Lou Jones

Someone overheard something they shouldn't have heard and now they’re on the run.

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
The Room Where It Happened

Rose-Ivy decides to paint over her cracked window and we find out why as she paints.

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
The Window

ANNA and LIAM have dreamed of meeting their soul mate. They just need to follow their dreams and be in the right place at the right time on 5/11.

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
Wrong Place, Wrong Time

COLIN and SUE have had very different days at work. They discuss it over a bottle of wine.

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
Whistle Blower

Bill is having problems sleeping but this is Motel California and the Night Manager is far from helpful.
Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
Motel Room
Also possible as an audio play

The women and children from the Mountain People wait for the men to come back up the mountain, but will they make it before Midnight and what will happen to the Valley People? There are just sixty minutes left.

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
One Hour To Midnight

The gatekeeper won’t let the visitor through the gate, but they make a deal.

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
Power Shift

A monologue explaining why a ‘sorry, but’ doesn't count.

Written for Facing February to the prompt An Apology

Content warning - references to violence.

Alice is the new girl at High School. The girls are trying to keep her away from drama but the boys have other ideas.

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
Youth Play

Mum has done enough sharing with her daughter over the years and now will absolutely not share her chocolate.

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
Boundaries

Kyle and his parents have one last meal before his court hearing.

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
Last Meal

Mike and Moira were high school sweethearts who had a baby son at 16. Because of the shame it brought to the families, the boy was given up for adoption and the families moved away. Today they are in disguise at his high school graduation.

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
Who I Used To Be

It’s Laura’s gender reveal party but her Baby Boomer Nan doesn’t approve. Laura’s mum tries to bridge the gap.

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
Generation Gap

Peggy and George make plans for their future but it's a life changing moment in history.

Written for day 15 of Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
A Moment in History

Charlie learns acceptance through a lesson in Chinese Brush Painting

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
Second Chances

Despite being powerless, Heather is determined to help detectives find her murderer so she can rest in peace.

A 4 minute murder mystery written for day 13 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
Prop - Camera, Emotion - Powerlessness

Her mother is pushing her to be a child star, but Twinkle wants to be a real star.

A 2 minute play written for Facing February to the prompt - Child Star

Two musician friends, Ben and Mark, write an irresistible power ballad to get Mark's girlfriend to come back to him.

Written for Facing February day 11 to the prompt - SONG: Der Weg by Herbert Grönemeyer (without translating)

GRANDMOTHER is talking to the new GOVERNESS about her 4 granddaughter's educational needs.

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt:
Photo of 2 women talking about 4 little girls in about 1900.

Anna calls her boyfriend about the lottery results, but she changed her numbers.

Written for Facing February to the prompt - Risk

An innocent prop guy is in a police cell explaining the misunderstanding.

Written for Facing February to the last line prompt - So... that went well.

A 1 minute play about some family confusion.

Written for Facing February to the first line prompt - Before you ask… yes, it was an accident, but no, I don’t feel bad.

A 3 minute monologue about bumping into the Queen of Shameless Plugs.

Written for Facing February to the prompt - Shame

Sam gets a friendly visit from the ghost of himself.

Written for Facing February to the prompt - Haunting

A monologue by a story teller telling a folk tale of an island of land and sky worshippers once united, now divided.

Written for the Facing February challenge to the prompt - Religion

Two playwrights, one from the US and one from the UK, are checking each other's plays to make them understandable both sides of the pond. It's going to take longer than they thought.

Written for the Facing February challenge to the prompt - America

Two cats chat in a dark alley. One is under too much pressure.

A one minute play written for Facing February to the prompt - Cat's Night

Sam wants to adopt a dog called Biscuit but will he break the family tradition and risk the curse?

Written for the Facing February Play a Day Challenge 2026 to the prompt: - Family Folklore

Ben and Amy are on a break up date, but who is breaking up with who?

A 2 minute romcom written on day 28 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge to the prompt - ‘I don’t believe you’

A grieving Mum is worried about how her son will cope with his own grief.

A 2 minute play written on day 27 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge to the prompt - Death and Grief

An object is fed up and decides to get vocal about it to the family it lives with.

Written on day 26 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge to the prompt - Inanimate Objects

Jono records an update about the painful progress of his new musical.

A 2 minute monologue. Written on day 25 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge to the prompt - Dance

Mum is concerned about the things Sarah has written in her Gratitude Diary.

Written on day 24 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge to the prompt - Dear Diary

Mark finds out more about Honey, the woman he's dating, when he sees her to-do list but she doesn't tell him the whole story.

A 1 minute play. Written on day 23 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge to the prompt - Lists (with the line “Half the names on the list are already crossed off”)

Ani does a Death Lodge meditation to ask her father for forgiveness.

A 5 minute play. Written on day 22 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge to the prompt - Guilt and Regret

Teenager Bella overhears her parents preparing to tell her the adoption story. She calls her best friend to talk about it.
A 2 minute monologue. Written for day 21 Facing February a play a day to the prompt - Monologue

After the killing of the last female cat, Professor Smith is interviewed about how to save the species. A 2 minute political drama.
Written on day 20 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge to the prompt - Random (Cat) Photo

Edward has been set up by a femme fatale and is suspected of murdering her husband. His new book manuscript is used as evidence against him.

