Jonathan Edgington

A.I. GUY is a 20 minute play with 3 characters (2F, 1M) which explores the world of Artificial Intelligence and friendships with lots of laughs!

"Despite being long-time best friends, Veronica and Courtney have very little in common. Veronica is worried that Courtney is holding her back and so she decides to introduce Carlos (a good looking robot) into their relationship..."

Long suffering Paula is rapidly running out of patience with her nice but predictable and boring husband - so how will she react when he unexpectedly steps out of his comfort zone and buys her the most unusual birthday present ever?

A short monologue (2 minutes) about mornings, tattoos, alternative realities and flying horses.

A newly updated version of a dramatic short monologue telling the moving story of a young life gone wrong, the struggle to cope with a new identity and the loss of the past.

SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN (2011) is a 15 minute comedy/drama with 4 characters (3F, 1M). Its log-line is “Best-selling author, acknowledged world authority on Shakespeare and totally irresistible to women - Herbie has the world at his feet. Will three mysterious late night visitors change all this?” As well as being an hilarious comedy, SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN also solves the mystery of Shakespeare's "missing" play! It was published on-line by LAZY BEE SCRIPTS on 16 March 2023 to tie in with the 400th anniversary of the creation of the First Folio.

EATING TALKING ANIMALS WITH MY SISTER (2022 version) is a full-length, fast-moving, multi-layered, darkly comical, weird and somewhat surreal dystopian fantasy with 8 characters (6F, 2M).

"Seemingly facing a life of captivity in what appears to be a human zoo, Strawberry is desperate to escape and rescue her sister from a very different form of captivity regardless of the terrible personal cost involved..."

An early draft of the play was longlisted for script development by the Traverse Theatre (Scotland’s premier new writing theatre) in 2021. This is the final, as yet unpublished, version of the script. Contains some adult themes and strong language. Please contact Jonathan via the CONTACT section of his website should you be interested in reading the full script.

This exciting full-length comedy/drama cleverly combines the traditional elements of the ROBIN HOOD legend with brand new material and characters in an exciting, fun-filled adventure. Its narrative is driven by three ancient, irascible witches and the plot centres around their desire to obtain the ingredients for a spell which will make them all young again. So expect the unexpected and lots of laughs in this swashbuckling new version of the much-loved tale!

FREYA'S NECKLACE is a 10 minute fantastical comedy with 3 female characters set in a charity shop with the log-line "Just a normal day in a charity shop? Probably, until Freya the Norse Goddess of Love and War enters on a bit of a mission..."

George's wife is missing. He knows where she went, but not where she is. Dare he tell the truth to anyone?

A one act ghostly drama with adult themes and strong language. With time shifting between the present day and 1973, Russ and Rachel experience life changing events resulting from the haunting of a middle-aged Russ by his 19 year-old self. Contains some adult themes and strong language.

PAUL VALE (Theatre Critic and Feature Writer for THE STAGE), in his role of adjudicator at the Stockwell Playhouse's One Act Play Festival in 2019, said "I've rarely seen a funnier opening to a play".

UNFORGETTABLE is an award winning, mysterious 15 minute drama published by STAGE-WRITE PLAYS in which a man suffering from amnesia has a strange encounter in a bar.