Act Normal includes 31 contemporary monologues from Too Much Punch For Judy, Hard To Swallow, Missing Dan Nolan, I Love You, Mum - I Promise I Won't Die, Game Over ... and many more of Mark's plays and musicals.

Written with young performers in mind and available for classroom or audition use, they offer a range of characters and topics – both comic and serious - along with acting notes for each monologue. Many of the monologues are verbatim, providing a unique opportunity for actors and directors to explore this exciting form. Act Normal is the first exclusive collection of Mark's monologue work.

'Surprise your teacher, your friends, your family, your audience and last but not least, yourselves!'
– Mark Wheeller

Monologue topics:

 True stories and verbatim pieces

British World War II evacuee experience

Testimony of world champion blind athlete Graham Salmon

Account of sisters involved in a drink-driving accident

Story of a woman's battle with anorexia

A young woman's struggles breaking into the football world

Two pieces on the life-changing consequences of a car accident

Recounting of a prison assault

Dan Nolan's 2002 disappearance

Grooming and human trafficking

Students excluded from the mainstream education system

Accidental drug overdose

Young people and self-harm

Online predators

Fiction

Absurdist, allegorical tale about a fantasy King

Unplanned teenage pregnancy

Fandom and mourning an idol (reference to David Bowie)

Theatre in Education piece on road safety

Featured plays, with character options and ages

(NB: all are suitable for performers of any age and gender)

Blackout - Operation Pied Piper - Jean, aged 9

Graham – World's Fastest Blind Runner – Junie, pre-teen/ Graham, adult

Too Much Punch For Judy – Judy, young adult/ Duncan, adult

Hard to Swallow – Anna, young adult/ John, adult

Sweet (W)FA / Lethal In The Box – Miss Vallas, adult/ Spanner, adult

Chicken! – Nut-Job, teenager/ Chris, teenager

Legal Weapon 2 – Andy, young adult

Wacky Soap – Storyteller, adult

Missing Dan Nolan – Pauline, adult / Sarah, young teenager/ Andy, adult

One Million to Stop The Traffik – Mary, adult

Kids Who Look Out of the Window – Tonisha, teenager

Chequered Flags to Chequered Futures – Jane, adult/ Driver, adult

I Love You, Mum – I Promise I Won't Die – Jack, teenager

Scratching the Surface – Louise, adult

This Is For You – Susan, adult

Can You Hear Me Major Tom? – Mark, adult/ Jasmine, adult

Game Over – Lorin, adult