Archives des Loneliness - La Sketchothèque https://sketchotheque.net/en/tag/loneliness/ Les sketchs de Jean-Pierre Martinez Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:47:38 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://sketchotheque.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-sketch_carre-32x32.png Archives des Loneliness - La Sketchothèque https://sketchotheque.net/en/tag/loneliness/ 32 32 Improv https://sketchotheque.net/en/improv/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:43:44 +0000 https://sketchotheque.net/?p=2928 Improv, a humorous sketch from the collection ‘Ethan and Eve’ by Jean-Pierre Martinez.

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]]> Eve is there, idle. Ethan enters, visibly uncomfortable.
Ethan – Hi… Do you live around here?
Eve – You could say that… And you?
Ethan – Just passing through.
Silence.
Eve – And… are you planning to settle… around here?
Ethan – That depends.
Eve – Depends on what?
Ethan – I don’t know… Here or elsewhere.
Eve – Suit yourself. We’re in a republic.
Ethan – What could make me want to stay here?
Eve (pointing to her forehead) – Do you see “tourist information” written here?
Ethan – No.
Eve – Right. So?
Ethan – So what?
Eve – Stay or go, but make up your mind. Right now, you’re starting to be a bit…
Ethan – OK, I’ll stay… for now…
Eve – Fine. So, what do we do?
Ethan – What do we do?
Eve – You’re not just going to stand there staring at me, are you?
Ethan – OK, OK… So… I don’t know… We could talk…
Eve – I’m listening.
Ethan – Do you smoke?
Eve – Why? Do you have a thing for non-smokers? Is this a job interview?
Ethan – Not at all! Quite the opposite. I just wanted to… ask if you had a cigarette.
Eve – We’ve just met, and you’re already bumming a cigarette off me?
Ethan – Absolutely not! Anyway, I don’t smoke.
Eve – Me neither. Well, at least we’ve got that in common.
Silence.
Ethan – Do you… do you have a number?
Eve – A number?
Ethan – I mean… a phone number.
Eve – Right…
Ethan – So?
Eve – I have a number, but no phone.
Ethan – What’s the point of having a number if you don’t have a phone?
Eve – You’re sharp, aren’t you… Or maybe just really stupid, I’m not sure yet. I lost my phone. That’s why I have a number but no phone. But you can give me your number instead…
Ethan – My number? I mean…
Eve – Don’t tell me you have a phone but no number.
Ethan – No, but…
Eve – Right… So, you don’t have a phone, but you’re asking for my number. How were you planning to call me? A phone box?
Ethan – I don’t know… I… Actually, yes, I do have a phone, but…
Eve – Want some advice?
Ethan – No… I mean, yes…
Eve – You should be careful. Improv isn’t your thing.
Ethan – OK. I…
Eve – Next time, prepare your lines a bit.
Ethan – Got it…
Eve – At least come up with a plan, then improvise around it. But honestly, you can’t just jump in like that without a safety net. You’re not ready for it…
Ethan – OK… A plan… I’ll think about it…
Eve – And why did you want my phone number anyway?
Ethan – Why? I don’t know… I…
Eve – We’re both here. If you’ve got something to say, there’s no need to call me.
Ethan – No, of course, but…
Eve – Want another piece of advice?
Ethan – I don’t know… Sure…
Eve – With or without a phone, get to the point before you run out of credit.
Ethan – My credit…?
Eve – We’ve been talking for five minutes, and you still haven’t said anything. Honestly, you’re pathetic right now!
Ethan – OK…
Eve – You know what? (She pulls out a pencil and scribbles something on a piece of paper, handing it to him.) Here’s my number. When I find my phone and you find a phone box, give me a call, and we’ll talk, OK?
She leaves. He watches her go, then looks at the paper. He hesitates, then addresses someone in the audience.
Ethan – Do you live around here? Do you know where I can find a phone box? Can I borrow your phone for a moment? (He takes the phone someone offers and pretends to dial the number from the paper.) Thanks… (The phone in his own pocket starts ringing. Surprised, he pulls out another phone and answers.) Hello? Hello? (He pauses, bewildered.) Great… I think I’m talking to myself… (He returns the phone to the audience member and addresses them.) It’s definitely her number… But I’ve got her phone… (A pause.) I didn’t think to tell her I’d just found a phone… and that it might be hers, the one she lost… And now she’s gone… (He stands there, perplexed.) I think she’s right, improv isn’t my thing…
Blackout.

