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Gorgeous Avatar

Gorgeous Avatar

By Jules Horne

A wry, tender and fantastical story of love and loneliness in the digital age.

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The Gospel at Colonus

The Gospel at Colonus

By Lee Breuer

Writing at the end of his own long life, in Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles depicts his doomed hero's final hours; at the moment of his death the aged Oedipus is free at last. Envisaging this meditation on mortality as a rousing service in a black church, Lee Breuer has created a remarkable text based on Robert Fitzgerald's splendid translation.

Got to be Happy

Got to be Happy

By Simon Burt

A poignant and tender-hearted play set in a pub kitchen.

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Grace

Grace

By Doug Lucie

A far-reaching, comic portrait of the effects of hypocrisy and corporate greed on the values of late-twentieth-century England.

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The Grain Store

The Grain Store

By Natal'ya Vorozhbit Translated by Sasha Dugdale

A play about a small rural community that dares to stand up to Stalin as he launches the first of his Five-Year Plans.

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Great Expectations

Great Expectations (RSC stage version)

By Charles Dickens Adapted by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod

A gritty adaptation of Dickens' least sentimental love story with a cast of some of his most unforgettable characters.

Great Expectations

Great Expectations (stage version)

By Charles Dickens Adapted by Jo Clifford

Jo Clifford's beautifully simple adaptation of one of Dickens's best-loved novels brings it thrillingly to life for the stage.

The Great God Brown

The Great God Brown

By Eugene O'Neill

A demonstration of O'Neill's expressionistic experimentation with masks to emphasise the distinction between characters, and the lack of understanding in human relationships.

Published in volume Desire Under the Elms & The Great God Brown
    Grotty

    Grotty

    By Izzy Tennyson

    A dark and savage play exploring the London lesbian scene. 

    Growth

    Growth

    By Luke Norris

    A painful comedy about growing up and manning up.

    The Guid Sisters

    The Guid Sisters

    By Michel Tremblay Translated by Bill Findlay and Martin Bowman

    Germaine Lauzon has won a million Green Shield stamps. She invites her female friends and relations to a party to paste the stamps into the books. The temptation to pilfer the stamps is irresistible and an enormous fight breaks out.

    Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
      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
        Gum

        Gum

        By Karen Hartman

        Set in a fictional fundamentalist country where chewing gum is outlawed, Gum explores the human need to tame nature and control desire.

        Gunter

        Gunter

        By Lydia Higman, Julia Grogan and Rachel Lemon

        The hit play about deception, witchcraft and football, winner of a Fringe First at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, then at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

        Gut

        Gut

        By Frances Poet

        A taut psychological thriller that explores who we can trust with our children – and whether it’s more dangerous not to trust at all.

        Gypsy Girl

        Gypsy Girl

        By Laura Lomas

        A monologue first performed by Laura Lomas at Soho Theatre, London, on 5 October 2009 as part of Paines Plough's LATER programme.

        Published in volume Bird and other monologues for young women
          Habibti Driver

          Habibti Driver

          By Shamia Chalabi and Sarah Henley

          A heartwarming and hilarious play exploring the clashes, compromises and comedy that come with living in a mixed-culture family in today's Britain.

          The Hairy Ape

          The Hairy Ape

          By Eugene O'Neill

          A nightmarish condemnation of the dehumanising effects of industrialisation on the American people.

          Published in volume The Hairy Ape & All God's Chillun Got Wings
            Halcyon Days

            Halcyon Days

            By Deirdre Kinahan

            An uplifting, bittersweet drama set in a nursing home, celebrating friendship and the human spirit.

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            The Half Of It

            The Half Of It

            By Karen Cogan

            A darkly lyrical monologue about a life, lived unseen. Winner of the Stewart Parker Award in 2018.

            Hamish

            Hamish

            By Jack Thorne

            A short monologue play exploring the challenges facing a young wheelchair user, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

            Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues
              The Hamster Wheel

              The Hamster Wheel

              By Marie Jones

              When one partner in a marriage becomes unable to look after themselves and is completely dependent on the other, what happens to the relationship between them?

              Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
                Hand in Hand

                Hand in Hand

                By Simon Block

                A fierce and funny play from the author of Not a Game for Boys.

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                Handbagged

                Handbagged

                By Moira Buffini

                The hit play about Queen Elizabeth, Margaret Thatcher, handbags, hairspray and sensible shoes.

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