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What is the Custom of Your Grief?

What is the Custom of Your Grief?

By Timberlake Wertenbaker

A short play by Timberlake Wertenbaker about an English schoolgirl who is befriended online by an Afghan girl after her brother is killed while on active duty in Afghanistan.

Br'er Cotton

Br'er Cotton

By Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm

A scorching play about a fourteen-year-old boy struggling to make sense of his place in an impoverished world filled with seemingly random killings of young black men.

Fanny & Alexander

Fanny & Alexander (stage version)

By Ingmar Bergman Adapted by Stephen Beresford

Ingmar Bergman’s magical study of childhood, family and love.

Yous Two

Yous Two

By Georgia Christou

A moving portrayal of the conflict between personal aspiration and familial responsibility, and what happens when those you should depend on need you more than you need them.

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Red

Red

By Somalia Seaton

An unflinching and bold exploration of the internal lives of young women. Part of Platform, an initiative aimed at addressing gender imbalance in theatre.

The Glove Thief

The Glove Thief

By Beth Flintoff

A play about the intersecting lives of four women, and their power to change the course of English history. Part of Platform, an initiative aimed at addressing gender imbalance in theatre.

Jekyll & Hyde

Jekyll & Hyde (National Youth Theatre version)

By Evan Placey Original author Robert Louis Stevenson

A radical re-imagining by playwright Evan Placey of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, written for the National Youth Theatre.

Comment is Free

Comment is Free

By James Fritz

A journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in James Fritz's urgent, gripping and innovative play.

Start Swimming

Start Swimming

By James Fritz

A play about occupation, revolution and what the future holds for today’s youth.

How To Be A Kid

How To Be A Kid

By Sarah McDonald-Hughes

A touching and funny story of family, friends and fitting in, How To Be A Kid is ideal for seven- to eleven-year-olds to watch, read and perform.

Run

Run

By Stephen Laughton

Stephen Laughton's one-man play about a gay Jewish seventeen-year-old explores what it means to love, to lose, and how to grow from a boy into a man.

Junkyard

Junkyard

By Jack Thorne

A brilliantly honest and witty coming-of-age drama, with music by Stephen Warbeck.

All the Little Lights

All the Little Lights

By Jane Upton

A poignant, moving and darkly funny play about young girls slipping through the cracks in society. Joint winner of the 2016 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

Jonesy

Jonesy

By Tom Wells

A short play from the author of Jumpers for Goalposts.

Published in volume Jumpers for Goalposts
    Us/Them

    Us/Them

    By Carly Wijs

    An extraordinary, award-winning account of the Beslan School Siege, exploring the entirely individual way children cope with traumatic situations.

    Picnic at Hanging Rock

    Picnic at Hanging Rock (stage version)

    By Joan Lindsay Adapted by Tom Wright

    A chilling adaptation of Joan Lindsay's classic novel about the disappearance of three Australian schoolgirls in the summer of 1900.

    Brainstorm: The Original Playscript

    Brainstorm: The Original Playscript

    And a Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production

    By Ned Glasier, Emily Lim and Company Three

    A unique theatrical investigation into how teenagers' brains work, and why they’re designed by evolution to be the way they are.

    Cathy

    Cathy

    By Ali Taylor

    A candid, poignant and intimate play about the lives of those at the sharp end of economic austerity, inspired by Ken Loach's Cathy Come Home.

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