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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Madame Ovary

The heartbreaking and hilarious true story of the author's own experience of ovarian cancer.

Fanboy

A five-star hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Fanboy is a love-hate letter to pop culture and nostalgia, about a thirty-something, self-confessed nerd obsessed with Star Wars and Nintendo.

Five Years with the White Man

A startling play about satirist ABC Merriman-Labor, the greatest Black Briton ever to have been forgotten.

Honour-Bound

A powerful solo show about family, anti-Blackness, and what we're willing to sacrifice for love.

The Price of a Fish Supper

A short play about a man whose fortunes have declined along with the Scottish fishing industry in which he has worked all his life.

Primadonna

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.

Angel

Inspired by the extraordinary true story of the Angel of Kobane, Angel is part of Henry Naylor's Arabian Nightmares trilogy.

Out of Your Knowledge

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

Dean McBride

A vivid and poetic monologue play about deprivation, loss and redemption through love, telling the story of Dean, a young man hardened by suffering, who struggles in life before finding his way back to happiness.

Woman Caught Unaware

A searing examination of the culture of body-shaming, exploring how images of women are represented in art and social media.

Maisie Says She Loves Me

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

The Road to Huntsville

A short play about a writer researching women who fall in love with men on death row, who then finds herself crossing the line.

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