Ovation Theatres

SCRIPT LICENSING

All shows listed under ‘Script Licensing’ are available for both professional and amateur theatre companies to perform in the UK or world-wide. Please call or email Ovation for availability and costs.

COMEDIES

Flat Out
All the classical elements of a British farce updated for today’s audience. This high energy comedy
entertains through exaggerated and improbable situations.
Cast: 4 Male / 4 Female.   Running Time:  One hour forty minutes plus interval.

Condo-Monium
A Modern Day farce set in New York City (this is the American version of Flat Out)
Cast: 4 Male / 4 Female.   Running Time:  One hour forty minutes plus intermission.

PLAYS

Treating Odette
Three handed one-act drama showing the collaboration between English actress Anna Neagle
and the wartime heroine Odette Churchill.
Cast: 3 Female.  Running Time: Eighty minutes.

Margaret – Rebel Royal
One Act drama based on the true events that happened during the relationship between Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones.
Cast: 1 Male / 3 Female.  Running Time: One hour fifteen minutes.

Iceberg Right Ahead
Three-Act Drama set onboard RMS Titanic in the days before and after the tragedy.
Cast: 5 Male / 4 Female.  Running Time: Two hours ten minutes plus interval.

Titanic – The Inquiry

One-Act Drama. The interrogation of witnesses (passengers & crew) at the 1912 London Inquiry.
Plus an optional discussion on Titanic – the truth behind the headlines.
Cast: 6 Male / 3 Female. Running Time: Sixty minutes plus optional discussion and Q&A. 

PLAYS WITH MUSIC

Wallis… A Certain Person
Drama, depicting the relationship between Wallis Simpson and the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII)
with four original songs.
Cast: 5 Male / 4 Female.  Running Time: Two hours ten minutes plus interval.

There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis 
Play with ten ‘jukebox’ songs set at the time of Elvis Presley’s only visit to the United Kingdom.
Cast: 5 Male / 4 Female.  Running Time: One hour forty five minutes plus interval. 

MUSICALS

It’s Only Make Believe
70’s Jukebox Musical set in a derelict cinema.
Cast: 4 Male / 5 Female.  Running Time: One hour fifty minutes plus interval.

Summer In The City
60’s Jukebox Musical set in a Carnaby Street Coffee Bar.
Winner of ‘Best Musical Production’ at the 2023 London Pub Theatre Awards.
Cast: 2 Male / 4 Female.  Running Time: One hour forty minutes plus interval.

The Young Ones
Stage version of the iconic 60’s British pop movie
Cast: 5 Male / 5 Female.  Running Time: One hour forty minutes plus interval.

TALKS

Titanic – Fascinating Stories Behind the Maritime Disaster

Self-confessed ‘Titanorak’  John Plews has researched the White Star Line’s infamous tragedy since working on the Cunard ship QE2 back in the Seventies. John presents an illustrated talk of 60 minutes, including an audience Q&A.  

Sixty Years in Showbiz

Join Writer, Director and Entertainer John Plews on his journey from holiday camp bluecoat to London theatre owner.  An illustrated talk that will take you around the world on some famous ships and in the company of some famous faces.  Sixty minutes incl Q&A.