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Little Gem

Little Gem

By Elaine Murphy

A poignant and hilarious play about love, sex, birth, death and salsa classes, following three generations of women over one extraordinary year.

Jerusalem

Jerusalem

By Jez Butterworth

Jez Butterworth's hugely acclaimed, prize-winning play - a comic, contemporary vision of life in England's green and pleasant land.

Eight

Eight

By Ella Hickson

Eight compelling monologues offering a state-of-the-nation group portrait for the stage.

David Copperfield

David Copperfield (stage version)

By Charles Dickens Adapted by Alastair Cording

One of Dickens's best-loved and most autobiographical stories, brilliantly and faithfully dramatised by Alastair Cording.

Secrets

Secrets (stage version)

By Jacqueline Wilson Adapted by Vicky Ireland

 An adaptation for the stage of Jacqueline Wilson's popular novel.

The Suitcase Kid

The Suitcase Kid (stage version)

By Jacqueline Wilson Adapted by Vicky Ireland

An adaptation for the stage of Jacqueline Wilson's popular novel.

I Caught Crabs in Walberswick

I Caught Crabs in Walberswick

By Joel Horwood

A fast-moving, exhilarating play about teenage hopes, dreams and frustrations in a rural part of England.

Cockroach

Cockroach

By Sam Holcroft

A dark and compelling vision of a world infected by violence.

Overspill

Overspill

By Ali Taylor

A poetic, explosive thriller about three young men on a night out that ends in violence.

Catherine Medbh

Catherine Medbh

By Declan Feenan

A bittersweet and hesitant duologue in a bar between a youngish man and woman who are ex-lovers.

Published in volume St Petersburg and other plays
    Limbo

    Limbo

    By Declan Feenan

    A monologue play in which a 17-year-old girl tells us the story of her relationship with an older man and what it led to.

    Published in volume St Petersburg and other plays
      Lucky Seven

      Lucky Seven

      By Alexis Zegerman

      A comedy about growing up, class, love, disappointment and hope, inspired by the Seven Up television series.

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      Kindertransport

      Kindertransport

      By Diane Samuels

      A modern classic about one woman's struggle to come to terms with her past - brutally separated from her German Jewish parents at the age of 9 and brought to England with the promise of a new life...

      Cotton Wool

      Cotton Wool

      By Ali Taylor

      A gripping and darkly comic tale of young lives on the edge. Winner of the 2009 Meyer-Whitworth Award.

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      random

      random

      By debbie tucker green

      An urgent play about the senseless killing of a black schoolboy, from one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British playwriting.

      Scarborough

      Scarborough

      By Fiona Evans

      An electrifying portrayal of a dangerously charged romance between a fifteen-year-old and their teacher.

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      Noughts & Crosses

      Noughts & Crosses (RSC stage version)

      By Malorie Blackman Adapted by Dominic Cooke

      An electrifying, bittersweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism. 

      Treasure Island

      Treasure Island (stage version)

      By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by Stuart Paterson

      A fresh and genuinely thrilling adaptation of the classic tale, and one that keeps close to Stevenson's original story.

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