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Son of Sweeney

Terror at the Tower or The Case of the Canonbury Chopper

Unknown, Author

Three Short Plays: "Benny's Funeral", "Manny's Party", "Watch My Lips"

<p>Packed To The Rafters is the ultimate guide to modern PR techniques for amateur and fringe theatre groups. This book makes for essential reading for any PR committee tasked with doing PR for any show for the first time or even those who have done it before and need to brush up on the latest techniques. Having had experience in production and the media, Douglas Mayo guides any potential PR through the process of promoting a show including the press release, email marketing, branding, sponsorship, creative use of photography and social networking.</p>

Packed To The Rafters: Modern techniques of promoting your fringe or amateur theatre production.

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Agatha Crusty (pronounced Croosty) is a crime novelist. She ís also pretty adept at solving crimes. And when her sister-in-law Alice invites her to spend a few days with her in the village of Chortelby, it’s not long before she gets caught up in a series of murders which seem directed at members of the All Saints Village Hall committee. From Toby, the Vicar, and Eleanor, Chair of the committee, to Harry Knott the caretaker and identical twins Olivia and Oliver Truscott-Pratt, there are plenty of suspects. And with an investigating officer as incompetent as D.I. Twigg, there are plenty of laughs as the murders begin to pile up. But, while packed full of wit and very funny scenes, this is also a genuine murder mystery with an ingenious plot which will tax the little grey cells of the audience at the same time! This great play by Derek Webb is for a cast of 4m 4f (or 3m 7F).

Agatha Crusty and the Village Hall Murders

Webb, Derek

Charlie Brown's day in hospital begins very well. His devoted wife is at his bedside; a scene of conjugal bliss, that is until another female visitor arrives. When she reveals that she is also Mrs Brown, it looks like Charlie's got some explaining to do. As his previously secret life is hilariously disentangled, a third female visitor arrives, also claiming to be Mrs Brown. You'd think Charlie's day couldn't get much worse - but it does. Highly Commended in the SCDA Playwriting Competition and tailor-made for a “mature” cast, the play was described by one adjudicator as “A witty comedy... beautifully written”. Cast 1m 4f

Worst Day Of My Life

Richardson, Alan

It's London, back in the swinging 1960's. Newly-weds Chris and Sally Taylor are moving into their new flat. Ron, a telephone engineer with a passion for paperwork is installing a new telephone. But the Taylors hadn't ordered a new phone, and once they start getting some very strange calls, they soon wish they didn't have this one. They encounter a glamorous Russian spy, not to mention Dracula, John Wayne and a yellow zebra, and an ordinary day becomes crazier by the minute. A play for everybody who hates filling out forms.

The Spy Who Came In For The Phone

*Festival Award Winner* Three women are locked in a cellar. One of them is psychotic. Two are in danger. Only one survives. This play has the power to send shivers down the spines of the audience and keep them guessing until the end. 1m 3f

The Canary Cage

Raffle, Diana

*Festival Award Winner & Writing Award Winner* A suicidal failed actor, a maniacally depressed pub landlord and a schizophrenic passer by are the characters in this blackest of comedies. Set on the cliff top at Beachy Head, this carefully researched piece of modern theatre has received critical acclaim since its showcase in Edinburgh and subsequent productions in Chicago, Madrid, Stockholm, Melbourne and Prague. An ideal festival play for amateurs. 2m 1f

Cliff's Edge

Beard, Paul

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