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The Fall

The Fall

By James Fritz

A funny, moving and candid look at young people's relationships to older people, confronting the frightening prospect of ageing in a country undergoing crises of housing and care.

Fanboy

Fanboy

By Joe Sellman-Leava

A five-star hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Fanboy is a love-hate letter to pop culture and nostalgia, about a thirty-something, self-confessed nerd obsessed with Star Wars and Nintendo.

Fanny & Alexander

Fanny & Alexander (stage version)

By Ingmar Bergman Adapted by Stephen Beresford

Ingmar Bergman’s magical study of childhood, family and love.

Fanny and Faggot

Fanny and Faggot

By Jack Thorne

A two-part play presenting two distinct moments in the life of Mary Bell, the eleven-year-old Newcastle girl who was convicted of the manslaughter of two toddlers in 1968.

Far Away

Far Away

By Caryl Churchill

A brilliant and unsettling play from one of the UK's leading dramatists.

Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd (stage version)

By Thomas Hardy Adapted by Mark Healy

A smouldering adaptation of Thomas Hardy's enduring novel about a spirited and feisty young woman who finds herself playing mistress in a man's world.

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Far Gone

Far Gone

By John Rwothomack

A profoundly moving play about a young Ugandan boy's journey from childhood innocence to child soldier, seen through the eyes of those that love him and those that betray him.

Farm Hall

Farm Hall

By Katherine Moar

A stage play based on the true story of six of Germany's top nuclear scientists, detained at a stately home in the Cambridge countryside in the summer of 1945, with no idea that their every word is being overheard.

Fast

Fast

By Fin Kennedy

An ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

Fast Labour

Fast Labour

By Steve Waters

A powerful play about the growing culture of human exploitation in the UK, delving below the surface to reveal a personal account of life as a migrant worker.

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Fatal Light

Fatal Light

By Chloë Moss

A short play about a young mother's inability to cope with separation from her daughter.

The Father

The Father

By August Strindberg Adapted by Mike Poulton

Strindberg's gripping psychological drama about the battle of the sexes, in a version by Mike Poulton.

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The Father and the Assassin

The Father and the Assassin

By Anupama Chandrasekhar

A gripping play about the man who murdered Mahatma Gandhi, premiered at the National Theatre, London.

Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

By Suzan-Lori Parks

An epic dramatic trilogy set during the American Civil War, by one of America's leading playwrights.

Fault Lines

Fault Lines

By Ali Taylor

A razor-sharp new comedy that exposes the dilemmas of working in charity today and asks whether doing good is always the same as being good.

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Faust: Parts I & II

Faust: Parts I & II

By Johann Wolfgang Goethe Adapted by Howard Brenton

A two-part version of Goethe's great work, retaining the mighty scope, linguistic daring and philosophical intricacy of the original.

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Faustus

Faustus

By Rupert Goold, Ben Power and Christopher Marlowe

A radical reworking of Christopher Marlowe's classic tragedy Dr Faustus, bringing together the original story of the man who sells his soul to the devil with a startling act of provocation by 21st-century artists the Chapman Brothers.

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Favour

Favour

By Ambreen Razia

A touching and hopeful family drama about a working-class Muslim family, tackling duty, addiction and the challenge of pulling yourself back together after it all falls apart.

Feed the Beast

Feed the Beast

By Steve Thompson

A fiercely funny look at the rocky relations between our press and politicians in a world of spin doctors and phone hacking.

Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen

Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen

By Marcelo Dos Santos

A dark and biting one-man, a huge hit at Edinburgh in 2022 and the Bush Theatre, London, in 2023, starring Samuel Barnett.

Felt Effects

Felt Effects

By Joy Wilkinson

A play that unearths the seismic relationship between two half-sisters and their mother when they are forced together in the A&E ward of the local hospital. Joint-winner of the 2004 Verity Bargate Award.

Published in volume Fair & Felt Effects: two plays
    The Female of the Species

    The Female of the Species

    By Joanna Murray-Smith

    A deliciously wicked comedy that proves that the female of the species is not only deadlier, but funnier than the male.

    The Ferryman

    The Ferryman

    By Jez Butterworth

    Preparations for the annual harvest on a farm in County Armagh in the 1980s are interrupted by a visitor. Winner of the Evening Standard Theatre Award and Tony Award for Best Play, and the Critics' Circle, Olivier and WhatsOnStage Awards for Best New Play.

    The Fever Syndrome

    The Fever Syndrome

    By Alexis Zegerman

    A vivid and thrilling play about a pioneering and successful IVF innovator and his brilliantly dysfunctional family.