Playstage Senior

11/08/2023

We have four new and brilliant plays on our books.
Impulse Buy - a light hearted crime mystery by Stewart Auty
Robina Hood - another 'almost a pantomime' filled with songs and terrible jokes, by Stewart Auty
Murder in the Choir - another of Jane Page's comic one act murder mysteries.
RollUp! Roll Up! - quirky and original one act play about a doen-at-heel circus troupe (fabulous for One Act Festivals) by Jane Page.
Go to www.playsforadults.com to find out more.

Tired of not being able to find plays for older actors? HELP HAS FINALLY ARRIVED! Playstage Senior plays have plenty of lead roles for actors aged 40 – 70+. Playstage Senior was formed in the UK in 2008 by playwright Lynn Brittney and friends and now our plays have been performed by English-speaki...

07/10/2020

2021 is the year that Amateur Drama Groups get back into the swing. Playstage Senior is ready. We have a new website and we will have some new plays in the next few weeks. Go to www.playsforadults.com and start preparing for 2021.

15/09/2020

Just to let you know that Playstage Senior (the only play publisher that caters for good parts for actors aged 40+) has revamped it website, so that it is now mobile friendly and you can post reviews of the plays! (Be kind to the poor writers - they have had no income this year). Also, and this is the most important thing - Playstage Senior is, at this moment, typesetting some new plays ready for when the amateur drama groups reconvene (hopefully) next year. They have even had performance licence applications for next year! It's all looking very hopeful. Join the MAILING LIST and get regular updates about new plays. Go to www.playsforadults.com

Tired of not being able to find plays for older actors? HELP HAS FINALLY ARRIVED! Playstage Senior plays have plenty of lead roles for actors aged 40 – 70+. Playstage Senior was formed in the UK in 2008 by playwright Lynn Brittney and friends and now our plays have been performed by English-speaki...

11/09/2020

We have completely revamped our website to make it more user friendly/mobile friendly and to be ready for the new batch of plays we will be publishing before Christmas! So, check it out - www.playsforadults.com and keep watching this page, check your emails, if you are on our mailing list (if not, go to the website and sign up!) and you will see our announcements about new plays being published in book form and on Kindle. We have some great plays from some great writers - coming soon!

Tired of not being able to find plays for older actors? HELP HAS FINALLY ARRIVED! Playstage Senior plays have plenty of lead roles for actors aged 40 – 70+. Playstage Senior was formed in the UK in 2008 by playwright Lynn Brittney and friends and now our plays have been performed by English-speaki...

03/08/2020

If your drama group was contemplating the possibility of doing a pantomime AFTER Christmas 2020 (when hopefully, social distancing will be a thing of the past), can we just remind you that we have some cracking 'Almost Pantomimes'? Funny plays with suggested music where anyone of any age is guaranteed a part! First we have DISORDER IN COURT by Stewart Auty. Little Red Riding Hood and other fairytale characters are up before the judge accused of all kinds of crimes, from porridge stealing to asthmatic stalking (Big Bad Wolf).It's a crime it's not longer than two acts! Then we have FAIRYTALES IN THE 'HOOD by Paul Cockcroft. Red Riding Hood is in this one too, but as part of a streetwise girl-gang called 'Girls in the Hood'. There isn't a problem they can't solve in Fairytale Land - from granny-eating wolves to unhelpful trolls - they have it sorted. All our full length plays are available in sets to read through UK drama libraries, or you can read them cheaply online via Kindle. Visit our website www.playsforadults.com to see our full range at the moment.

17/06/2020

Playstage Senior has added three more of our One Act Plays to the Kindle format: UNEXPECTED ITEM IN BAGGING AREA by Lynn Brittney; GRANDMA'S PHOTOGRAPH by Alan Marshall and DAD'S LAST FAMILY DO by Will Butters. You can read them for free if you subscribe to Kindle library or they cost just £3 each to download.

04/05/2020

OK! We have now puts another four of our one act plays on Kindle now. Just in time for you to have socially distanced play readings on Zoom, Skype, Whats App or whatever! We now have a total of 12 of our one act plays on Kindle - only another 8 to go. ALL of our full length plays are on Kindle too of course. We have not yet put the Kindle links for the one acts on our website but that will happen shortly. Meanwhile, feel free to have a browse - either on Amazon or on our website www.playsforadults.com

29/03/2020

DRAMA GROUPS
Have you thought about using technology to continue your activities? Playstage Senior has now all of its full length plays on KINDLE and a substantial number of its one act plays too. If you download the social networking app HOUSEPARTY, video chat program, you could have weekly playreadings while you are all sitting in your own living rooms!
Go to www.playsforadults.com to check out their list of plays and then see if you can find them on Kindle. Playstage Senior is still able to do a mail order service as well. As long as the Post offices are open, they can still fulfill your orders!

