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Plays with Music

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Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights (RSC stage version)

By Dominic Cooke

A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights (Young Vic stage version)

By Dominic Cooke

A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.

The Assassination of Katie Hopkins

The Assassination of Katie Hopkins

By Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth

A smart, witty new musical by Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth about truth, celebrity and public outrage.

Bach & Sons

Bach & Sons

By Nina Raine

A beautiful, profound and funny play about Johann Sebastian Bach, the irascible and turbulent composer, and his family business.

Bangers

Bangers

By Danusia Samal

A gig-theatre play featuring original music inspired by early noughties and present-day R&B and Garage.

Be My Baby

Be My Baby

By Amanda Whittington

A poignant drama about attitudes to teenage pregnancy in 1960s Britain.

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

By Laurence Boswell

A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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Black Love

Black Love

By Chinonyerem Odimba

An explosion of form-busting storytelling, combining real-life stories, imagined worlds, and new songs inspired by an R&B heritage.

Blood Wedding

Blood Wedding

By Federico García Lorca Adapted by Tanya Ronder

García Lorca's blood-soaked story of doomed love, in a version by playwright Tanya Ronder.

Boys Will Be Boys

Boys Will Be Boys

By Melissa Bubnic

An exhilarating play about a ruthless female City trader who takes on a young and ambitious protegee.

Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain (stage version)

By Annie Proulx Adapted by Ashley Robinson and Dan Gillespie Sells

A heartbreaking tale of an irresistible and hidden love spanning twenty years and its tragic consequences. Based on Annie Proulx's short story, with original songs by Dan Gillespie Sells.

Broken Biscuits

Broken Biscuits

By Tom Wells

A beautiful, heart-warming, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story for our times.

Burying Your Brother in the Pavement

Burying Your Brother in the Pavement

By Jack Thorne

A play about grief and looking at someone that little bit more closely. Written specifically for young people as part of the 2008 National Theatre Connections Festival, and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Captain Corelli's Mandolin (stage version)

By Louis de Bernières Adapted by Rona Munro

Rona Munro's adaptation of Louis de Bernières' much-loved epic novel, set on an idyllic Greek island in 1941.

The Cavalcaders

The Cavalcaders

By Billy Roche

A rousing, comic play set in an old-fashioned cobbler's shop in small-town southern Ireland.

Published in volume The Cavalcaders and Amphibians
    The Changing Room

    The Changing Room

    By Chris Bush

    A play about being a teenager, written specifically for young people, part of the 2018 National Theatre Connections Festival.

    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol (Derby Playhouse stage version)

    By Charles Dickens Adapted by Karen Louise Hebden

    An acclaimed dramatisation of Dickens' well-loved Christmas story - more faithful to the original than any other published version.

    Christmas Carol: A Fairy Tale

    Christmas Carol: A Fairy Tale (stage play)

    By Piers Torday Original author Charles Dickens

    A revitalised stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale, by renowned author Piers Torday, focussing on Ebenezer Scrooge's sister Fan, the most monstrous miser ever known.

    Cinderella

    Cinderella (stage version)

    By Stuart Paterson

    A classic fairy tale with a twist, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.

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    A Civil War Christmas

    A Civil War Christmas

    By Paula Vogel

    Set on Christmas Eve during the latter days of the Civil War, this rich and moving play weaves a tapestry of historical characters, period holiday music, marches and spirituals, and tells a story of peaceful companionship and communal hope.

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    Cold War

    Cold War (stage version)

    Adapted by Conor McPherson Original author Paweł Pawlikowski

    An epic love story spanning the decades and breadth of Europe at its most divided, adapted from the Academy Award-nominated film. Premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2023.

    The Convict's Opera

    The Convict's Opera

    By Stephen Jeffreys

    The world's first ever musical, The Beggar's Opera, is performed on board a creaking convict ship bound for Australia.

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    Coram Boy

    Coram Boy (stage version)

    By Jamila Gavin Adapted by Helen Edmundson

    A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread award-winning novel set in 18th-century England.

    Crossings

    Crossings

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A play with live music, waltzing and unexpected connections, exploring how we return, resettle and adapt.