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Habibti Driver

Habibti Driver

By Shamia Chalabi and Sarah Henley

A heartwarming and hilarious play exploring the clashes, compromises and comedy that come with living in a mixed-culture family in today's Britain.

Handbagged

Handbagged

By Moira Buffini

The hit play about Queen Elizabeth, Margaret Thatcher, handbags, hairspray and sensible shoes.

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Here We Go

Here We Go

By Caryl Churchill

A short play about death by Caryl Churchill.

The Heresy of Love

The Heresy of Love

By Helen Edmundson

A powerful drama based on the extraordinary life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a poet, nun and major literary figure of Mexico.

Holy Sh!t

Holy Sh!t

By Alexis Zegerman

An acerbic new comedy about four forty-somethings wrestling for school places for their children.

Honour-Bound

Honour-Bound

By Zahra Jassi

A powerful solo show about family, anti-Blackness, and what we're willing to sacrifice for love.

House of Many Tongues

House of Many Tongues

By Jonathan Garfinkel

Somehow, two families are going to have to live together — if they don’t kill each other first. Jonathan Garfinkel's gripping socio-political drama 'attacks the Israeli-Palestinian question through laughs and magic realism' NOW Magazine.

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Ignorance/Jahiliyyah

Ignorance/Jahiliyyah

By Steve Waters

An absorbing study of attitudes towards outsiders, spanning two continents and sixty years.

Image of an Unknown Young Woman

Image of an Unknown Young Woman

By Elinor Cook

A startlingly theatrical look at what happens when a politically inflammatory video goes viral and it all kicks off.

Inside Voices

Inside Voices

By Nabilah Said

A blend of dark comedy and magic realism in a subversive portrayal of three Singaporean Muslim women challenging the bounds of freedom, feminism and faith in a place that isn't home.

The Island Princess

The Island Princess

By John Fletcher

A lyrical and poetic Discovery Play about Princess Quisara of the Indonesian island of Tidore, who vows to marry the man who can free her imprisoned brother.

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James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock

James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock

By Rona Munro

The first part of The James Plays cycle, exploring the complex character of the colourful Stewart King James I – poet, lover and law-maker.

Published in volume The James Plays
    James II: Day of the Innocents

    James II: Day of the Innocents

    By Rona Munro

    The second part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James II: Day of the Innocents depicts a violent royal playground from the perspective of the child King and his contemporaries, in a terrifying arena of sharp teeth and long knives.

    Published in volume The James Plays
      James III: The True Mirror

      James III: The True Mirror

      By Rona Munro

      The third part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James III: The True Mirror, like the King himself, is colourful and unpredictable, turning its attention to the women at the heart of the royal court.

      Published in volume The James Plays
        James V: Katherine

        James V: Katherine

        By Rona Munro

        A thrilling play about a turbulent time in Scotland's history, continuing Rona Munro's series of history plays set during the reigns of Scotland's generations of Stewart kings.

        Jane Eyre

        Jane Eyre (stage version)

        By Charlotte Brontë Adapted by Chris Bush

        A witty and fleet-footed adaptation that lays bare the beating heart of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, whilst staying true to its revolutionary spirit.

        The Jew of Malta

        The Jew of Malta

        By Christopher Marlowe

        Christopher Marlowe's drama of religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set on the island of Malta. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

        Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan

        Kabul Goes Pop: Music Television Afghanistan

        By Waleed Akhtar

        A play inspired by the true story of Afghanistan's first youth music programme, exploring a world following the US invasion that is complex, contradictory and shocking – all to a soundtrack of early noughties' pop.

        King Troll (The Fawn)

        King Troll (The Fawn)

        By Sonali Bhattacharyya

        A dystopian stage play exploring migrant experiences in all their complexity – and the troll that lives within all of us. Premiered by Kali Theatre at New Diorama Theatre, London, in 2024.

        Leave Taking

        Leave Taking

        By Winsome Pinnock

        Two generations. Three incredible women. An epic story of what we leave behind in order to find home.

        Liberation Squares

        Liberation Squares

        By Sonali Bhattacharyya

        A riotous stage comedy about sisterhood, freedom of speech, and dissent in the face of institutionalised Islamophobia.

        Life is a Dream

        Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse version)

        By Pedro Calderón Adapted by Helen Edmundson

        A classic from the Spanish Golden Age, Calderón's richly poetic, epic masterpiece explores illusion, reality, fate and destiny against the backdrop of a mythical Polish kingdom.

        Life is a Dream

        Life is a Dream

        By Pedro Calderón Translated by John Clifford

        A masterpiece of the Spanish Golden Age, in an English version by John Clifford.

        The Light Burns Blue

        The Light Burns Blue

        By Silva Semerciyan

        A play inspired by the true story of the Cottingley Fairies. Part of Platform, a series of big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.