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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Mr Incredible (VAULT version)

Mr Incredible (VAULT version)

By Camilla Whitehill

A monologue about love and entitlement by Camilla Whitehill, author of Where Do Little Birds Go?, who was described by The Times as 'a writer of huge promise'.

Published in volume Plays from VAULT
    Primadonna

    Primadonna

    By Rosie Kellett

    A one-woman play that lays bare the world of the celebrity PA as a young first-timer navigates impossible tasks, difficult conversations and fearsome passive aggression.

    The Encounter

    The Encounter

    By Simon McBurney and Complicite

    A solo show tracing one man's journey into the Amazon rainforest and to the limits of human consciousness, inspired by the book Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu.

    A Girl's Bedroom

    A Girl's Bedroom

    By Enda Walsh

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

    Published in volume Arlington
      Kitchen

      Kitchen

      By Enda Walsh

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

      Published in volume Arlington
        Mr Incredible

        Mr Incredible

        By Camilla Whitehill

        A brutal one-man play about modern love and old-fashioned entitlement.

        Scorch

        Scorch

        By Stacey Gregg

        A touching and provocative story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, inspired by recent UK cases of 'gender fraud'.

        Last Letters Home

        Last Letters Home

        By Matt Hartley

        A short monologue play for a female performer.

        Published in volume Here I Belong
          good dog

          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.

          Maisie Says She Loves Me

          Maisie Says She Loves Me

          By Jimmy Osborne

          A one-man play about love, inheritance and not letting your feelings show.

          Run

          Run

          By Stephen Laughton

          Stephen Laughton's one-man play about a gay Jewish seventeen-year-old explores what it means to love, to lose, and how to grow from a boy into a man.

          Out of Your Knowledge

          Out of Your Knowledge

          By Steve Waters

          A short play that explores our changing attitudes towards the landscape.

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