DESERTED BEACH (2M)

A man meets a tramp in the middle of the desert. The tramp is convinced that aliens are being sent to silence him.

This play was performed at the Short and Sweet Festival in Brisbane and Sydney as well as elsewhere. It has been performed as a film.

HITLER(3M,2F)

This play has also been performed at the Sydney Short and Sweet festival. It is based on the idea that had Hitler been eliminated before he rose to power, then all the atrocities would not have occurred. A research institute simulate this situation, similar to one they had previously done with Stalin,however they have to change the moustache.

AEROPLANE(3F)

This play was performed at Abu Dhabi Short and Sweet. A woman boards an aeroplane for the first time. She is terrified. Her more seasoned travelling companion attempts to calm her, but the safety demonstration from the skittish air hostess does not help.

THE ARTS SHOW(2M,1F)

Priscilla Paganini is the host of a very boring TV show about the Arts. The day's programme concerns ancient musical instruments. Her two guests are the musicology professors Mozart and Shostakovich. All three try to make the discussion interesting and amusing but is soon turns into an all out brawl. This play was performed at the Short and Sweet festival in Rockhampton.

PERCY, CHARLES and ARTHUR(3M.2F)

Patience recalls the day when she and her sister joined her intended Charles at a cricket match where Percy, Priscilla's intended was the outstanding player. Their colleague, the socially inept genius Arthur was also present. The future looked bright, but the first world war intervened. This play was short listed for performance at Short and Sweet

MRS GREEN(2M,2F audience plant) 

This play has been performed in Rockhampton and also short listed for S &S. Mrs Green is the chairman of the local branch of a political party. A guest speaker, a senator, is coming but nothing is ready, largely due to the treasurer's incompetence and Mrs Green's overbearing personality. The potted plants have not arrived. The senator arrives but is interrupted by the florist bringing the plants. The florist will not leave without payment. Mrs Green's dreams to be the nominated candidate for the next election are shattered.

JENKINS WON'T LIKE THAT or MASTER PLAN(3M- but any configuaration works)

Jenkins has a plan for world domination with a sophisticated headquarters staffed by subservient underlings-- or is it simply a lunatic asylum

THEY DON'T WRITE PARTS FOR OLD DUCKS.(2F) 

This play was written at the suggestion of two of the senior theatre members. It refers to some plays that we actually performed. Tow senior actresses are bemoaning the fact that there don't seem to be many opportunities for them. One of them has been offered a part and they reminisce over past performances. However, it turns out that for reasons of infirmity they can't do it. This also exists in a longer version which has been performed in New York

CALAMARI:(2M,2F)

Two girls both working in a secure Government department each arrange to meet a man at the same seafood restaurant, unknown to each other. The two men have similar names and it eventually becomes clear that there has been a mismatch. The text follows the two conversations at the nearby tables.

CHARDONNAY(2M,1F)

​Tim is a member of a wine club with an almost obsessional liking for Chardonnay. He has invited, Ron a new member around to his house. Ron's wife Jill joins them and Tim leaves to get another bottle. Ron and Jill have obviously known each other a long time ago. There was obviously as substantial relationship between them Their meeting is purely by chance as they had lost contact years ago. When Tim returns Ron explains the relationship. This was another play which was short listed for the finals of Short and Sweet but did not end up in performance.

FAMILY HISTORY(2M,2F)

This one has been performed in Rockhampton and was short listed for Short and Sweet. A man takes his wife and daughter to visit his father. The old man reminisces over past events and about his other children. This confirms the wife's view that her husband's family are all mad. The daughter, however, is fascinated by the stories about this dysfunctional eccentric family, she wants to write it all down and publish it, but there is a very good reason why that should not happen