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Nine Night

Nine Night

By Natasha Gordon

A touching and very funny exploration of the rituals of family, set amidst a traditional Jamaican Nine Night wake.

Caroline, or Change

Caroline, or Change

By Tony Kushner By (composer) Jeanine Tesori

The book and lyrics of the extraordinary musical from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America.

Misty

Misty

By Arinzé Kene

An inventive blend of gig theatre, spoken word, live art and direct address, exploring the pulsating heart and underground soul of inner-city London.

Br'er Cotton

Br'er Cotton

By Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm

A scorching play about a fourteen-year-old boy struggling to make sense of his place in an impoverished world filled with seemingly random killings of young black men.

Acceptance

Acceptance

By Amy Ng

Crackling with razor-sharp dialogue, Amy Ng's play asks whether we can ever escape our past, and investigates the destructive side of our search for acceptance.

The Lady from the Sea

The Lady from the Sea

By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Elinor Cook

Ibsen's moving play about duty and self-determination, relocated to the Caribbean in the 1950s.

Kanye the First

Kanye the First

By Sam Steiner

A dazzlingly funny and original drama about identity, guilt, contemporary culture and the second coming of Kanye West.

An Octoroon

An Octoroon

By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

The Obie Award-winning play about race and identity in America today.

The Liquid Plain

The Liquid Plain

By Naomi Wallace

A sweeping historical saga told with lyricism and power, The Liquid Plain brings to life a group of people whose stories have been erased from history.

a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun)

a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun)

By debbie tucker green

Three couples. What might be. What once was. What could have been.

good dog

good dog

By Arinzé Kene

A theatrical monologue that chronicles growing up in a multicultural community, and the everyday injustices that drive people to take back control.

Arabian Nightmares: Three Plays

Arabian Nightmares: Three Plays

By Henry Naylor

Three timely one-act plays, showing the brutal and bloody impact of the current Middle Eastern crisis on ordinary people: The Collector, Echoes and Angel.

What Shadows

What Shadows

By Chris Hannan

A searing look at identity and immigration within a bitterly divided country.

Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

By Suzan-Lori Parks

An epic dramatic trilogy set during the American Civil War, by one of America's leading playwrights.

House

House

By Somalia Seaton

A play about family, culture clash, memory and truth, commissioned by acclaimed theatre company Clean Break.

Published in volume House + Amongst the Reeds: two plays
    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.

    Shangri-La

    Shangri-La

    By Amy Ng

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

    Taken

    Taken

    By Winsome Pinnock

    A short play about a mother confronted by the child she had to give up.

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