Playstage Senior is committed to offering plays that contain good parts for older actors, because we understand the needs of most amateur dramatic groups

20/03/2020

During this worldwide movement restriction, don't forget that our plays for older actors can still be purchased and/or read on Kindle. All of our full length plays and on Kindle and six of our one act plays. More in the pipeline. Go to http://playsforadults.com to see our catalogue

Playstage Senior is committed to offering plays that contain good parts for older actors, because we understand the needs of most amateur dramatic groups

09/03/2020

OK. We have now put our first one act plays on Kindle - six of them: ASK THE FAMILY; A DIFFERENT WAY TO DIE: DIG FOR THE DIGGERS: AFTER THE BALL IS OVER and STRAIGHT TO DVD. More one act plays to follow in the coming weeks. We will let you know when we put the next batch up! www.playsforadults.com

24/02/2020

British (and Commonwealth countries?) celebration of VE Day in May. We can recommend several items. Firstly, plays - Playstage Senior has THE HOME FRONT (which is like a r***e with sketches about life on the Home Front in WW2 Britain - often performed with a fish and chip supper!) and ANNIE 1,2,3 - a murder mystery all about dirty dealings in WW2. (The first murder happens on a celebration of VE Day - there's a coincidence!) These plays are available from www.playsforadults.com and also through Amazon in book and Kindle format.
Now - in a plug for one of our sister companies - we would like to recommend that if your group is participating in a Fete for VE Day, you need the handy little book BAKE SALE WINNERS from http://irisbooks.co.uk (also Amazon, Ebay and Etsy). Full of recipes for edible items that are guaranteed to sell!

16/02/2020

We have two full length plays about the emotions that surround cooking and eating food - both humorous. First up is REDUCE, RENDER AND SWEAT by David Summers.(Carenza Dean is a cookery writer and one-time cookery presenter on TV. However, now her career is in the doldrums, primarily because of her uncompromising attitude and snobbery about food.Fame comes calling but not quite in the way she imagined.) The second play is by an Australian writer, Dorian Mode, and is called FEEDEM FIGHTERS.(Daryl, a chubby soft drinks salesman, finds himself kidnapped by an urban guerrilla organisation called Feedem Fighters – a small group of obsessed individuals dedicated to forcibly slimming-down the overweight, with the collusion of their friends and family. However, Daryl proves to be more than the group can handle!) Go to www.playsforadults.com to read more.

06/02/2020

If you want two funny One Act plays, with large casts, (for mature actors, obviously) to bolt together to make an evening's entertainment, then we have the perfect solution. Both plays are about social events. The first MIXED DOUBLES by Lynn Brittney, is about a disastrous tennis club quiz night (the Secretary forgot to send out the invites and it has been over catered, plus there are some marriage problems bout to implode). The second, ABSOLUTE DISCRETION by Stewart Auty, is about a discreet dating weekend for mature singles (some people get a little more than they bargained for!). Two perfectly matched one act plays for a fun evening. From www.playsforadults.com

29/01/2020

One Act Play Festivals don't have to be about winning awards. Many groups just want to entertain people and enjoy themselves doing it. If that's your bag then we have some great comedy one act plays. THE LUVVIES by Lynn Brittney (a drama group quiz night that goes wrong) is always popular, as is HERE ENDETH THE FIRST LESSON by Stewart Auty (A Parish Council Committee meeting where the vicar teaches a troublesome councillor a lesson). We also have UNEXPECTED ITEM IN BAGGING AREA (an all female play where a case of 'till-rage' in the local supermarket has unexpected results!) and PROPERLY PROCESSED (a satire on the Afterlife for civil servants). www.playsforadults.com

23/01/2020

OK. It's One Act Play Festival circuit time again - starting off in February at local level and building up to the final UK festival in July. For the last few years we have had several of our plays in the semi-finals and finals in the regions. The most dramatic of our one act plays are: A STROKE OF LUCK by Will Butters (one man's tragi-comic journey through suffering a stroke); THE WW1 TRILOGY (DIG FOR THE DIGGERS, AFTER THE BALL IS OVER and GRANDMA'S PHOTOGRAPH) Three powerful one act plays about World War One; A DIFFERENT WAY TO DIE by Lynn Brittney (A Holocaust survivor's ordeal as she is reunited with her husband) and STRAIGHT TO DVD by David Summers (A deeply moving play that explores the true meaning of fatherhood.) All very moving plays.

