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You Stupid Darkness!

You Stupid Darkness!

By Sam Steiner

An urgent play about the struggle for optimism and community amid the chaos of a world falling apart.

Yen

Yen

By Anna Jordan

Anna Jordan's Bruntwood Prize-winning play, Yen explores a childhood lived without boundaries and the consequences of being forced to grow up on your own.

The Writer

The Writer

By Ella Hickson

A young writer challenges the status quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.

Wretch

Wretch

By Rebecca Walker

An ex-teacher and an ex-junkie meet on a night bus during long, dark nights of homelessness.

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

By Georg Büchner Translated by Gregory Motton

One of the most performed and influential plays in German theatre, a modern classic that remains frighteningly relevant today. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

By Georg Büchner Adapted by Jack Thorne

The multi-award-winning Jack Thorne breathes new life into Georg Büchner's existential masterpiece, Woyzeck, one of the most extraordinary plays ever written.

World Factory: The Game

World Factory: The Game

By Zoë Svendsen and Simon Daw

A participative theatre experience about global consumer capitalism, offering readers the opportunity to play – as individuals or in teams – the managers of a clothing factory in China.

Woman Caught Unaware

Woman Caught Unaware

By Annie Fox

A searing examination of the culture of body-shaming, exploring how images of women are represented in art and social media.

Wolfie

Wolfie

By Ross Willis

A wildly imaginative, irreverent look at life in and after the care system.

Wish List

Wish List

By Katherine Soper

A sensitive, delicate and powerful play that asks what our labour is worth and how life can be lived when the system is stacked against you. Winner of the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

Winterlong

Winterlong

By Andrew Sheridan

A shattering and heartbreaking play, joint winner of the Bruntwood Playwriting Competition.

WINK

WINK

By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

An electrifying drama about what happens to personal identity in an age of ubiquitous technology and social media.

Widows

Widows

By Ariel Dorfman and Tony Kushner

A smouldering political allegory about a political protest in a country ruled by a military junta. From the author of Death and the Maiden, written in collaboration with Tony Kushner, author of Angels in America.

The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

By D H Lawrence Introduction by Colin Counsell

An intense and powerful drama set in a Nottinghamshire mining town. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

White Lead

White Lead

By Jessica Siân

A short play exploring the expectations and responsibilities of being an artist and a woman.

The White Bike

The White Bike

By Tamara von Werthern

An affecting play, based on a true story, about what happens when our world is turned upside down.

Whiff Whaff

Whiff Whaff

By Jack Thorne

A savagely funny short play about attitudes to disability and mental health.

Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two
    Where I'm From

    Where I'm From

    By Laura Lomas

    A monologue play about a woman on the day of her release from prison.

    Published in volume Bird and other monologues for young women
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