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Prickly Heat

A surreal and sensuous comedy by a young Scottish writer-performer.

Published in volume First Run

    Inventing a New Colour

    A war-time Exeter family takes in an evacuee from London.

    Published in volume First Run

      Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (original Traverse Theatre version)

      A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

      Published in volume Scot-Free

        Low in the Dark

        A witty and absurdist play that dismantles the myths of motherhood and exposes the sexism of language and religious imagery.

        Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald

          The Hamster Wheel

          When one partner in a marriage becomes unable to look after themselves and is completely dependent on the other, what happens to the relationship between them?

          Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald

            Fugue

            A psychological horror story about a woman suffering a mental breakdown, from the award-winning author of Iron.

              A Mouthful of Birds

              A collaborative piece written with David Lan, combining words and dance. Inspired by Euripides' Bacchae, the play explores modern experiences of 'possession, violence and other states where people feel beside themselves'.

              Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: Three

                Belfry

                A deeply moving tale about what lies beneath the surface of everyday lives.

                Published in volume The Wexford Trilogy

                  Treetops

                  A play about the early resistance to policies of apartheid or racial segregation in Cape Town, South Africa, in the 1950s.

                  Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

                    One Fine Day

                    A play about the gulf that separates Britain and Black Africa.

                    Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

                      The Custom of the Country

                      Fletcher and Massinger's bawdy Jacobean drama is transposed to 1890s Johannesburg.

                      Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

                        The Desert Air

                        A wartime comedy set in Cairo.

                        Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

                          A Night in November

                          The multi-award-winning playwright explores the subjects of football and sectarianism, set during the 1994 World Cup.

                            Tartuffe

                            By Molière Adapted by Liz Lochhead

                            A rollicking Scots version of Molière's classic of political satire and black comedy.

                            Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe

                              On Insomnia and Midnight

                              By Edgar Chías Translated by David Johnston

                              In a mountain hotel an ailing guest and nervous chambermaid strike up an uneasy friendship.

                              Published in volume Mexican Plays

                                The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

                                By Claudia Ríos Translated by Roxana Silbert

                                After a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.

                                Published in volume Mexican Plays

                                  Seven-Eleven

                                  Cabron (the Bastard) isn't having a good day. His scams aren't going well. Thank god for the Seven-Eleven and its constant supply of hot-dogs.

                                  Published in volume Mexican Plays

                                    Little Certainties

                                    Mario is missing, presumed dead. In the town of Tijuana, his brother and sister make a shocking discovery about Mario and his secrets.

                                    Published in volume Mexican Plays