Plays with Music
See also Musicals
The Cavalcaders
A rousing, comic play set in an old-fashioned cobbler's shop in small-town southern Ireland.
The Steamie
A celebration of women's work in a Glasgow wash-house set on Hogmanay.
HOTHOUSE
A play that tackles climate breakdown with big ideas, a lot of laughs, and some truly grotesque cabaret numbers.
- Ebook
£6.99£5.59
The Ginger Ale Boy
Walsh's very first, previously unpublished play, is a Cork cabaret about a ventriloquist who loses control.
- Ebook
£7.99£6.39
A Dream
A riotous musical play transporting Shakespeare's most beloved characters to the chaos of a busy modern-day hospital. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series.
- Ebook
£7.99£6.39
Wellington 24
An upbeat and empowering World War II tale about teamwork, collaboration and beating the odds. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.
- Ebook
£7.99£6.39
Nine Lessons and Carols
Stories for a Long Winter
A play about connection and isolation, forged during the Covid pandemic, exploring what we hold on to in troubled times.
- Ebook
£7.99£6.39
The Convict's Opera
The world's first ever musical, The Beggar's Opera, is performed on board a creaking convict ship bound for Australia.
- Paperback
£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
Grace
A far-reaching, comic portrait of the effects of hypocrisy and corporate greed on the values of late-twentieth-century England.
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£8.99£7.19There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.
A Time to Keep
A large-scale historical romp in the terrain between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.
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Satin 'n' Steel
A comic two-hander about the irresistible allure of showbusiness, from the author of Be My Baby.
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Stoopud Fucken Animals
A pitch-black comedy complete with wickedly entertaining songs, from the Edinburgh Fringe First-winning writer of Food.
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Lives of the Great Poisoners
A multidisciplinary theatre piece about the most infamous poisoners in history, written by Caryl Churchill in collaboration with composer Orlando Gough and choreographer Ian Spink.
- Ebook
£8.99£7.19
Beauty and the Beast (Young Vic stage version)
A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, with music by Mick Sands drawn from traditional French folk melodies.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99Beauty and the Beast (RSC stage version)
A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, first performed in this version by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99Liolà
By Tanya Ronder Original author Luigi PirandelloA funny and touching new version of Pirandello's high-spirited drama, set at the heart of a rural community where property and family unleash fierce passions.
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£9.99£7.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£9.99£7.99Poppy + George
A romantic drama with music inspired by the days of music hall and beyond, from the author of the modern classic Kindertransport.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Kiss Me Quickstep
Dazzling and sequin-studded, Kiss Me Quickstep is a play about the world of ballroom dance, taking us behind the fixed smiles and fake tan to look at the real lives of those for whom ballroom dancing is everything
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