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Mogadishu

Mogadishu

By Vivienne Franzmann

A gripping and urgent play about a well-meaning teacher who intervenes on behalf of a troublesome student, with terrifying consequences.

Swallows and Amazons

Swallows and Amazons (stage version)

By Arthur Ransome Adapted by Helen Edmundson and Neil Hannon

A wonderfully theatrical adaptation of the much-loved children's classic, with songs by Neil Hannon.

The Naked Eye

The Naked Eye

By Jez Butterworth

A short monologue play from the author of Jerusalem.

Published in volume Jez Butterworth Plays: One
    The Kitchen Sink

    The Kitchen Sink

    By Tom Wells

    An irresistibly funny and tender play about big dreams and small changes.

    Perve

    Perve

    By Stacey Gregg

    An irreverent and unsettling play that interrogates paranoia, ambiguity and innocence in our highly sexualised world.

    Winterlong

    Winterlong

    By Andrew Sheridan

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

    Little Platoons

    Little Platoons

    By Steve Waters

    Moving from satiric comedy to poignant family drama, Little Platoons explores what the retreat of the state and the growth of people power really means for society and its youngest citizens.

    The Railway Children

    The Railway Children (stage version)

    By E. Nesbit Adapted by Mike Kenny

    An imaginative stage adaptation of E. Nesbit's much-loved children's classic.

    Tribes

    Tribes

    By Nina Raine

    A penetrating play about belonging, family and the limitations of communication.

    First Person Shooter

    First Person Shooter

    By Paul Jenkins

    A funny and foreboding play about what happens when gaming and military technology collide.

    Bunny

    Bunny

    By Jack Thorne

    An exhilarating coming-of-age drama for a solo performer.

    Speechless

    Speechless

    By Linda Brogan and Polly Teale

    The true-life drama of the extraordinary bond between two identical twin girls and their struggle to find a voice.

    Spring Awakening

    Spring Awakening

    By Frank Wedekind Translated by Julian Forsyth and Margarete Forsyth

    Frank Wedekind's famously banned German play about adolescent sexuality.

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    The Late Middle Classes

    The Late Middle Classes

    By Simon Gray

    A funny yet melancholic look at the frustrations, secrets and guilt of middle-class respectability in 1950s England.

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    About a Goth

    About a Goth

    By Tom Wells

    A short play about a young man who volunteers in old people's homes, and suffers paroxyms of love and hate for the residents.

    Published in volume Me, As A Penguin
      Me, As A Penguin

      Me, As A Penguin

      By Tom Wells

      A charmingly offbeat, surreal comedy of knitting, penguins and Battenberg.

      Pieces

      Pieces

      By Hywel John

      A modern fable of an idyllic childhood shattered by grief, and the confused, desperate and dangerous attempts we make to learn how to live again.

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      2nd May 1997

      2nd May 1997

      By Jack Thorne

      A play set on the day that New Labour swept into government, telling three deeply personal stories of euphoria and despair.

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