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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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I, Claudia

I, Claudia

By Kristen Thomson

A touching and funny play about a girl on the cusp of adolescence.

The James Plays

The James Plays

James I, II and III

By Rona Munro

Rona Munro's vividly imagined historical cycle brings to life three generations of Stewart kings who ruled Scotland in the tumultuous fifteenth century.

The Adventures of a Young Black Girl in Search of God

The Adventures of a Young Black Girl in Search of God

By Djanet Sears

Rainey Baldwin-Jackson, a country doctor, struggles to come to terms with the loss of her daughter, the disintegration of her marriage, and an eccentric elderly father on an astonishing crusade.

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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.

Gum

Gum

By Karen Hartman

Set in a fictional fundamentalist country where chewing gum is outlawed, Gum explores the human need to tame nature and control desire.

Flare Path

Flare Path

By Terence Rattigan

A moving story of love and loyalty, courage and fear, based on Terence Rattigan's own experiences as a tail gunner in the Second World War.

The Middlemarch Trilogy

The Middlemarch Trilogy

By George Eliot Adapted by Geoffrey Beevers

Three plays based on George Eliot's classic novel, which can be performed as a trilogy or as standalone pieces.

Apologia

Apologia

By Alexi Kaye Campbell

A disastrous family reunion is the occasion for a sharp and perceptive look at what has happened to 60s idealists and their children.

Hedda

Hedda

By Lucy Kirkwood Original author Henrik Ibsen

A startling new version of Hedda Gabler, relocating Ibsen's nineteenth-century heroine to London in 2008.

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The Last Night of Ballyhoo

The Last Night of Ballyhoo

By Alfred Uhry

A bitter-sweet romantic comedy from the author of Driving Miss Daisy.

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No Romance

No Romance

By Nancy Harris

A tender and funny tale about our secret selves, and our search for connection in a fractured world.

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We Happy Few

We Happy Few

By Imogen Stubbs

A comedy drama about an all-female theatre company touring Britain during the darkest days of World War Two, written by the well-known actress and premiered in the West End.

Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley

By Helen Edmundson

A biographical play about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Premiered by Shared Experience.

Tiger Country

Tiger Country

By Nina Raine

A hospital play that follows a tangle of doctors and nurses in a busy London hospital.

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.

The Approach

The Approach

By Mark O'Rowe

Both psychological puzzle and quietly devastating tragedy, Mark O'Rowe's The Approach explores the inner lives of three women as they desperately try to make sense of their world.

15 Heroines

15 Heroines

15 Monologues Adapted from Ovid

By various

Drawing inspiration from Ovid, fifteen leading female and non-binary British playwrights dramatise the lives of fifteen classical heroines in a series of new monologues for the twenty-first century.

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