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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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.

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.

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.

Last Letters Home

Last Letters Home

By Matt Hartley

A short monologue play for a female performer.

Published in volume Here I Belong
    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'.

    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
        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.

        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.

          All On Her Own

          All On Her Own

          By Terence Rattigan

          A powerfully atmospheric one-woman play, All On Her Own tells the story of Rosemary who, alone at midnight in London, has a secret burden to share that is both heartbreaking and sinister.

          Published in volume Harlequinade & All On Her Own

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