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TOWN CRISIS! SHORT COMEDY SKETCH ABOUT THE NEWS

Hear ye! Hear ye! All the latest news from your faithful town crier. Who’s attacking who, the latest outbreak of plague: All the important stuff, ye know.

Hear ye! Hear ye! Don’t listen to HIS boring news. Why listen to that depressing stuff when you can find out right here just how to lose weight without dieting? AND know your future. And who has the biggest butt in the whole kingdom. Right here. Right now.

Fake news – it’s older than you think in this short comedy sketch about the news.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

ACS – American Community School of Abu Dhabi – 2020
Okotoks school youth drama class – Alberta, Canada – 2020

Read other sketches by Peter Keel – Bad News, Pluto – comedy sketch for ten actors

Author: Peter Keel

Type: Short comedy sketch about the news

Genre: Comedy, skit, sketch, one act

Cast: Cast of 8, 6M, 2F but it is flexible

Ages of the actors: Kids up

Suitable for: All ages to watch and kids up to perform

Length: 8 minutes

Set: At the director’s discretion. Can be a blank stage or even done in front of a curtain during scene changes.

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – short funny sketch with not too many lines to learn

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Cost is $7.50 for this short digital sketch. Just Click Shakespeare!

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comedy sketch for ten actors

BAD NEWS, PLUTO – COMEDY SKETCH FOR TEN ACTORS

It’s the annual planetary meeting and the planets are awaiting the arrival of Pluto, the ninth planet. Or at least until last week. Now Pluto has been reclassified and it’s their job to let him know that from this day forward Pluto will no longer be considered a real planet, merely a dwarf planet in this comedy sketch for ten actors.

But there are perks. After all, the dwarf planets get to hold their own dwarf planetary meeting, too. At a club. With beer and strippers. Maybe being a dwarf planet won’t be so bad after all…

Read other comedy skits – The Masked Avenger by Peter Keel

Author: Peter Keel

Type: Comedy sketch for ten actors

Genre: Comedy, skits, sketches

Cast: Ten – the main 8 planets can be any sex, but it is assumed that Ceres and Pluto are male.

Ages of the actors: Adult

Suitable for: Adults – some suggestive comments and language

Length: Just under ten minutes

Set: A row of 9 chairs on a stage

Level of difficulty: 6/10 – short snappy lines – it’s all about delivery