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Push Up

Push Up

By Roland Schimmelpfennig Translated by Maja Zade

A savage satire on the rapacious nature of office lives and lusts - the British debut from a writer whose work has been seen in prestigious theatres all over Germany.

Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots

By Stuart Paterson

A brilliantly inventive version of the classic tale, from the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

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Pussycat in Memory of Darkness

Pussycat in Memory of Darkness

By Neda Nezhdana Translated by John Farndon

A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.

Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two Plays
    Queen Anne

    Queen Anne

    By Helen Edmundson

    Helen Edmundson's gripping play tells the little-known story of a monarch caught between friendship and duty.

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    Queen Margaret

    Queen Margaret

    By William Shakespeare Adapted by Jeanie O'Hare

    Using Shakespeare’s orginal lines, alongside new text, Jeanie O’Hare retells The Wars of the Roses through the eyes of the extraordinary Margaret of Anjou.

    Queers: Eight Monologues

    Queers: Eight Monologues

    By Various Created by Mark Gatiss

    Queers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.

    Quelques Fleurs

    Quelques Fleurs

    By Liz Lochhead

    A short play from the leading Scottish poet and playwright.

    The Quiet House

    The Quiet House

    By Gareth Farr

    An exploration of infertility and the taboo that surrounds it, The Quiet House is a funny, moving and unswervingly honest love story.

    Rabbit

    Rabbit

    By Nina Raine

    A fiercely funny play about what it's like to be a young woman living, working, drinking, loving and having sex in the 21st century.

    Rabbit Hole

    Rabbit Hole

    By David Lindsay-Abaire

    The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a happy suburban couple whose lives are changed forever when their young son is killed in an accident.

    The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

    The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (stage version)

    By Robert Tressell Adapted by Howard Brenton

    Robert Tressell's classic pre-First World War account of the working lives of a group of housepainters and decorators, vividly adapted by Howard Brenton.

    Raging: Embargo

    Raging: Embargo

    The War of Independence

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A poetic, bloody and heroic tale of industrial action and civic resistance, part of Deirdre Kinahan's trilogy of landmark plays commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland.

    Raging: Outrage

    Raging: Outrage

    The Civil War

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A play exploring women's roles in the Irish revolutionary wars, part of Deirdre Kinahan's trilogy of landmark plays commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland.

    Raging: Wild Sky

    Raging: Wild Sky

    The Rising

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A play exploring the extraordinary energy and complexity of events in Ireland in the lead up to the Easter Rising of 1916.

    The Railway Children

    The Railway Children (stage version)

    By E. Nesbit Adapted by Mike Kenny

    An imaginative stage adaptation of E. Nesbit's much-loved children's classic.

    Ramallah

    Ramallah

    By David Greig

    A short play about a writer returning home from Palestine to his wife, and being gently challenged as to where exactly his priorities lie.

    Ramona Tells Jim

    Ramona Tells Jim

    By Sophie Wu

    A darkly comic debut play about confession and the gravity of young love.

    random

    random

    By debbie tucker green

    An urgent play about the senseless killing of a black schoolboy, from one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British playwriting.

    Rank

    Rank

    By Robert Massey

    A darkly comic thriller set in the grim, seething and sometimes hilarious criminal world of Dublin's suburbs.

    Rappaccini's Daughter

    Rappaccini's Daughter

    By Octavio Paz Translated by Sebastian Doggart

    The only play by leading Mexican poet Octavio Paz, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

    Rapture

    Rapture

    By Lucy Kirkwood

    A slippery thriller for the stage, about love, power and belief. In a modern world where reality is whatever we imagine it to be, how do we know the stories we tell ourselves are true?

    Rathmines Road

    Rathmines Road

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    Fraught, funny, and ferocious, a play that challenges the cultural response to accusations of sexual assault.

    Rattigan's Nijinsky

    Rattigan's Nijinsky

    By Nicholas Wright and Terence Rattigan

    The extraordinary story of the relationship between the famous dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, drawing on an unproduced screenplay by Terence Rattigan.

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    Raya

    Raya

    By Deborah Bruce

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