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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A Girl's Bedroom

By Enda Walsh

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

Published in volume Arlington

Glee & Me

By Stuart Slade

A touching drama about a teenage girl diagnosed with a brain tumour, an unexpectedly optimistic portrayal of love and the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit.

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good dog

By Arinzé Kene

A theatrical monologue that chronicles growing up in a multicultural community, and the everyday injustices that drive people to take back control.

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The Good Thief

By Conor McPherson

A monologue play about a petty criminal who is punished by his conscience when he becomes involved in a bungled kidnap.

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Gypsy Girl

By Laura Lomas

A monologue first performed by Laura Lomas at Soho Theatre, London, on 5 October 2009 as part of Paines Plough's LATER programme.

Published in volume Bird and other monologues for young women

The Half Of It

By Karen Cogan

A darkly lyrical monologue about a life, lived unseen. Winner of the Stewart Parker Award in 2018.

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Hamish

By Jack Thorne

A short monologue play exploring the challenges facing a young wheelchair user, 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

Hanna

By Sam Potter

A funny, heartfelt and compelling new play that asks what family means in a modern society, delicately weaving in questions of racial identity, economic privilege, and the lottery of birth.