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GENRE: Christmas

CAST SIZE (M/F): 10F, 4M, 2 Gender Neutral

LENGTH:  Full length

SUITABLE FOR ALL:    Yes

Another Christmas, Another Carol reimagines Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in a modern corporate setting. The story centres on Ellie Marchland, a high-powered London lawyer who has sacrificed compassion for professional success. Sharp, ruthless and dismissive of Christmas, Ellie represents multinational clients whose deals devastate lives—though she hides behind the excuse that it’s “just business.”

As Christmas approaches, Ellie clashes with Ben Cartwright, an idealistic former partner who now represents the small northern lingerie firm Undercover Limited, threatened by Ellie’s client’s hostile takeover. At home, her relationship with her son David is strained; he longs for time with her, but she prioritises work and status over connection.

Ellie is then visited by the spirit of Ebenezer Scrooge, revealed as her ancestor, who warns her that she is repeating his moral failures. Three spirits follow. Christmas Past (appearing as David) shows her lonely childhood after her parents’ death, her early idealism, and the moment she abandoned her values to join an unethical corporate firm—costing her both Ben and her integrity. Christmas Present (in the form of her PA, Sue) reveals the human cost of Ellie’s actions: Sue’s disabled son Tim was paralysed by a reckless driver Ellie once defended; Undercover’s employees face unemployment because of her deal; and David sits alone in China, craving his mother’s love. Finally, Christmas Future (a younger version of Ellie) confronts her with the bleak outcome of her current path—loneliness, regret and moral emptiness.

The play blends humour, music and contemporary satire with genuine emotional weight. Ultimately, it asks whether success without conscience is worth the cost—and whether it is ever too late to change.

(Slight Night backing track available for this)

GENRE: Whodunnit

CAST SIZE (M/F): 6F, 3M, 2 Gender Neutral

LENGTH:  Full length

SUITABLE FOR ALL:    Age 12+, contains violence

Set in December 1958 at Stargrove House in rural Hampshire, Death Before Marriage is a classic country-house murder mystery unfolding in the days before Eve Millington’s wedding. Eve, sheltered and idealistic, is preparing to marry Alexander Knott, a civil servant whose manner conceals more than it reveals. Gathered under one roof are her widowed father Colonel Millington, her American-connected Aunt Georgina Sandford, the eccentric and forgetful Nell Laymarsh, loyal but sharp-tongued Polish housekeeper Anya, worldly school friend Katie Lightfield, and gossiping neighbour Marjorie Bolton.

On the eve of the wedding, the house is burgled by the notorious thief known as “The Cat.” The target appears to be the priceless ruby called the Heart of Shiva, kept in a concealed safe. Nell surprises the intruder and is assaulted. The following morning, as police investigate, Nell suddenly collapses and dies after taking poisoned tablets that were meant for Georgina. Laboratory tests reveal thallium, a rare poison associated with Cold War espionage.

Enter the enigmatic Professor, a brilliant criminologist with intelligence-service ties, who challenges the local police’s conventional approach. As the Professor interrogates each suspect, what first appears to be the work of a master burglar may conceal something far more personal.

With wedding bells looming, secrets unravel in a house thick with class tension, Cold War paranoia, and hidden desires—culminating in a deadly question: who truly stood to gain from Nell’s death?

GENRE: Romantic Drama

CAST SIZE (M/F): 6F, 3M, 2 Gender Neutral (one is pre-recorded)

LENGTH:  Full length

SUITABLE FOR ALL:    Ages 15+ due to knife use

Incomplete is a dual-timeline drama set in a faded railway station waiting room, where Louise and Phil—once young lovers—are unexpectedly reunited after thirty-seven years. Their delayed train forces them into a confrontation neither planned but both have imagined.

In the 1980s, idealistic student Louise falls for ambitious, wheeler-dealer Phil. He promises her a future—and a proposal—before mysteriously disappearing on the day he proposes to her. Unknown to him, Louise is pregnant. Feeling abandoned, she raises their son alone, later marrying Richard, a controlling and emotionally manipulative dentist who gradually erodes her independence and passion.

As past and present collide, the play explores lost chances, pride, fear, class differences, and the lifelong consequences of decisions made in youth. Ultimately, Incomplete asks whether closure is possible, whether love truly disappears, and how two lives shaped by absence might find meaning in facing the truth.