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.
Leavings
A short monologue play from the author of Jerusalem.
Limbo
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.
LORENZO
A life-affirming story about the messiness of ageing and dying. Winner of a Fringe First award at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
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 VoicesMadame Ovary
The heartbreaking and hilarious true story of the author's own experience of ovarian cancer.
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£4.99£3.99
Maisie Says She Loves Me
A one-man play about love, inheritance and not letting your feelings show.
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£3.99£3.19
Misterman
By Enda WalshA virtuosic study of one man's descent into religious mania in small-town Ireland. This edition was published alongside the 2012 production at the National Theatre starring Cillian Murphy.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79misterman (2001 edition)
By Enda WalshA strange and haunting monologue from the acclaimed Irish playwright.
Published in volume bedbound & misterman: two playsMisty
By Arinzé KeneAn inventive blend of gig theatre, spoken word, live art and direct address, exploring the pulsating heart and underground soul of inner-city London.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Mongoose
A strange and beguiling monologue about a loner obsessed with a malign companion called Mongoose.
Published in volume Singular Male VoicesThe Motherhood Project
Monologues and Reflections on Motherhood
By variousA collection of dramatic monologues and real-life reflections by some of the UK's leading writers, artists and thinkers, and explores all the guilt, joy and absurdity, the regrets, pressures and taboos surrounding motherhood.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Mr Incredible
A brutal one-man play about modern love and old-fashioned entitlement.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79
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