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Thrown

Thrown

By Nat McCleary

A poignant, dynamic play exploring belonging and identity, premiered by the National Theatre of Scotland and Edinburgh International Festival.

Till the Stars Come Down

Till the Stars Come Down

By Beth Steel

A heartbreaking and hilarious portrayal of a larger-than-life family struggling to come to terms with a changing world.

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The Time Machine: A Comedy

The Time Machine: A Comedy

By Steven Canny and John Nicholson

A fast-paced, wise-cracking, riotous play, loosely based on H.G. Wells's masterpiece, that zips from the nineteenth century to the end of the world, and (with any luck) back again.

A Time to Keep

A Time to Keep

By Stephanie Dale and David Edgar

A large-scale historical romp in the terrain between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.

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Tinderbox

Tinderbox

By Lucy Kirkwood

A fast, wild and farcically funny play with a disturbing vision of a dystopian future.

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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
    Travesty

    Travesty

    By Liam Williams

    The debut play by Liam Williams, double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee - about gender and the ethical dimensions of modern love.

    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.

    The Treatment

    The Treatment

    By Martin Crimp

    Martin Crimp's razor-sharp satire about a world in which people are products, movies are money and sex sells.

    The Tree of Knowledge

    The Tree of Knowledge

    By Jo Clifford

    A wildly imaginative, hilariously provocative and deeply moving play from one of Scotland's most important playwrights.

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    Tribes

    Tribes

    By Nina Raine

    A penetrating play about belonging, family and the limitations of communication.

    Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

    By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi

    An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series, offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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    Twilight Song

    Twilight Song

    By Kevin Elyot

    Kevin Elyot's evocative final play, a hilarious and heartbreaking tale of one family's hidden liaisons over half a century.

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    Two Billion Beats (short play version)

    Two Billion Beats (short play version)

    By Sonali Bhattacharyya

    A short play about the unfairness of growing up in a world where you don't make the rules. First performed as part of Inside/Outside, a season of short plays staged at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.

    Published in volume Inside/Outside
      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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      Uncle Vanya

      Uncle Vanya

      By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Chekhov's great play about an elderly professor whose plans to sell off his rural estate threaten the livelihoods of those who have worked tirelessly to keep the estate going.

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      Uncle Vanya

      Uncle Vanya

      By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Conor McPherson

      Conor McPherson's stunning adaptation of the Anton Chekhov masterpiece, a portrayal of life at the turn of the twentieth century, full of tumultuous frustration, dark humour and hidden passions.

      The Unfriend

      The Unfriend

      By Steven Moffat

      Steven Moffat's hilarious satirical play about middle-class England's disastrous instinct always to appear nice.

      Unicorn

      Unicorn

      By Mike Bartlett

      An explicit, funny and provocative play about a married couple looking to add sparkle to their relationship. Premiered in London's West End in 2025.

      The Unmanageable Sisters

      The Unmanageable Sisters

      By Michel Tremblay Adapted by Deirdre Kinahan

      A funny and furious new version of Michel Tremblay’s fêted Québécoise comedy, Les Belles-Soeurs.

      Unsuspecting Susan

      Unsuspecting Susan

      By Stewart Permutt

      A monologue play about a middle-aged woman whose adult son has converted to Islam.

      Published in volume Singular Female Voices
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        By Kimber Lee

        A powerful, hilarious play exploding lifetimes of repeating Asian stereotypes, winner of the International Award for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2019. Published alongside its staging at the Manchester International Festival 2023.

        Urinetown: The Musical

        Urinetown: The Musical

        By Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann

        A grand, mischevious story set in a dystopian future. Winner of three Tony Awards including Best Book of a Musical.

        Valued Friends

        Valued Friends

        By Stephen Jeffreys

        A comedy of manners about the property market.