Sketches and Short One Act Plays (under 30 minutes)
Fantastic Figments
By Barbara Hockley
Cast: 15 speaking parts - you could add more cast if you wished
Age: 8 - 12
Running time: About 20 minutes
Set: A bed & some bedroom type props would be good, but not essential. As complex or as simple as you wish.
Plot: The plot centres around Lex, who has homework to do but finds it difficult to get inspiration for writing stories. However, she is intending to get it finished before dinner is ready, but that's only half an hour away. Actually Lex really isn't that bothered but her two invisible guardians are. So, with half an hour to go, can Lex call on enough inspiration to get her story started, let alone completed? The answer appears to be 'no'. But, luckily for Lex, her resourceful and imaginative guardians are on the case .. Involves lots of colourful characters, dreamscape potential, running around like crazy, daft ideas, as many props as you wish
COST: Script £5 (includes photocopying rights); Performing Rights £10 per performance
Sibyl and Cedric's Tale
Part of Perilous Tales - available alone as a sketch or as a one act
By Barbara Hockley
Cast: 8 + possible extras
Age: 13+
Running time: About 15 minutes
Set: Versatile. Needs no particular set, but lends itself to being staged in creative and imaginative ways!
Plot: Cedic and Sybil are a couple intent on never changing and hanging on to their happiness no matter what the cost. Their anxiety about remaining the same leads them on a downward spiral as they discover that life just won't stand still. Performed originally in a series called 'Perilous Tales' and available as a one act with Gorgeous Gerald, Loki's Lament and The Grimble's Last Game.
COST: Script £5 (includes photocopying rights); Performing Rights £8 per performance
Loki's Lament
Part of Perilous Tales - available alone as a sketch or as a one act
By Barbara Hockley
Cast: 8 + possible extras
Age: 12+
Running time: About 15 minutes
Set: Versatile. Needs no particular set, but lends itself to being staged in creative and imaginative ways!
Plot: The dreadful Princess Loki risks everything to find her own song as she stampedes through her spoilt life. Performed originally in a series called 'Perilous Tales' and available as a one act with Gorgeous Gerald, Cedric & Sibyl's Tale and The Grimble's Last Game.
COST: Script £5 (includes photocopying rights); Performing Rights £8 per performance
Gorgeous Gerald and The Ghost
Part of Perilous Tales - available as a sketch or as a one act
By Barbara Hockley
Cast: 8: 3 lads, 3 girls & 2 storytellers
Age: 12+
Running time: About 15 - 20 minutes
Set: Versatile. Needs no particular set, but lends itself to being staged in creative and imaginative ways!
Plot: The Ghost wants a new body so he can get back to being alive and win back his darling Imelda. He fancies Gerald's body might suit him ... but how can he get Gerald out of his body so he can get in...? Be warned - it's in rhyme! Performed originally in a series called 'Perilous Tales' and available as a one act with Cedric & Sibyl's Tale, Loki's Lament and The Grimble's Last Game.
COST: Script £5 (includes photocopying rights); Performing Rights £8 per performance
The Grimble's Last Game
Part of Perilous Tales - available as a sketch or as a one act
By Barbara Hockley
Cast: 7 + lots of extras
Age: 11+
Running time: About 15 minutes
Set: Versatile. Needs no particular set, but lends itself to being staged in creative and imaginative ways!
Plot: Ed and Molly Grimble play computer games all the time. They do little else. But when they buy a new one from the mysterious Zed they get more than they bargained for. Performed originally in a series called 'Perilous Tales' and available as a one act with Cedric & Sibyl's Tale, Loki's Lament and Gorgeous Gerald and the Ghost.
COST: Script £5 (includes photocopying rights); Performing Rights £8 per performance
Fairy Wings - FREE!
by Barbara Hockley
Cast: 2 girls
Age: 13 + 18 as an optimum age, could be younger
Running time: About 10 minutes
Set: Sofa or chairs in front of imaginary television
Plot: Gemma wants to borrow her sister's fairy wings to wear at a party. Simple enough, but she knows it will be tricky ... and it is far more complicated than she could ever imagine.
COST: FREE!
Speed - FREE!
by Barbara Hockley
Cast: 4 characters
Age: 10+
Running time: About 5 minutes max
Involves: Three characters bemoan the fact that their friend runs around while they prefer a more leisurely approach to life. Speed, they argue can be very dangerous ... In rhyme.
Set: Nothing - or whatever you like. The sketch benefits enormously from a very physical and imaginative style of performance
COST: Nothing!
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