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Paul

Paul

By Howard Brenton

An irreverent and provocative drama questioning the basis of Christianity, by the author of The Romans in Britain.

Peanut Butter & Blueberries

Peanut Butter & Blueberries

By Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

A tender and bittersweet love story that explores how to love when the weight of the world is on your shoulders. First performed at Kiln Theatre, London, in 2024.

Petrol Jesus Nightmare #5 (In the Time of the Messiah)

Petrol Jesus Nightmare #5 (In the Time of the Messiah)

By Henry Adam

A chilling apocalyptic thriller about the violent consequences of faith and belief, from the author of The People Next Door.

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Pigs and Dogs

Pigs and Dogs

By Caryl Churchill

A short, startling play about Uganda's 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act and what lies behind it.

The Retreat

The Retreat

By Sam Bain

A comedy about getting away from it all - the debut play from the BAFTA Award-winning co-writer and co-creator of Peep Show, Fresh Meat and Four Lions.

REVENGE: After the Levoyah

REVENGE: After the Levoyah

By Nick Cassenbaum

A Jewish heist comedy that combines madcap action and biting political satire, winner of an Edinburgh Fringe First Award and a Summerhall Lustrum Award.

Run

Run

By Stephen Laughton

Stephen Laughton's one-man play about a gay Jewish seventeen-year-old explores what it means to love, to lose, and how to grow from a boy into a man.

Run (VAULT edition)

Run (VAULT edition)

By Stephen Laughton

Stephen Laughton's one-man play, in the VAULT Festival version.

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.

Salaam. Peace: An Anthology of Middle Eastern-American Drama

Salaam. Peace: An Anthology of Middle Eastern-American Drama

Edited by Holly Hill and Dina Amin

A groundbreaking anthology containing a collection of new plays by American writers of a variety of Middle Eastern backgrounds, from artists born in Egypt and Iran, to Israeli- and Palestinian-Americans.

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Shangri-La

Shangri-La

By Amy Ng

A debut play laying bare the contradictions and private pain of cultural tourism.

Shibboleth

Shibboleth

By Stacey Gregg

An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Other Plays

Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven and Other Plays

By Young Jean Lee

A collection of plays from the experimental writer-director Young Jean Lee.

The Southbury Child

The Southbury Child

By Stephen Beresford

A darkly comic play exploring family and community, the savage divisions of contemporary society and the rituals that punctuate our lives.

The Starry Messenger

The Starry Messenger

By Kenneth Lonergan

A bittersweet exploration of love, hope and the mysteries of the cosmos.

Statues

Statues

By Azan Ahmed

A witty, honest, and deeply moving play exploring the impact of loss, and what you can gain from it. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.

Stunning and other plays

Stunning and other plays

By David Adjmi

The first collection by a striking new voice in American theatre.

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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.

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities (stage version)

Adapted by Mike Poulton Original author Charles Dickens

A thrilling, fast-paced adaptation of the classic novel, considered by Dickens 'the best story I have ever written'.

Tartuffe

Tartuffe

By Molière Adapted by Liz Lochhead

A rollicking Scots version of Molière's classic of political satire and black comedy.

Published in volume Miseryguts & Tartuffe
    Temple

    Temple

    By Steve Waters

    A fictional account of the 2011 Occupy London movement, set in the heart of a very British crisis – a crisis of conscience, a crisis of authority and a crisis of faith.

    Testament

    Testament

    By Tristan Bernays

    The dark underside of the Greatest Story Ever Told.

    Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

    Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

    By Javaad Alipoor With Chris Thorpe

    A cutting-edge drama – part free-wheeling lecture, part podcast and part play – investigating the disappearance of Iranian pop sensation and refugee Fereydoun Farrokhzad in 1992.

    Thomas More

    Thomas More

    By Anthony Munday, William Shakespeare and Henry Chettle

    The incendiary story of Henry VIII's chancellor, Sir Thomas More, executed for failing to arrange Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.

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