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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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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
    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.

    Godchild

    Godchild

    By Deborah Bruce

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

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    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.

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    The Distance

    The Distance

    By Deborah Bruce

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

    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.

    Raya

    Raya

    By Deborah Bruce

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

    Inside/Outside

    Inside/Outside

    Six Short Plays

    By various

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

    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.