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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Lava
1f (playing 6 characters, with additional pre-recorded voices)
Limbo
1f (late teens)
    Madame Ovary
    1f (playing 11 additional roles)
    Misterman
    1m (plus 5f 5m speaking on tape)
    misterman (2001 edition)
    1m (plus 2f speaking on tape)
      Misty
      1m (plus additional roles that can be pre-recorded)
      The Motherhood Project
      Flexible casting (up to 12f 3m)

      Amateur Productions
      On Now & Coming Soon

      Advertise Your Show


      Bill Bryson, Adapted by Tim Whitnall

      Fin Kennedy

      Amanda Whittington

      Alexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate Summerscale

      Amanda Whittington


      Henrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard Eyre

      Tom Wells

      Jeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey