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The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes (stage version)

By Nancy Harris Original author Hans Christian Andersen

A contemporary retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's extraordinary fairytale of dance, desire and destruction. Performed in this version by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2024.

Reunion

Reunion

By Mark O'Rowe

An exhilarating, high-wire drama about the deep currents of family life, set over a family reunion on an island off the west coast of Ireland. Premiered at Galway International Arts Festival in 2024.

The Road to Huntsville

The Road to Huntsville

By Stephanie Ridings

A short play about a writer researching women who fall in love with men on death row, who then finds herself crossing the line.

Rock

Rock

By Chris Bush

A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

Rock / Paper / Scissors

Rock / Paper / Scissors

Three Plays

By Chris Bush

Three intricately interwoven plays about family, heritage and legacy, centring around a Sheffield manufacturing family.

Ross & Rachel

Ross & Rachel

By James Fritz

A dark and uncompromising play about romance, expectation and mortality, James Fritz's Ross & Rachel takes an unflinching look at the myths of modern love.

Rules for Living

Rules for Living

By Sam Holcroft

A theatrically playful, dark comedy about the unwritten rules we follow in our lives.

Run Sister Run

Run Sister Run

By Chloë Moss

A witty and heartfelt play about two sisters, exploring family, class and dependence.

Russian Dolls

Russian Dolls

By Kate Lock

Kate Lock's play about a surprising relationship between two very different women, winner of the 2015 Adrian Pagan Award.

Salome

Salome

By Oscar Wilde

The savage power of ancient myth collides with twentieth-century decadence in Oscar Wilde's astonishing tragedy.

Sandpaper on Sunburn

Sandpaper on Sunburn

By David Horan

The personal becomes political in a funny and fascinating play exploring identity and family. Premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival in September 2024.

Saturday at the Commodore

Saturday at the Commodore

By Rona Munro

A short solo play from the award-winning Scottish playwright, in which an Aberdonian woman remembers a painful teenage betrayal.

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    Scissors

    Scissors

    By Chris Bush

    A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

    Screwed

    Screwed

    By Kathryn O'Reilly

    A gripping dramatic portrait of a destructive friendship between two women who push themselves to their limits.

    Sea Creatures

    Sea Creatures

    By Cordelia Lynn

    A haunting play about grief, loss and the power of storytelling.

    Seagull

    Seagull

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Charlotte Pyke, John Kerr and Joseph Blatchley

    A striking version of Chekhov's classic play, restoring the cuts demanded by the Russian censor in 1896.

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    Second Person Narrative

    Second Person Narrative

    By Jemma Kennedy

    A play about growing up, and forging your own identity. 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.

    The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden (stage version)

    By Frances Hodgson Burnett Adapted by Elizabeth Newman

    A delightful stage adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's enduring tale of transformation and healing through nature.

    The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden (Open Air Theatre version)

    By Frances Hodgson Burnett Adapted by Holly Robinson and Anna Himali Howard

    A thrillingly adventurous adaptation of the beloved and radical story about the magic of nature and the nature of magic, premiered at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in 2024.

    seeds

    seeds

    By Mel Pennant

    A play about two mothers united in sorrow, sharing the hardship of protecting their sons – one in life, and one in death.

    Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility (stage version)

    By Jane Austen Adapted by Mark Healy

    A faithful yet inventive adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, terrifically actable and readable.

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    Sex & God

    Sex & God

    By Linda McLean

    Four women from different moments in the twentieth century talk across time in Linda McLean's extraordinary play about faith, lust and family.

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    The Shadow Factory

    The Shadow Factory

    By Howard Brenton

    Autumn 1940. The Battle of Britain rages. From the ashes of a devastated Southampton, a story of chaos, courage and community spirit emerges.

    Shakespeare's Will

    Shakespeare's Will

    By Vern Thiessen

    Vern Thiessen, winner of the Governor General's Award for his play Einstein's Gift, gives a voice to one of the most silent characters in history: Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare.

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