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.

David Hwang invokes the age in which his great grandfather broke with Confucian tradition by converting to Christianity and unbinding his daughter's feet. Golden Child explores the impact of these momentous decisions  on succeeding generations.

A hard-hitting play about the Philippines in the Marcos era, adapted by Jessica Hagedorn from her own novel of the same name.

A short play written in response to the situation in Gaza at the time of writing in January 2009.

A dark but very funny comedy about the collapse of a family of feckless chancers and no-hopers.

A monologue play in which a 17-year-old girl tells us the story of her relationship with an older man and what it led to.

A bittersweet and hesitant duologue in a bar between a youngish man and woman who are ex-lovers.

A war-time Exeter family takes in an evacuee from London.

A short play about domestic abuse, and its terrifying impact on families.

A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.

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

A controversial but humane play about an obsessively religious girl and a sex-obsessed transvestite, by the renowned Quebecois writer.

A simultaneous portrait of a woman at five different ages. Five actresses portray Albertine at different times of her life whilst conversing freely with each other and with their sister Madeleine.

A witty and absurdist play that dismantles the myths of motherhood and exposes the sexism of language and religious imagery.

A psychological horror story about a woman suffering a mental breakdown, from the award-winning author of Iron.

A collaborative piece written with David Lan, combining words and dance. Inspired by Euripides' Bacchae, the play explores modern experiences of 'possession, violence and other states where people feel beside themselves'.

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

A short play about a schoolmaster on the verge of retirement, confronted by a mysterious young man wishing to pay his respects.