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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.

The Kitchen Sink

The Kitchen Sink

By Tom Wells

An irresistibly funny and tender play about big dreams and small changes.

The Knot of the Heart

The Knot of the Heart

By David Eldridge

A grippingly insightful play about a young woman whose social drug habit has got disastrously out of control.

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The Lady From the Sea

The Lady From the Sea

By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

One of Ibsen's most powerful studies of female psychology, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Lagan

Lagan

By Stacey Gregg

A kaleidoscope of stories from post-Troubles Belfast, Lagan is an intimate and absorbing dramatic portrait of a city with a past like no other.

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The Last Noël

The Last Noël

By Chris Bush

A funny, moving, uplifting play about Christmas, with original songs.

The Last of the Haussmans

The Last of the Haussmans

By Stephen Beresford

A funny, touching and at times savage portrait of a family loosing its grip, examining the fate of the revolutionary generation.

The Last of the Pelican Daughters

The Last of the Pelican Daughters

By The Wardrobe Ensemble

A comedy about four sisters trying to come to terms with their mother's death.

The Late Middle Classes

The Late Middle Classes

By Simon Gray

A funny yet melancholic look at the frustrations, secrets and guilt of middle-class respectability in 1950s England.

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Laughing Boy

Laughing Boy (stage version)

By Stephen Unwin Original author Sara Ryan

A stage adaptation of Sara Ryan's powerful account of the preventable death of her son Connor Sparrowhawk while in an NHS care unit. Premiered at Jermyn Street Theatre, London.

Lava

Lava (2022 edition)

By James Fritz

A timely play about grief and the power of expression, rocking with raw emotion and sharp humour.

Lava

Lava (2018 edition)

By James Fritz

A timely play about grief, masculinity and the power of expression, exploring what happens when the capital city is hit by a small asteroid.

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.

Lela & Co.

Lela & Co.

By Cordelia Lynn

The story of a young girl trapped in an increasingly tiny world. Based on a true story.

Les Parents Terribles

Les Parents Terribles

By Jean Cocteau Translated by Jeremy Sams

Jean Cocteau's frank, ironic, bruisingly melodramatic play dealing with incest and the diseased love from which it stems.

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The Letter-Box

The Letter-Box

By Ann Marie Di Mambro

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

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    Life After George

    Life After George

    By Hannie Rayson

    A moving and perceptive play that looks at social change across three decades, from the student barricades of the late 1960s to the new millennium.

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    LIT

    LIT

    By Sophie Ellerby

    A play exploring the turbulent teenage years of a Nottingham girl looking for love in all the wrong places.

    Little Bits of Ruined Beauty

    Little Bits of Ruined Beauty

    By Tom Wentworth

    A darkly comic play examining the subtle shift from cared-for to carer and how dignity and independence are maintained in isolated rural areas. 

    Little Eyolf

    Little Eyolf

    By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Richard Eyre

    Ibsen's forensic examination of a marriage as it falls apart, in a version by Richard Eyre.

    Little Gem

    Little Gem

    By Elaine Murphy

    A poignant and hilarious play about love, sex, birth, death and salsa classes, following three generations of women over one extraordinary year.

    Little Platoons

    Little Platoons

    By Steve Waters

    Moving from satiric comedy to poignant family drama, Little Platoons explores what the retreat of the state and the growth of people power really means for society and its youngest citizens.

    Little Women

    Little Women (stage version)

    By Louisa May Alcott Adapted by Anne-Marie Casey

    A joyful and spirited adaptation of one of the best-loved novels of all time.

    The Lodger

    The Lodger

    By Robert Holman

    An enlightening, cathartic and acerbic new play about identity, maturity and reconciliation.