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]]> Face to face https://sketchotheque.net/en/face-to-face/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:30:07 +0000 https://sketchotheque.net/?p=2920 Face to face, a humorous sketch from the collection ‘Ethan and Eve’ by Jean-Pierre Martinez.

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]]> A Sketch by Jean-Pierre Martinez

The garden might have shrunk. Eve is seated. Ethan is pacing around.
Ethan – This garden is not very big, is it?
Eve – It’s big enough for the two of us.
Ethan – Wasn’t it a bit bigger before?
Eve – Before?
Ethan – Or maybe we’ve grown.
Eve – I don’t know.
Ethan – Sometimes, I wish there was a bit more space.
Eve – What for?
Ethan – To stretch my legs, for a start.
Eve – Fair enough…
Ethan – And, I don’t know… To have something left to explore. To still have things to discover…
Eve – ou could always look closer… discover the details.
Ethan – The details?
Eve – The little things.
Ethan – Hmm.
Eve – Things you don’t immediately see with the naked eye.
Ethan – What can’t you see with the naked eye?
Eve – Well, a four-leaf clover, for instance.
Ethan – Do four-leaf clovers even exist?
Eve – I don’t know. Probably.
Ethan – Sometimes I wonder if life’s worth living.
Eve – You could look for a four-leaf clover.
Ethan – But what for, for God’s sake?
Eve – To give it to me, for example.
Ethan – Hmm.
Eve – It’d bring us luck.
Ethan – You think?
Eve – At the very least, it’d keep you busy.
Ethan – I don’t know.
Silence.
Eve – Then again, maybe you’re right…
Ethan – About what?
Eve – Well… We’re bored, aren’t we?
Ethan – Yeah, that’s exactly what I was saying.
Eve – It’s true, we know this garden by heart…
Ethan – That’s probably why it feels smaller and smaller.
Eve – If only we could go on holiday sometimes.
Ethan – On holiday? Where to?
Eve – Somewhere else…
Ethan – But elsewhere is…
Eve – Yes… We’re surrounded by water, and we can’t swim.
A pause.
Ethan – Weren’t there more of us before?
Eve – Before what?
Ethan – I don’t know.
Eve – More of us? You mean three?
Ethan – Three, four… More, I guess.
Eve – More of you and more of me? I don’t know.
Ethan – Feels like there were more people.
Eve – Where?
Ethan – Around us!
Eve – Maybe.
Ethan – So where have they gone?
Eve – More people? Are you sure?
Ethan – I was just wondering if…
Eve – If what?
Ethan – Are we the first… or the last?
Eve – For now, at least, it’s just the two of us…
A pause.
Ethan –Sometimes I feel like I was all alone at the start.
Eve – At the start…
Ethan – I think you only came along later.
Eve – Oh, really?
Ethan – Yeah.
Eve – So you were the first.
Ethan – Yeah.
Eve – Then maybe you’ll be the first to leave too.
Ethan – Leave? Where to?
Eve – I don’t know. Where was I before I got here?
Ethan – That…
Eve – Maybe on the other side of the sea.
Ethan – Or at the bottom of it.
Eve – I don’t even know how deep it is.
Ethan – What’s certain is we can’t walk on water.
Eve – When we tried, we almost drowned.
A pause.
Ethan – It’s strange, though.
Eve – What?
Ethan – I’ve never known anyone but you.
Eve – Known, as in…
Ethan – You know what I mean!
Eve – Would you like to know someone other than me?
Ethan – Not especially, but… just to know it’s possible. Wouldn’t you like to know someone else?
Eve – I’ve never really thought about it. Maybe.
Ethan – To know we have a choice.
Eve – Not to settle for the first choice… but to prefer the second one?
Ethan – We didn’t exactly choose, did we? Since it’s just the two of us.
Eve – Of course.
Ethan – How can we know if we’re really meant for each other?
Eve – With just the two of us, we must be meant for each other.
Ethan – True, obviously…
A pause.
Eve – Imagine more of us in this tiny garden…
Ethan – Yeah, it’d be a squeeze with three of us.
Eve – We’re already so cramped.
Ethan – Three… I think I’d really lose it.
Eve – Go on, find me a four-leaf clover instead…
Blackout.

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A sketch from the collection Ethan and Eve
Link to the collection for free download (PDF)

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