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Trestle

Trestle

By Stewart Pringle

A tender but truthful exploration of love and ageing, asking how we choose to live in the face of soaring life expectancies. Winner of the 2017 Papatango New Writing Prize.

The Tree of Knowledge

The Tree of Knowledge

By Jo Clifford

A wildly imaginative, hilariously provocative and deeply moving play from one of Scotland's most important playwrights.

A Time to Keep

A Time to Keep

By Stephanie Dale and David Edgar

A large-scale historical romp in the terrain between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.

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Through A Glass Darkly

Through A Glass Darkly (stage version)

By Ingmar Bergman Adapted by Jenny Worton

A poignant and sensuous stage adaptation of the 1961 Oscar-winning film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.

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Three Sisters

Three Sisters

By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Cordelia Lynn

Cordelia Lynn's version of Chekhov's play, about three sisters trapped in a provincial town, waiting for their lives to begin.

This May Hurt A Bit

This May Hurt A Bit

By Stella Feehily

A witty, tender, and occasionaly surreal exploration of one family's experience of the NHS.

Things I Know To Be True

Things I Know To Be True

By Andrew Bovell

A complex and intense portrait of the mechanics of a family – and a marriage – through the eyes of four siblings struggling to define themselves beyond their parents' love and expectations.

That Almost Unnameable Lust

That Almost Unnameable Lust

By Rebecca Lenkiewicz

A short play about a writer holding workshops with older women in a prison.

A Tender Thing

A Tender Thing

By Ben Power

Another Romeo and another Juliet in a strikingly different love story.

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.

Switzerland

Switzerland

By Joanna Murray-Smith

A gripping psychological thriller, filled with razor-sharp dialogue.

Swansong

Swansong

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

A comic duologue about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
    St Nicholas

    St Nicholas

    By Conor McPherson

    An eccentric, teasing yarn from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

    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.

    Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

    Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

    By Michel Tremblay Translated by Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay

    A bold, quirky play from the renowned Quebecois writer, translated into a robust and earthy Scots.

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    So Long Life

    So Long Life

    By Peter Nichols

    A comedy drama portraying a ghastly family gathering with great humour and unflinching honesty.

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    The Small Things

    The Small Things

    By Enda Walsh

    A fierce and devastating fable about enforced silence.

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    Shush

    Shush

    By Elaine Murphy

    A funny and insightful play about the power of female friendship.

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