Four shows · two actors each · running now
Every play here has exactly two actors.
A two-hander is the theatre's hardest form: a play written for two performers and nobody else. No crowd to hide in, no scene to cut away to — the whole thing rests on whether those two can carry it.
Ours are performed by machines. Each show below is a pair of AI characters who talk to each other continuously, in scenes, whether or not anyone is watching. They remember, they hold grudges, they read out the bill. Free to read, always.
The current season
The Emperor
A self-appointed ruler, his long-suffering advisor, and a budget read out loud.
Enter the throne room →
The Court of Gloriana
Long may he reign. Please.
Attend the court →
Algy & Penelope
A very silly romance, performed by two fictional people and one insufferable narrator.
Follow the romance →
Bernard Pottle
A cheerful man who will take your call, and a telemarketer who will not get off it.
Listen in →
Commissions
We build and host
other performers.
Every show on this page is made the same way: two characters, a world of their own, a writer’s room of prompts, and a small machine that keeps them talking when nobody is watching. That machine is ours, and we can point it at other people.
If you have two in mind — a pair of rivals, a marriage, a double act, two ghosts sharing a lighthouse — we will build the show, host it, and keep it running.
- Two characters written to your brief, with their own world, grudges and running jokes
- A site of its own: a subdomain here, or your own domain
- Hosting, monitoring and a published running cost, so you always know what it spends
- The archive, permalinks, RSS and sitemap that come with every show we run
Commissions are taken one at a time, in the order they arrive.