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.
Sessions
A raw, funny, bittersweet play about the complexities of masculinity, depression and therapy.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Phoenix
A powerful story of fire and destruction, self-deceit and the corrosion of trust.
Published in volume Mrs DelgadoMrs Delgado
A funny and poignant play for one actor that tells a story of desire, control, raised blinds and lowered boundaries. This edition also includes the monologue Phoenix.
- Paperback
£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99Far Gone
A profoundly moving play about a young Ugandan boy's journey from childhood innocence to child soldier, seen through the eyes of those that love him and those that betray him.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Prima Facie
By Suzie MillerA brilliant, powerful play for a solo actor, about a young, successful barrister forced to confront the patriarchal power of the law. Winner of Best New Play at the Olivier Awards and WhatsOnStage Awards in 2023.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Patricia Gets Ready (for a date with the man that used to hit her)
A powerful play for one actor about a woman recovering from an abusive relationship.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen
A dark and biting one-man show about vulnerability, intimacy, ego and truth.
- Paperback
£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Age is a Feeling
By Haley McGeeA gripping one-person play that wrestles with the glorious and melancholy uncertainties of human life, from the author of The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Pussycat in Memory of Darkness
By Neda Nezhdana Translated by John FarndonA powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.
Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two PlaysFanboy
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.
- Ebook
£4.99£3.99
Five Years with the White Man
By Eloka Obi and Saul BoyerA startling play about satirist ABC Merriman-Labor, the greatest Black Briton ever to have been forgotten.
- Ebook
£4.99£3.99
Honour-Bound
By Zahra JassiA powerful solo show about family, anti-Blackness, and what we're willing to sacrifice for love.
- Ebook
£4.99£3.99
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