20/01/2020

BUNKERED by Lynn Brittney was our most popular play last year and continues to be so this year. So much so, that we have had to organise a reprint of the scripts this week. So, if you are planning on ordering a set of books and you can afford to wait for a week, that would be great. We will try to meet all demands out of the half a box we have left but we can't promise anything.

15/01/2020

OK. Playstage Senior kicked off the New Year with some performances of Stewart Auty's version of Treasure Island (mostly female, very funny) by Thorngate Pantomime and Variety Company in Hampshire (further performances on 18th & 19th of January). There are lots of our writers' plays in the pipeline around the UK (and one or two in North America) that have already been booked. We may also be publishing some new plays this year as well. Busy, busy, busy! www.playsforadults.com

24/12/2019

The Playstage Group wishes a Merry Christmas to all our UK and overseas customers in schools and youth groups. Also UK and overseas amateur drama, pantomime societies and play reading groups. Please come to us again for all your drama requirements in 2020!

22/12/2019

Merry Christmas everyone!

06/12/2019

Don't forget that all our full length plays are on Kindle - if you want to have a good read of scripts over the Christmas break. Our one act scripts are slowly being translated into escripts as well and we hope to have them all up on Kindle in the New Year. Otherwise, you can read our scripts and all the drama libraries in the UK (or the reading sets can be ordered to be collected at your local library through the Inter Library Loan services). Or you can purchase individual scripts from our website or order them through your local bookshop. www.playsforadults.com

25/11/2019

If you are thinking of doing a pantomime in 2020- there are some interesting alternatives. We have some 'almost pantomimes'. TREASURE ISLAND (a predominantly female version- very funny), FAIRY TALES IN THE 'HOOD ( You don't want to mess with these fairy tale characters - they are all bonkers - really), DISORDER IN COURT (Nursery rhyme characters up before the judge - about as daft as you can get), PICKWICK PAPERS (we know that it is a 'highbrow' Charles Dickens story but it is actually more of a farce - think of the Pickwick Club as a Victorian version of Last of the Summer Wine and you get the picture). There are more comedies at www.playsforadults.com
Don't forget that most of our full length plays can be read on Kindle or, in the UK, you should be able to obtain reading sets at drama libraries.

16/11/2019

If you are looking around for ideas for your next production - consider bolting together two one act plays, instead of trying to find that elusive two act play. The advantage of that is that more people get parts, because you have two separate stories. We have some solutions. First of all there is our WINE & WISDOM series of 6 one act plays, all on the theme of quizzes, quiz nights, obsessions with quizzes. All written by Lynn Brittney. Some are comedies, others are dramas. You can pick and choose which two (or three) you perform. Then we have three once act murder mysteries in one book - Jane Page's A FETE WORSE THAN DEATH and other plays. They are lighthearted one act plays in the Miss Marple vein (the amateur detective in all of them being the local librarian). We also have many more one act plays to choose from on our website. Think creatively! www.playsforadults.com

11/11/2019

Best wishes and successful performances to the following groups performing Playstage Senior plays in November:
Guisborough Theatre Company performing LATHERED UP 14th-16th November
Tithe Farm Players performing ALL BALLS AND ASHES 21st - 23rd November
Billesdon Drama Society performing ANNIE, ONE, TWO, THREE 28th-30th November
Birnam Institute Players performing DISORDER IN COURT 28th - 30th November
The Bury Players performing HERE ENDETH THE FIRST LESSON 28th -30th November

11/11/2019

So...what do we think? Fancy rehearsing a murder mystery play after Christmas? We have choices for you. Our full-length Murder Mysteries are good. We have two plays by David Summers - ANNIE, ONE, TWO, THREE (Three wealthy sisters hide a secret from WW2 but then they start to die, one by one...) or A CONVENIENT MURDER (An anti-government activist, about to publish a book that would be embarrassing to the government, dies in mysterious circumstances when his brother-in-law, who works for MI5, is visiting. A little too convenient perhaps?) Then we have three short murder mystery plays in one package - written by Jane Page to be performed at a Murder Mystery Supper Evening and to include the audience in guessing 'who done it'! A FETE WORSE THAN DEATH and Two Other Murder Mysteries, gives you a choice of doing one or putting two together to make a full evening. Read more at www.playsforadults.com

