Great Plays for Festivals
A selection of our plays available for performance, specially chosen for their suitability for performance at festivals. Most of these plays have a shorter running time, generally 30-60 mins, or can be performed in a shorter version by prior arrangement. For more specific requirements, please contact our Performing Rights Department. Please note that inclusion here does not indicate that rights are available - it is important that you enquire about rights availability before making any commitment.
Liberation Squares
A riotous stage comedy about sisterhood, freedom of speech, and dissent in the face of institutionalised Islamophobia.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Gunter
The hit play about deception, witchcraft and football, winner of a Fringe First at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, then at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Cassie and the Lights
By Alex HowarthA tender and playful drama that examines what makes a family and what holds it together.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Idyll
By Matt HartleyA captivating short play about rural Britain, premiered by Pentabus Theatre in 2021.
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£7.99£6.39
(Not) the End of the World
By Chris BushA daringly theatrical investigation of the climate crisis through the perspectives of class, patriarchy and colonialism.
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£7.99£6.39
Peak Stuff
A fast-paced, funny play offering a deep-dive into consumer culture: in an age of retail therapy, climate crisis and click and collect - how does our 'stuff' define us?
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79HEART
By Jade AnoukaA raw and honest exploration of love, loss, and self-discovery. The debut play by acclaimed actor Jade Anouka.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen
A new edition of the dark and biting one-man show starring Samuel Barnett at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2023.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Multiverse is Gay!
A wild rollercoaster ride through school, the Multiverse, and finding yourself, over and over and over again… A play in the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series, featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.
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£7.99£6.39
The Playhouse Apprentice
An exhilarating and hilarious historical drama set in Elizabethan London, about theatre, bravery and how a little voice can make a big difference. Part of the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by young people.
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£7.99£6.39
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A compassionate and probing play about youth and aging, nostalgia and regret, and the dangers of refusing to get old. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.
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Space Girl
An action-packed play for young performers and audiences, bursting with songs and imagination, celebrating curiosity, resilience and exploration. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by young people.
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£7.99£6.39
The Village
By Abi Falase and Tatenda ShamisoA punchy and provocative story about democracy, power, and how we can try to build a better world. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.
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£7.99£6.39
Driftwood
By Tim FoleyAn intoxicating and mystical play about love, belonging and the tides within us, premiered by Pentabus and ThickSkin on a tour of the UK.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Is My Microphone On?
An urgent and lyrical play from a leading Canadian playwright, about young people questioning the choices that have been made, and the ones that they will yet be forced to make.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Everything Not Saved
By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP TheatreA play about memory, happiness, Rasputin, and dancing. And also the Queen. Premiered by MALAPROP Theatre at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2017.
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£6.99£5.59
Before You Say Anything
By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP TheatreA play that questions how everyone can be safe at the same time. A time-travelling set of interweaving stories exploring injustice, freedom and bravery.
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£6.99£5.59
Where Sat the Lovers
By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP TheatreA play about codes, hallucinations, Isaac Newton, war crimes, seeing meaning where there's none and vice versa. First staged by MALAPROP Theatre at the 2021 Dublin Fringe Festival.
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£6.99£5.59
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