Plays with Music

Writing at the end of his own long life, in Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles depicts his doomed hero's final hours; at the moment of his death the aged Oedipus is free at last. Envisaging this meditation on mortality as a rousing service in a black church, Lee Breuer has created a remarkable text based on Robert Fitzgerald's splendid translation.

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

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

Surprising and poignant, Folk is a hilarious and not-so-holy story of hope, coming together and finding your feet when your world is turned upside down.

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

A joyous, chaotic, autobiographical play telling the story of actor, writer and social-media sensation Rob Madge as they set out to recreate a Disney parade they performed as a twelve-year-old for their Grandma.

A rip-roaring, swashbuckling, family-friendly retelling of a classic story.

An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

The true story of the flourishing of a theatre in a wartime Jewish Ghetto.

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.