Written for day 19 Facing February a play a day to the prompt - Film Noir/Everything About Her Was A Lie

Adam wants to join the Walking Football Club but he's half the age of the other players. Coach reluctantly needs help, and the secretary is determined to prove there is no age discrimination going on.
A 5 minute play. Written for day 18 of Facing February a play a day to the prompt Aging.
Written in British English about UK football.

The sun has been gone from a small village in the valley of the Pyrenean mountains for a long time. Can a young shepherd boy find a way to make the sun come back? Based on local folklore.

Written for day 17 of Facing February a play a day to the prompt - Mythical Creatures, Legends and Fairytales

Two strangers meet at a bus stop. One tries number 4 on her happy list.

Written for play a day day 16 to the prompt - Women's mental health

Its the 1970s and three siblings are bored waiting in a car while their dad is in the pub.

Written on day 15 of Facing February a play a day for the prompt - Short Film Inspiration - 2 cars 1 Night

SAM confronts the monster under his bed.

A 1 minute play. Written for day 14 of Facing February a play a day to the prompt - Horror

Two people arguing over a bench find they have a lot in common.

A 1 minute play. Written for day 13 Facing February play a day challenge to the prompt - A Bench

Jen suspects the guy she is seeing has found an older woman. His sister knows the secret.

A 1 minute play. Written for day 12 Facing February play a day challenge to the prompt - Secrets

Abi will say yes if Jack can list five good reasons why she should marry him.

A 1 minute play. Written for day 11 Facing February play a day challenge to the prompt - Five

A 2 minute monologue by a lady describing how she does Ophelia's Pose and as her tragic story develops we start to understand why she does it.

Warning - there is a veiled reference to suicide.

Written for day 10 of Facing February play a day challenge to the prompt Ophelia.

Written on day 9 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge to the prompt - Back to Nature

A 1 minute monologue about not bird watching.

Amid confusion and mayhem, Mum thinks she's failed at motherhood after her four year old son admits to saying the C word, but she finally gets to the bottom of the story.

Written on day 8 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge to the prompt - Parenthood

A true story dedicated to my two sons.

Jan wants to enter the park for a walk but the new head park keeper has the power to refuse entry.
A 1 minute play. Written on day 7 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge to the prompt - Abuse of Power

A 2 minute monologue of a young woman trying to be brave enough to open her eyes. Written on day 6 of the Facing February Play a Day Challenge to the prompt - Bravery

Some cultural misunderstandings at the International Day committee meeting lead to an interesting Bollywood show at the Lower Bodmin Village Hall.

A 5 minute play. Written on day 5 of the Facing February play a day challenge to the prompt - Bollywood

Clara films her weekly makeup tutorial in reverse because she's had a bad week.

Day 4 of the Facing February play a day challenge

Grandma helps her grandson choose a dog to adopt from the rescue centre, trying to find the perfect match.

Written from the prompt Opposites attract for the Facing February play a day challenge - day 3

Mother Eagle encourages Young Eagle to fly the nest.

Written on day 2 of a play a day in Facing February to the prompt - Coming of age

A hopeless romantic talks about last year's valentine's mistake.

Facing February: Writing Prompts for Playwrights - 2025
Day 1 Prompt: Opening Line “This [insert any holiday here] is going to be different”

A grieving boy skips school and sits on the beach watching the sand sculptor build beautiful perfect designs which just get washed away when the tide comes in. He thinks if he can understand why the sand sculptor does this, he could understand why God let his beautiful perfect mum die, but all the conflicting ideas from people on the beach leave his head spinning and he needs to pluck up the courage to ask the sand sculptor directly.

In this full length psychological drama, a disturbed young man living in a halfway house takes the advice of his AI therapist and returns to his traumatic childhood home using Street View but he gets stuck there. His sister desperately tries to get him out of danger before his battery dies but their relationship, sanity and reality is tested as they try to find their way home.

This 10-15 minute family drama is based on true events. An old photo, taken during an evacuation from a country on the edge of war, brings back two very different memories of the same experience.

Max, a famous video presenter makes a ghost hunting episode about the legend of the White Lady, but the young videographer helping her doesn’t agree with Max’s dishonest methods.

A group of friends complain about a boring ghost tour, not realising the hidden intentions of the tour guide.

A one-minute dark play about the people that buy a house over 3 different time periods.

A one-minute drama about two stressed parents who receive a note to go to talk to the teacher about a problem with their son. They go, but they don't have much time.

A desperate person sets up a seance alone to make contact with a ghost and ask for help. The ghost doesn't want to be disturbed, leaving the caller desperate for answers.

Libby is a social media influencer who inherits everything in her grandmother’s attic. She sorts through all the junk on a live stream with her followers, not expecting to find anything interesting.