04/11/2019

Don't you just get tired of having to glam yourself up to go on stage? We have the answer. Our very funny play - a modern answer to the pantomime - gives actors the opportunity to let it all go. Be a troll, a goat, a cross-dressing wolf, a line-dancing granny, a pantomime dame - so many opportunities to look dreadful! FAIRYTALES IN THE 'HOOD by Paul Cockcroft has two separate stories, bound by a common thread - the Girls In The Hood. A feisty girl gang who sort out the various problems of fairytale characters with just a little commonsense. In the first Act, Red (Riding Hood) has some trouble with a wolf. In the second Act, Trevor the Troll just won't let anyone cross his bridge...and that includes, Cinderella, Hansel & Gretel and various other well-known characters. So, read the play on Kindle, or find the reading set in a UK/Eire drama library. It's funny. Kids will love it and you don't have to worry about looking your best! Read more at www.playsforadults.com

03/11/2019

Just to remind all drama groups that our scripts are available to read on Kindle and to purchase in Kindle format. Otherwise, reading sets are in libraries in the UK and Eire, and you can purchase copies of all scripts from us at www.playsforadults.com. In Australia and New Zealand, actors can obtain copies of scripts from Origin Theatrical in Sydney.

31/10/2019

Just to remind you what we're all about...

29/10/2019

Playstage Senior performances coming up in November:

Charlton Kings Community Players - TREASURE ISLAND by Stewart Auty Oct 30 & 31st, Nov 1st.

Players of Elstead - BUNKERED by Lynn Brittney 31st Oct to 2nd Nov.

Cockshutt A.D.S. - THE LUVVIES by Lynn Brittney 2nd Nov.

Guisborough Theatre Company - LATHERED UP - 14,15,16th Nov.

Tithe Farm Players - ALL BALLS AND ASHES by Mark Robberts - 21,22,23rd Nov.

Billesdon Drama Society - ANNIE, ONE, TWO, THREE by David Summers- 28,29,30th Nov

Birnam Institute Players - DISORDER IN COURT by Stewart Auty - 28,29,30th Nov.

The Bury Players - HERE ENDETH THE FIRST LESSON by Stewart Auty - 28,29,30th Nov.

Break a leg, guys!

27/10/2019

We have two plays about food - both about using food as a weapon really. The first, REDUCE, RENDER and SWEAT, is a satire about a very snobbish cookery writer who cannot bend her principles and write about cookery for working class people. Even when offered the possibility of an American TV show she won't bend. But she gets her comeuppance in the end! The second is a very funny play called FEEDEM FIGHTERS about an obsessive group of food terrorists who are paid by relatives to kidnap overweight people and force them to diet. This time they kidnap only a slightly overweight drinks salesman called Darryl whose wife has paid the group to take him because she wants to run away with her Pilates instructor. Darryl's mind games eventually wear down his captors with hilarious consequences. Warning! This play is written by an Australian and may easily offend! Be brave! Go to www.playsforadults.com

24/10/2019

We hope that the following performances of Playstage Senior plays went well in October:
UP THE BEANSTALK AGAIN by Alan Marshall performed by Swaffham Players
THE ITALIAN AFFAIR by Jane Page performed by The Andalucian Performing Arts Society in Malaga.
ANNIE, ONE, TWO, THREE by David Summers performed by the Annapolis District Drama Group in Nova Scotia.

Performances to come in October and November are:
TREASURE ISLAND by Stewart Auty by the Charlton Kings Community Players in Cheltenham.
BUNKERED by Lynn Brittney by the Players of Elstead in Surrey.
THE LUVVIES by Lynn Brittney by the Cockhutt ADS in Shrewsbury
LATHERED UP by Lynn Brittney by the Guisborough Theatre Company in Guisborough.
ALL BALLS AND ASHES by Mark Robberts by the Tithe Farm Players in Harrow.
ANNIE, ONE, TWO, THREE by David Summers by Billesdon Drama Society in Leicester
DISORDER IN COURT by Stewart Auty by Birnam Institute Players in Scotland.
HERE ENDETH THE FIRST LESSON by Stewart Auty by Bury Players in West Sussex.

That's all the ones we know about at the moment!