10 MINUTE PLAYS FOR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS: CHRISTMAS:
INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH:(2M,2F) Joseph and Mary are being interviewed on TV. Joseph explains that as a businessman his dislike the Roman taxation. They talk about the events surrounding the birth of. Jesus, notably the part played by the angels. A surprise gust is one of the shepherds who was there.
WE THREE KINGS (3M,1F) Balthazar, Caspar aand Melchior are loading up the camels to continue following the star. There is running commentary from an expert on biblical history and a lot of wise conversation from the three magi as well as comments on their current situation Before they know it they are at Bethlehem and not sure what happens next. They are in for a surprise,
NEW YEAR
RESOLUTIONS: (2f) A mother contacts her daughter just before New Year, and just after for the daughter who is in a different time zone. Daughter has come home from a rather low key affair with some workmates while mother is reluctantly histing a party. They discuss New Year and resolutions and how they have , in general, failed to keep them
AULD LANG SYNE(1m,2 F) Two people have been invited to a New Year's Eve Party. Both feel out of pkace and are not, by nature, party going types. They try to make conversation and chat about the New Year. Just prior to midnight, she, reluctantly, joins the party while he quietly slips away.
ANZAC DAY
TOO AMBITIOUS(4M) An unknown Australian, killed at Gallipoli, Winston Churchill, Mustapha Kemal (Turkish commander at Gallipoli, and later President & General Liman von Sanders, the German officer in charge of the Turkish army, discus their part in and the events surrounding the Gallipoli campaign.
VALENTINE'S DAY.
VALENTINE(2M,2F flexible). Four people discuss Valentine's Day, the origin, the history, the commericlization and the romantic connotations. This is more like an informative discussion rather than a play
LONGER PAYS.
A QUIET SUNDAY MORNING(3M,3F)
This play concerns the Rev Deacon's wish to enjoy a quiet Sunday morning, however the rest of the world seems determined to frustrate him. This has been performed a couple of times now, in this 10 minute and also a longer version
TWO OLD MEN (2M,3F)
Tom and Bert are resident in a nursing home. Tom's attitude is positive and Bert's pessimistic. Mary, a lazy staff member, does not attend as well as she should. Tom gets a surprize visitor who coincidentally is on the board of the facility. Bert gets an unexpected message. These events cause changes in their attitudes.
WEATHER REPORT (3M.1F)
A woman arrives at a restaurant she has never frequented before in anticipation of a meeting. There is only one other customer who is a regular but very reclusive. A business colleague from head office turns up and the encounter is abrasive. A second man turns up and sits down with the woman. she is very pleased with the outcome, but there is a twist. The restauranter hovers between the two groups,
INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH:(2M,2F) Joseph and Mary are being interviewed on TV. Joseph explains that as a businessman his dislike the Roman taxation. They talk about the events surrounding the birth of. Jesus, notably the part played by the angels. A surprise gust is one of the shepherds who was there.
WE THREE KINGS (3M,1F) Balthazar, Caspar aand Melchior are loading up the camels to continue following the star. There is running commentary from an expert on biblical history and a lot of wise conversation from the three magi as well as comments on their current situation Before they know it they are at Bethlehem and not sure what happens next. They are in for a surprise,
NEW YEAR
RESOLUTIONS: (2f) A mother contacts her daughter just before New Year, and just after for the daughter who is in a different time zone. Daughter has come home from a rather low key affair with some workmates while mother is reluctantly histing a party. They discuss New Year and resolutions and how they have , in general, failed to keep them
AULD LANG SYNE(1m,2 F) Two people have been invited to a New Year's Eve Party. Both feel out of pkace and are not, by nature, party going types. They try to make conversation and chat about the New Year. Just prior to midnight, she, reluctantly, joins the party while he quietly slips away.
ANZAC DAY
TOO AMBITIOUS(4M) An unknown Australian, killed at Gallipoli, Winston Churchill, Mustapha Kemal (Turkish commander at Gallipoli, and later President & General Liman von Sanders, the German officer in charge of the Turkish army, discus their part in and the events surrounding the Gallipoli campaign.
VALENTINE'S DAY.
VALENTINE(2M,2F flexible). Four people discuss Valentine's Day, the origin, the history, the commericlization and the romantic connotations. This is more like an informative discussion rather than a play
LONGER PAYS.
A QUIET SUNDAY MORNING(3M,3F)
This play concerns the Rev Deacon's wish to enjoy a quiet Sunday morning, however the rest of the world seems determined to frustrate him. This has been performed a couple of times now, in this 10 minute and also a longer version
TWO OLD MEN (2M,3F)
Tom and Bert are resident in a nursing home. Tom's attitude is positive and Bert's pessimistic. Mary, a lazy staff member, does not attend as well as she should. Tom gets a surprize visitor who coincidentally is on the board of the facility. Bert gets an unexpected message. These events cause changes in their attitudes.
WEATHER REPORT (3M.1F)
A woman arrives at a restaurant she has never frequented before in anticipation of a meeting. There is only one other customer who is a regular but very reclusive. A business colleague from head office turns up and the encounter is abrasive. A second man turns up and sits down with the woman. she is very pleased with the outcome, but there is a twist. The restauranter hovers between the two groups,