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Standing at the Sky's Edge

Standing at the Sky's Edge

By Chris Bush and Richard Hawley

Chris Bush and Richard Hawley's musical, a history of modern Britain told through the stories of one Sheffield housing estate. Winner of the Best New Musical award at the 2023 Olivier Awards.

Orlando

Orlando (stage version)

By Virginia Woolf Adapted by Neil Bartlett

A sparkling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's famous fantasy, premiered in the West End with Golden Globe winner Emma Corrin leading an ensemble company.

Keeping It Active: A Practical Guide to Rhetoric in Performance

Keeping It Active: A Practical Guide to Rhetoric in Performance

By Jeannette Nelson

A clear and concise guide to how rhetoric works in plays, and how actors can use it to bring their performances to life on stage.

Paradise Now!

Paradise Now!

By Margaret Perry

A funny and raging play about ambition, exploitation and the search for connection in a fractured world.

Sons of the Prophet

Sons of the Prophet

By Stephen Karam

Stephen Karam's award-winning drama - a blackly comic play about dealing with loss - published alongside its European premiere at Hampstead Theatre.

Here

Here

By Clive Judd

A tender, funny and utterly truthful play about family and feeling. Winner of the Papatango New Writing Prize.

An Actor's Alphabet

An Actor's Alphabet

An A to Z of Some Stuff I've Learnt and Some Stuff I'm Still Learning

By Julie Hesmondhalgh

A candid and empowering A–Z of being an actor which lifts the lid on the realities of life in today’s industry, and shows you how to navigate it.

Five Characters in Search of a Good Night's Sleep

Five Characters in Search of a Good Night's Sleep

By Mike Alfreds, Sonja Linden and others

A devised play exploring the experience of sleeplessness and its impact on people's lives.

Blackout Songs

Blackout Songs

By Joe White

A compassionate and unflinching study of love, addiction and memory after a chance encounter at an AA meeting.

Mary

Mary

By Rona Munro

A political thriller for the stage, set in the 1560s and portraying events around Mary Stuart, the troubled Queen of Scots. Part of Rona Munro's breathtaking theatrical exploration of Scottish history.

Ladies Unleashed

Ladies Unleashed

By Amanda Whittington

A moving comedy for the stage, about friendship, growing older and living for today, reuniting the characters from the smash-hit plays Ladies' Day and Ladies Down Under.

The Contingency Plan

The Contingency Plan (2022 edition)

Two plays

By Steve Waters

A double bill of plays from the frontline of climate change – an epic portrait of Britain in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.