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Deborah Bruce

Deborah Bruce

Deborah Bruce is a writer and theatre director. Her plays include: Dixon and Daughters (Clean Break/National Theatre, 2023); Raya (Hampstead Theatre, 2021); The House They Grew Up In (Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 2017); The Distance (Orange Tree Theatre and Sheffield Crucible, 2014; a finalist for the 2012-13 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize); Same (National Theatre Connections Festival 2014); and Godchild (Hampstead Theatre, 2013).

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Godchild

Godchild

By Deborah Bruce

A sharp, dark comedy that explores the inescapable difference between feeling 19 and being 19.

Same

Same

By Deborah Bruce

A play exporing the apparent gulf between the young and old, commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

The Distance

The Distance

By Deborah Bruce

A painfully funny play about motherhood (and fatherhood), about keeping control, and about letting go.

Joanne

Joanne

By Deborah Bruce, Theresa Ikoko, Laura Lomas, Chinonyerem Odimba and Ursula Rani Sarma

Five of the most exciting voices in theatre explore the pressures on our public services as one young woman buckles under pressures of her own.

The House They Grew Up In

The House They Grew Up In

By Deborah Bruce

A tender, dark and funny look at a co-dependent relationship between a brother and a sister, and how they cope when the world bursts in on them.

Inside/Outside

Inside/Outside

Six Short Plays

By Various

Six short plays exploring estrangement and loneliness, moving towards redemption and hope.

Raya

Raya

By Deborah Bruce

A witty and tender play about two old flames who meet again, after thirty years, at a student reunion.

Guidesky and I

Guidesky and I

By Deborah Bruce

A funny and poignant drama about loneliness and the opportunity for connection, first performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.

Published in volume Inside/Outside
    Dixon and Daughters

    Dixon and Daughters

    By Deborah Bruce

    A powerful play about family and forgiveness, following a woman after her release from prison. Premiered at the National Theatre.