Marc Harris

Share a journey with nine passengers to one destination - where unforgettable stories are revealed. Your next coach trip may never be the same.
The play is staged so that the actors change costume (and character) in view of the audience, so that this forms an integral part of the play.

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A drama about family relationships, ageing and hope.
Take one actor who wants to act, a brother, daughter and neighbour who also want him to, another daughter who doesn’t, and an actor - who can’t. Tim has set his heart on an acting role before he retires, and is trying to stay positive but with recent memory issues, opposition from his daughter, and self doubt returning; can he begin to find his inner confidence, and believe that there may be a chance to act for one final time?

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N.B. Due to this play being submitted to several competitions, it will not be uploaded until autumn 2026. Sorry!

The Visitor follows the story of Ella, an elderly widow, over a four month period when her stepson David informs her that he wants to sell the house she lives in, urging her to find someone to move in with her – Angela, in the hope that she can continue living there. But what about the other visitor?

A moving and poignant one act play (which could also be two acts if required) with supernatural elements, which touches on 'the last big mystery', being the possibility of life after death. Although the play's main themes are homelessness, grief, old age, living on your own and approaching the end of your life, it is also one of close friendships, change and hope, with lighter moments of humour running throughout.

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N.B. Due to the possibility of this play being self produced, it will not be uploaded until winter 2026. Sorry!

Barbara is admitted to a geriatric ward in an NHS hospital and meets Judith, a patient in the next hospital bed. She soon becomes afraid of her situation, exasperated by her lack of sleep and initially driven to distraction by Charlie, a patient who suffers from mental illness. Barbara is visited by her son-in-law Simon, who suggests that she be more positive and accept that her circumstances will improve. She quickly changes her outlook and takes her mind off being ill by befriending Judith, playing draughts with her and using her time more productively by trying to find a place for Charlie to live, as she has been living in the same ward for the past four months. Before Judith leaves, Barbara discovers that Charlie can also play draughts and she enjoys her games and one sided chats with her, including explaining how her plans are coming on. Finally, with Barbara’s health beginning to show some improvement, life begins to look a little brighter – possibly for both of them.

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Harvey’s immediate family all want to talk with him, having unwittingly divulged secrets to one another while sitting in a hospital waiting room. The trouble is, Harvey’s long held secret has also been revealed but lying in a hospital bed, he can’t speak for himself. How does a family come to terms with these suddenly unravelled truths? And why can’t everything be as easy as pie?

An entertaining drama with plenty of family dynamics and twists, plus a pleasing final plot twist. The title gives a playful nod to Mike Leigh's film Secrets & Lies. 'Secrets & Pies is the sensational new kitchen sink drama of our time (or at least for the first minute!)' Marc Harris

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N.B. Due to possible professional interest in this play, it will not be uploaded again until autumn 2026. Sorry!

Cliff, a cantankerous loner with sceptical thoughts on climate change and green issues meets his match in Fleur, a council surveyor with strong environmental views who attends an appointment to survey his rear garden, which backs onto crumbling cliffs and a 130 feet drop. Can Fleur persuade Cliff to change his ways and to accept that his days spent living in this idyllic location are numbered?

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When desperate Barry, who was close to jumping off from the side of the River Thames embankment is approached by Katie, his life takes an unexpected turn, while Thomas suffers the consequences of mistaken identity.

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Liz is determined to wait until she has her theatre programme signed. Robert is impatient, and persists in undermining her and Russ, an actor, because of her infatuation with him. Can they overcome their differences and bickering, and is Liz able to hold on to her secret?

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Mary lives in a small one bedroom flat in a council block and is the last person living there, due to the council regenerating the estate. As she is not happy with the alternative accommodation being offered to her, she decides to make a stand but will her stubbornness get the better of her, or could it pay off?

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Simon decides to carry out his first burglary, unknowingly breaking into his former school teacher's cottage. Clive tries to convince Simon that everyone deserves a second chance but is everything as it seems?

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The dramatic rescue of a girl on the Cornish coastline is linked by the account of an elderly man, who has waited to tell a similar story most of his life. Can they both convince those who doubt them, that the incredible events, connected by many decades apart, did really happen?

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Derek, a lonely widower who has stepped out from his flat only nine times since his wife died six months earlier, decides to search for his recently stolen car by placing missing posters around his neighbourhood and in doing so, re-connects with his surroundings and realises that life must go on.

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As two passengers who meet in a lift cannot remember initially how they arrived there and are not certain where they are going, it is left to the lift operator to accompany them on their way but not before requesting help from a family member of one of the passengers.

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Daniel decides to clear out his previous girlfriend’s remaining belongings, placing them by the wall for anyone to take but does not envisage Anna, a stranger making herself comfortable in a deckchair in his front garden. Could serendipity strike?

N.B. The catchphrase used in the dialogue - ‘That’ll do for me Tommy’, will understandably not be familiar to a non-British audience. Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball (yes – they really were named that!) were a popular comedy double act in the 80s, with several well known catchphrases. If this play is performed in the US, I would be happy for an alternative catchphrase to be used from an American comedian/double act instead. The comedy drama programme Detectorists may also be changed to a popular quirky American drama. (Or whatever is relevant to the country it is performed in).

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Lynne, fed up with having been caught in the rain, waiting for hours in hospital and forever being single, sits next to a positive man whose advice is to seize the day. But how does an egg and cress sandwich enable this?

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Sue, an older divorced woman and Natalie, a younger soon to be married woman meet on a bench in a park and discuss their experiences and views on relationships and marriage. After hearing Sue's advice regarding her concerns, can Natalie still expect a 'happy ever after'?

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Matt is forced to sit at the children's table while attending his friend's wedding. He soon spots somebody from his past but can the ‘old beyond his years’ child he is sitting next to, turn the situation around in Matt’s favour?

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Thomas recounts his strange experience before taking part in the annual re-enactment of the Battle of Barnet – when not all was as it seemed.

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When Gary is walking down the high street, he has the surprise of his life when he bumps into Maria, whom he last saw at primary school forty-three years ago. Having had a soft spot for one another then, could there be the possibility of rekindling their friendship?

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Set mostly the day before Christmas, a homeless man tries to keep positive and has hopes for a better future. This monologue was originally set in the last days of 1920, which should be amended in the script so that it is clearly set a century before when it is performed.

This was originally written for a radio play competition and had to include a Christmas setting plus a line from a Christmas song or carol incorporated into the script which is ‘What can I give him, poor as I am?’ from the beautiful In The Bleak Midwinter, one of my favourite carols and suggested music at the start of the monologue.

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Alan (or alternatively Sarah) finally gets around to searching for that long lost box of family photos.

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A woman remembers her grandmother, who passed down her knowledge of planting by the phases of the moon.

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