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Cling To Me Like Ivy

Cling To Me Like Ivy

By Samantha Ellis

A sassy, offbeat comedy-drama about rebelling against your roots.

Christmas Carol: A Fairy Tale

Christmas Carol: A Fairy Tale (stage play)

By Piers Torday Original author Charles Dickens

A revitalised stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale, by renowned author Piers Torday, focussing on Ebenezer Scrooge's sister Fan, the most monstrous miser ever known.

A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story

A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story (stage version)

By Charles Dickens Adapted by Mark Gatiss

A spine-tingling stage adaptation that is faithful to the heart and spirit of Charles Dickens' much-loved festive ghost story – with an emphasis on the ghostly.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol (Derby Playhouse stage version)

By Charles Dickens Adapted by Karen Louise Hebden

An acclaimed dramatisation of Dickens' well-loved Christmas story - more faithful to the original than any other published version.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol (RSC stage version)

By Charles Dickens Adapted by David Edgar

An adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic – one of the best-loved stories ever written – that rediscovers the social conscience of the timeless tale.

Chancers

Chancers

By Robert Massey

A fast and furious comedy about the lengths we will go to when our backs are against the wall.

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Chalet Lines

Chalet Lines

By Lee Mattinson

A shockingly funny journey through five decades of birthdays, weddings and hen dos, that asks if we can ever cut the apron strings that tie us to our parents.

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Cancelling Socrates

Cancelling Socrates

By Howard Brenton

A provocative and witty play about an uncompromising voice in dangerous times.

The Browning Version

The Browning Version

By Terence Rattigan

Rattigan's well-loved play about an unpopular schoolmaster who snatches a last shred of dignity from the collapse of his career and his marriage.

Blue Heart

Blue Heart

By Caryl Churchill

Two exhilarating and teasingly entertaining one-act plays from one of the UK's leading playwrights.

Big Ole Piece of Cake

Big Ole Piece of Cake

By Sean McLoughlin

A sparky play from the winner of the Irish Times Best New Play Award and the Stewart Parker Trust Award (for Noah and the Tower Flower).

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Backstairs Billy

Backstairs Billy

By Marcelo Dos Santos

An irreverent comedy about the fifty-year relationship between the Queen Mother and her most loyal, most outrageous servant, William 'Billy' Tallon, who joined her household at the age of fifteen. Premiered in the West End with Penelope Wilton and Luke Evans.

Bach & Sons

Bach & Sons

By Nina Raine

A beautiful, profound and funny play about Johann Sebastian Bach, the irascible and turbulent composer, and his family business.

August: Osage County

August: Osage County

By Tracy Letts

A hugely-acclaimed black comedy exposing the dark side of the Midwestern American family. 

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.

Anna Christie

Anna Christie

By Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O’Neill’s epic Pulitzer Prize-winning play about love and forgiveness.

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All On Her Own

All On Her Own

By Terence Rattigan

A powerfully atmospheric one-woman play, All On Her Own tells the story of Rosemary who, alone at midnight in London, has a secret burden to share that is both heartbreaking and sinister.

Published in volume Harlequinade & All On Her Own
    Albertine in Five Times

    Albertine in Five Times

    By Michel Tremblay Translated by John Van Burek and Bill Glassco

    A simultaneous portrait of a woman at five different ages. Five actresses portray Albertine at different times of her life whilst conversing freely with each other and with their sister Madeleine.

    Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other plays
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