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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Lady Dealer

A mile-a-minute, one-person poem play about a young female drug dealer, exploring forgiveness, the exhaustion of trying, and mistaking self-destruction for self-preservation. Premiered at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Kitchen

A short play from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.

Published in volume Arlington

    The Kiss

    A tender, funny and beautifully observed study of lives in limbo, and a glimmer of hope for what lies ahead. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.

    Published in volume Inside/Outside

      Julie Burchill Is Away

      A one-woman show based on the life and writings of the provocative columnist, writer and broadcaster, Julie Burchill.

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      Jordan

      A short play that tells the true story of Shirley Jones, who kills her baby boy, Jordan, rather than have him taken away by his abusive father.

      Published in volume Singular Female Voices

        Joanne

        Five of the most exciting voices in theatre explore the pressures on our public services as one young woman buckles under pressures of her own.

        Isolated But Open

        Voices from Across The Shutdown

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        Twelve new monologues written in response to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020 as part of Papatango's scheme to inspire creativity and share brilliant new stories.

        In a Vulnerable Place

        A monologue documenting Steve Waters' own journey from the Norfolk Broads to the steppes of Mongolia to explore, first hand, what is happening to the natural world and the human heart.

        Idyll

        A captivating short play about rural Britain, premiered by Pentabus Theatre in 2021.

        I Won't Dance - Don't Ask Me

        An early short monologue play from Northern Irish writer Owen McCafferty.

        Published in volume Mojo Mickybo: Three Plays

          A Hundred Words for Snow

          A play about a teenage girl's solo journey to the North Pole with her father's ashes.

          Honour-Bound

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

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