flp96: Five Minutes Fast by Ian Townsend
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Genre
Comedy
Comedy
Script Notes
Synopsis
Lost property co-workers Philippa and Keeley find a watch that turns back time 5 minutes. Convinced of its power, and together with their manager, Sheila and a scruffy male customer, they relive memorable moments, work smarter, learn new things about themselves, and avert disaster. But what's the catch?Five Minutes Fast is a new comedy about making the most of time, discovering who you are, and helping people.
A two act comedy for 3 women and 1 man, this has a simple setting, witty and fast-paced dialogue, and an intriguing premise. If you had the power to turn back time, even for 5 minutes, what would you do?
The Cast List
- Philippa.
- 56, manageress of Lost Property at a Manchester Train Station. Married to Daniel, with 2 grown-up children. A little bit prim and proper, and very middle class. Can lack a sense of humour and gets stressed easily.
- Keeley.
- 24, employee of Lost Property, Manchester Train Station. Makes a big show of not being very bright, but intelligent and bubbly underneath a rough and ready exterior.
- Sheila.
- 45, fancies herself as lady’s captain of local golf club, and applies this to wherever she is at the time. Bossy, opinionated, fastidious, never wrong, married to ‘The Colonel’.
- The Man.
- 20s. scruffy, trampy type, always on the look out for freebies. Probably hiding a secret, without wishing to give away the plot!
