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.
Notes for First Time Astronauts
A comic monologue warning of the perils of self-abuse in zero gravity conditions.
Nightwatchman
A British Sri Lankan cricketer prepares for the innings of her life for England against Sri Lanka at Lord’s.
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£6.99£5.59
A Night in November
The multi-award-winning playwright explores the subjects of football and sectarianism, set during the 1994 World Cup.
The Naked Eye
A short monologue play from the author of Jerusalem.
My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)
A joyous, chaotic, autobiographical play telling the story of actor, writer and social-media sensation Rob Madge as they set out to recreate a Disney parade they performed as a twelve-year-old for their Grandma.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39My Name is Rachel Corrie
The moving account of the life and early death of a young female activist, adapted from her own writings.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79My Name is Rachel Corrie (2017 edition)
The moving account of the life and early death of a young female activist, adapted from her own writings.
- Ebook
£10.99£8.79
Mrs 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.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99Mr Incredible (VAULT version)
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 VAULTMr 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£8.79The 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£8.79Mongoose
A strange and beguiling monologue about a loner obsessed with a malign companion called Mongoose.
Published in volume Singular Male Voices
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