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Run, Rebel

Run, Rebel (stage version)

By Manjeet Mann

A fast-paced, mesmerising stage version of the prize-winning YA verse novel about a young woman beginning to take control of her life. Edition includes a range of teaching materials and resources.

Russian Dolls

Russian Dolls

By Kate Lock

Kate Lock's play about a surprising relationship between two very different women, winner of the 2015 Adrian Pagan Award.

Rust

Rust

By Kenny Emson

An ultra-contemporary, sexy and funny play that pushes the boundaries of trust, love and lust to the limit.

Salad Day

Salad Day

By Deirdre Kinahan

A short play about an elderly couple who, trapped in a nursing home, plot a daring escape into the sunshine.

Published in volume Irish Shorts
    Salt

    Salt

    By Fiona Peek

    A modern morality tale about the corrosive effect of money, joint winner of the 2008 Bruntwood Playwriting Competition.

    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 Same

    The Same

    By Enda Walsh

    A play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

    Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays
      Samskara

      Samskara

      By Lanre Malaolu

      An explosive fusion of text, physical theatre and hip-hop dance exploring vulnerability, emotional trauma and what it means to be a black man in twenty-first-century Britain.

      Samuel Takes a Break

      Samuel Takes a Break

      in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours

      By Rhianna Ilube

      An extraordinary, genre-blending play about colonialism, identity and the attempt to preserve the past, premiered at The Yard Theatre London in 2024.

      The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

      The Sánchez Huerta Girl Killed Herself

      By Claudia Ríos Translated by Roxana Silbert

      After a young girl's suicide, her parents meet for the first time in years at the school where she died.

      Published in volume Mexican Plays
        Sandpaper on Sunburn

        Sandpaper on Sunburn

        By David Horan

        The personal becomes political in a funny and fascinating play exploring identity and family. Premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival in September 2024.

        Satin 'n' Steel

        Satin 'n' Steel

        By Amanda Whittington

        A comic two-hander about the irresistible allure of showbusiness, from the author of Be My Baby.

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        Saturday at the Commodore

        Saturday at the Commodore

        By Rona Munro

        A short solo play from the award-winning Scottish playwright, in which an Aberdonian woman remembers a painful teenage betrayal.

        Published in volume Scot-Free
          Save + Quit

          Save + Quit

          By Sophia Chetin-Leuner

          The stories of four young people in London and Dublin and how they attempt to live in the cities they call home.

          The Saviour

          The Saviour

          By Deirdre Kinahan

          A play charting the extraordinary shift in social, political and religious life in Ireland over the past thirty years.

          Saying Yes

          Saying Yes

          By Griselda Gambaro Translated by Sebastian Doggart

          A short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.

          Scandaltown

          Scandaltown

          By Mike Bartlett

          A comedy for the new Restoration of the theatres, set in contemporary, post-pandemic London, full of illicit sex, political hypocrisy and the machinations of a fame-hungry elite.

          Scarborough

          Scarborough

          By Fiona Evans

          An electrifying portrayal of a dangerously charged romance between a fifteen-year-old and their teacher.

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          Scenes From the Big Picture

          Scenes From the Big Picture

          By Owen McCafferty

          An epic, masterful twenty-plus-character play about Belfast and its multitude of urban denizens.

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          Scenes with girls

          Scenes with girls

          By Miriam Battye

          A witty and caustic play about female friendship, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2020.

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          The Schuman Plan

          The Schuman Plan

          By Tim Luscombe

          The story of post-war Britain and its love-hate relationship with Europe, recounted as a thrilling, fast-moving epic of machiavellian politics and private heartbreak.

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          Scissors

          Scissors

          By Chris Bush

          A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

          Scorch

          Scorch

          By Stacey Gregg

          A touching and provocative story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, inspired by recent UK cases of 'gender fraud'.

          The Scorched Garden

          The Scorched Garden

          By Juan Mayorga Translated by Nick Darke

          A play about a group of inmates who have been locked up in a mental hospital since the Spanish Civil War.