from one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British playwriting.

        Limbo

        Limbo

        By Declan Feenan

        A monologue play in which a 17-year-old girl tells us the story of her relationship with an older man and what it led to.

        Published in volume St Petersburg and other plays
          Eight

          Eight

          By Ella Hickson

          Eight compelling monologues offering a state-of-the-nation group portrait for the stage.

          About a Goth

          About a Goth

          By Tom Wells

          A short play about a young man who volunteers in old people's homes, and suffers paroxyms of love and hate for the residents.

          Published in volume Me, As A Penguin
            Notes for First Time Astronauts

            Notes for First Time Astronauts

            By Tom Wells

            A comic monologue warning of the perils of self-abuse in zero gravity conditions.

            Published in volume Me, As A Penguin
              Bunny

              Bunny

              By Jack Thorne

              An exhilarating coming-of-age drama for a solo performer.

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