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Staying Alive

Staying Alive

By Kat Roberts

A darkly funny and achingly tender play about the death of a child.

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The Steamie

The Steamie

By Tony Roper

A celebration of women's work in a Glasgow wash-house set on Hogmanay.

Published in volume Scot-Free
    Steel

    Steel

    By Chris Bush

    A play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.

    Steel

    Steel

    By Lee Mattinson

    A hilarious and heartfelt play set in West Cumbria, about first loves, forging identities and the wild, wild hearts of teenage boys. First performed at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, in 2024.

    Still

    Still

    By Frances Poet

    Frances Poet's play is a cathartic story of life, loss and joy, full of tenderness and humour, as five Edinburgh souls stagger towards each other and are transformed.

    Stolen Secrets

    Stolen Secrets

    By Fin Kennedy

    From the heart of London's East End, Stolen Secrets are urban fairytales, bold, lyrical and gruesome, that can be performed individually or together for maximum shock value.

    stoning mary

    stoning mary

    By debbie tucker green

    Mysterious yet compelling, bewildering yet intoxicating, a play that mixes poetic rhythms with vernacular phrases, rap-song repetitions with complex psychology.

    Stoopud Fucken Animals

    Stoopud Fucken Animals

    By Joel Horwood

    A pitch-black comedy complete with wickedly entertaining songs, from the Edinburgh Fringe First-winning writer of Food.

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    Stop/Over

    Stop/Over

    By Gary Duggan

    A night of debauchery and delicate connection in a play set in the city that never sleeps.

    Stories

    Stories

    By Nina Raine

    A funny and touching play about the fertilisation of an idea. Premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2018.

    The Strange Death of John Doe

    The Strange Death of John Doe

    By Fiona Doyle

    A powerful and poignant drama about the search for the identity of a young man whose body is found face down in a suburban street.

    Strange Interlude

    Strange Interlude

    By Eugene O'Neill

    A controversial work of extraordinary power, remarkable length (9 acts), and use of asides to express the characters' unspoken thoughts. An outstanding, somewhat Freudian play from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

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    Strangers in Between

    Strangers in Between

    By Tommy Murphy

    Tommy Murphy's unflinching and constantly surprising drama about how we make sense of who we are through our often fraught relations with others.

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    strangers, babies

    strangers, babies

    By Linda McLean

    The chilling story of one woman's desperate attempts at a future that's worth living.

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    Strategic Love Play

    Strategic Love Play

    By Miriam Battye

    A Fringe First-winning play that, with acid wit, takes a scalpel to modern romance.

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    Strawberries in January

    Strawberries in January

    By Evelyne de la Chenelière Translated by Rona Munro

    A biting, heart-warming comedy of love and fate in contemporary Montréal, in a version by Rona Munro.

    The Strongbox

    The Strongbox

    By Stephanie Jacob

    A story of domestic servitude and abuse of power.

    Stuff

    Stuff

    By Tom Wells

    A play about friendship and loss – and the way people try to do the right thing for their mates when there isn't really a right thing to do. Written specifically for young people as part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival.

    Sucking Dublin

    Sucking Dublin

    By Enda Walsh

    A fierce and uncompromising short play about a group of five individuals tormented by a rape in a claustrophobic, drug-infested Dublin.

    Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
      A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

      A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

      By Sami Ibrahim

      A poetic fable for the stage, about an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own.

      Suffs

      Suffs

      By Shaina Taub

      An epic musical about the unsung trailblazers of the American women's suffrage movement. Winner of the 2024 Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.

      The Sugar Wife

      The Sugar Wife

      By Elizabeth Kuti

      Love, lust, prostitution and slavery in a 19th-century Quaker household. New edition published alongside the 2024 revival at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin.

      The Suitcase Kid

      The Suitcase Kid (stage version)

      By Jacqueline Wilson Adapted by Vicky Ireland

      An adaptation for the stage of Jacqueline Wilson's popular novel.

      Summerfolk

      Summerfolk

      By Maxim Gorky Translated by Stephen Mulrine

      Gorky's magnificent play about the Russian bourgeois social class and the changes occurring around them in the middle of the first decade of the twentieth century. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.