The Objet d'Art
One Act Play, adapted by Neil King from Anton Chekhov's short story
Time: 12 minutes
2 actors (2M)
Christmas at Arles
One Act Play by Richard Avery and Neil King
Gaughin and Van Gogh together on 23rd December 1889
Time: 18 minutes
2 actors (2M)
Epiphany
One Act Play by Richard Avery
In which an ex-mineworker, who has served time in prison, and a blacksmith, who fought in the First World War and was one of the ‘Lions led by Donkeys’, come together as ARP fireguards in the Christmas of 1941. Their respective faiths, Christianity and Socialism, are tested in a comic and moving clash of views which ends in an epiphany for both men
Time: 35 minutes
2 actors (2M)
Marriage & Murder
A combination of readings and performance drama taken from the work of Austen, Dickens & Chekhov
Time: 1 hour 10 minutes (+ interval if required between the readings and the performance)
Love & Lust
A combination of readings and performance drama taken from the Tudor period
Time: 1 hour 10 minutes (+ interval if required between the readings and the performance)
Charles Dickens meets Sherlock Holmes
An evening of Delight and Mystery combining readings and a radio drama in which Sherlock Holmes helps Dickens to solve a mystery which is killing him.
Time: 1 hour 20 minutes (+ interval if required between the readings and the performance)
2/3 Actors (2M/2M+1F)
Doodlebugs & Decorations
A medley of seasonal readings and semi-dramatisations on the theme of Christmas during times of war.
Time: 35 minutes
2 actors
Annus Horrible!
Terrible Events at Lincoln Cathedral related by the Builder, his Wife, the Prient and the Lover
Readings and a play related to Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln & Lincolnshire
Time: 45 minutes or 90 minutes (interval in latter version)
Cream of Coward
The wit and music of the Man with a Talent to amuse
Time: From 10 to 80 minutes
2 to 12 actors, singers and musicians
Themed Christmas readings from Advent through to Twelfth Night
45 minutes
2 or more actors
On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov
Monologue
Time: 10 minutes
1 Actor (M)
'hilarious' GooleTimes
A Stagecoach Ride to Christmas from 'The Pickwick Papers' by Charles Dickens Reading
Time: 8 minutes
1 Actor (M)
Scrooge on Christmas Eve from 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens
Reading
Time: 9 minutes
2 Actors (M)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes from 'The Adventure of the Empty House' by Arthur Conon Doyle
Reading
Time: 11 minutes
2 Actors (M)