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1 F - Princess Frankenstein (10 mins)
Princess Frankenstein 10 mins. 1F: teens-20s. 1 set. Medical student, Frankie, is a genius in the lab, but her love life stinks. Then she gets the Big Idea. Can she surgically create the perfect man?
1 M - Taking the Plunge (5mins).
Taking The Plunge 5 mins. 1m: teens – 20s. 1 set. Tim’s got no job, no girlfriend and his parents suspect he’s hoarding drugs or worse in his bedroom. Then he meets Jacqui, buys a fish tank and life takes a turn for the surreal.
1 F/1 M - Lost Property (5mins). Enemy (5 mins). Cathy’s War (20 mins).
Lost Property 5 mins. 1F: teens-20s. 1M: 20s. 1 set. Annie has mislaid something precious. Derek in Lost Property is eager to help her recovery it. But can life and death be that simple? A surreal comedy.
Enemy 5 mins. 1F: 20-30. 1M: teens-20s. One set. The Russian Front, winter 1943. A German conscientious objector and a captured Russian partisan wait for dawn and a Nazi firing squad. Can they find common ground?
Cathy’s War 20 mins. 1F: 20-30. 1M: 20-30. One set. Northern Ireland during the Troubles. After Cathy's young husband is shot dead in army cross-fire, she decides to take revenge into her own hands. But is there one rule for women and another for men in this deadly game of vengeance?
Enemy 5 mins. 1F: 20-30. 1M: teens-20s. One set. The Russian Front, winter 1943. A German conscientious objector and a captured Russian partisan wait for dawn and a Nazi firing squad. Can they find common ground?
Cathy’s War 20 mins. 1F: 20-30. 1M: 20-30. One set. Northern Ireland during the Troubles. After Cathy's young husband is shot dead in army cross-fire, she decides to take revenge into her own hands. But is there one rule for women and another for men in this deadly game of vengeance?
1F/ 2M - Shattered Peace (40 mins)
Shattered Peace 40 mins. 1F: 20s-30s; 2M: 20-30s x2. 1 set. Newlyweds Cathy and Liam dream about a happy future on their wedding night. But this is Belfast during the Troubles and when Liam is caught in cross-fire, Cathy decides to take revenge into her own hands.
2 F/ 1 M - Last Man in Watford (5 mins/15 mins). One of Our Robots is Missing (10mins). Nuclear Bunker (5 mins)
Last Man in Watford 15 mins (also 5 min version). 2F: teens-20s x2. 1M: teens to 20s. 1 set. The year is 2084 and women rule the world. Adam is one of only a handful of men left in England, kept for research purposes in a zoo. Can he find true love, even behind bars?
One of Our Robots is Missing 10 mins (also 5 min version Nuclear Bunker). 2f: teens-20s; 30-60s. 1m: any age. One set. It’s been three years since the nuclear holocaust and Lady Kay regrets having settled for an Economy Class bunker. The menu is unrelenting, the West Wing is tiny and the staff are work-experience robots. Where will it all end?
Nuclear Bunker 5 mins. 2F: teens/ 20s. 1M: teens-20s. I set. Shorter version of One of Our Robots is Missing.
One of Our Robots is Missing 10 mins (also 5 min version Nuclear Bunker). 2f: teens-20s; 30-60s. 1m: any age. One set. It’s been three years since the nuclear holocaust and Lady Kay regrets having settled for an Economy Class bunker. The menu is unrelenting, the West Wing is tiny and the staff are work-experience robots. Where will it all end?
Nuclear Bunker 5 mins. 2F: teens/ 20s. 1M: teens-20s. I set. Shorter version of One of Our Robots is Missing.
2F - Meat / Pig in a Blanket (10 mins)
Pig In A Blanket 10 mins, also available in a 5 minute version.. 2F: teens to 20s. 1 set. Two sisters find themselves stuck in traffic with a kidnapped farmer in their boot. Can the ends ever justify the means?
3-7F/ 2-4M - Gone Fishing (40 mins)
Gone Fishing 40 mins. 3-7F (if doubling). 2-4M (if doubling); flexible staging. Tim has a problem - his parents! Looking for that elusive first job is no joke when Dad expects results and Mum's convinced you're hiding drugs, women or worse in your bedroom. A fast-moving comedy about unemployment, love and the generation gap.
7F/ 1M - Socks Go in the Bottom Drawer (30 mins)
Socks go in the Bottom Drawer 30 mins. 7F: teens to 20s; 1M: teens to 20s. 1 set. Adam is one of the world's last remaining men, kept in a zoological park for scientific purposes. On a field trip to the zoo, a college lecturer and her students soon discover that homo sapien male is still capable of mischief even behind bars!