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Writer's Cramp

Writer's Cramp

By John Byrne

The debut play from the author of The Slab Boys and Tutti Frutti, taking satirical swipes at Anglo-Scottish cultural pretensions.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    The Wonder of Sex

    The Wonder of Sex

    By Patrick Barlow

    A delightfully wacky comedy about the facts of life, from the fictional 'National Theatre of Brent'.

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    WINK

    WINK

    By Phoebe Eclair-Powell

    An electrifying drama about what happens to personal identity in an age of ubiquitous technology and social media.

    Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

    Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

    By Eric Bogosian

    A monologue by a master of the art - 100% pure high octane Bogosian.

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    The Waiting List

    The Waiting List

    By Owen McCafferty

    A blackly comic monologue about a man under siege in the community where he grew up.

    Published in volume Mojo Mickybo: Three Plays
      The Unreturning

      The Unreturning

      By Anna Jordan

      A compelling drama that explores the profound effect that war has on young lives.

      Ubu

      Ubu

      The Ubu Plays: King Ubu, Cuckold Ubu & Slave Ubu

      By Alfred Jarry Translated by Kenneth McLeish

      Alfred Jarry's trilogy of plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu, satirising power, greed, and bourgeois pretension.

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      Tumulus

      Tumulus

      By Christopher Adams

      A chilling, queer play-noir set amongst the shadowy hills of Hampstead Heath.

      Tuesdays at Tesco's

      Tuesdays at Tesco's

      By Emmanuel Darley Translated by Matthew Hurt and Sarah Vermande

      A touching one-person play about a person's true identity, the first English-language adaptation of Emmanuel Darley's hit play, Le Mardi à Monoprix.

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      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.

      Treasure Island

      Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete stage version)

      By Le Navet Bete and John Nicholson Original author Robert Louis Stevenson

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

      A Tragic Figure

      A Tragic Figure

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      A comic duologue about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha.

      Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
        Topdog/Underdog

        Topdog/Underdog

        By Suzan-Lori Parks

        A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

        The Three Musketeers

        The Three Musketeers (stage version)

        By John Nicholson and Le Navet Bete

        A riotously comic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel, originally performed by physical-comedy theatre company Le Navet Bete.

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        Three Kings

        Three Kings

        By Stephen Beresford

        A heartbreaking and hilarious play for a solo actor about fathers and sons, the gifts and burdens of inheritance, and the unfathomable puzzle of human relationships. 

        Three

        Three

        By Stephen Laughton

        A short play about three young Israelis caught up in a hostage situation.

        Published in volume One Jewish Boy
          This Lime Tree Bower

          This Lime Tree Bower

          By Conor McPherson

          A poignant and gripping tale told through three interlinking monologues from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

          Take Me Away

          Take Me Away

          By Gerald Murphy

          A dark but very funny comedy about the collapse of a family of feckless chancers and no-hopers.

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