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Stanley

Stanley

By Pam Gems

A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.

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Standing at the Sky's Edge

Standing at the Sky's Edge (West End edition)

By Chris Bush and Richard Hawley

Chris Bush and Richard Hawley's musical, a history of modern Britain told through the stories of one Sheffield housing estate. Winner of the Best New Musical award at the 2023 Olivier Awards.

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Standing at the Sky's Edge

Standing at the Sky's Edge

By Chris Bush and Richard Hawley

Chris Bush and Richard Hawley's musical, a history of modern Britain told through the stories of one Sheffield housing estate. Winner of the Best New Musical award at the 2023 Olivier Awards.

Speech & Debate

Speech & Debate

By Stephen Karam

A fiercely funny play by the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans.

A Song for Ella Grey

A Song for Ella Grey (stage version)

By David Almond Adapted by Zoe Cooper

A magical retelling of the Orpheus myth, full of music, sound and storytelling, adapted from the novel by David Almond. Premiered by Pilot Theatre on UK tour in 2024.

Some Of Us Exist In The Future

Some Of Us Exist In The Future

By Nkenna Akunna

An utterly original, wryly funny play about one woman's search for a place to belong in a world that's not all it seems. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Published in volume Papatango Plays
    slope

    slope

    By pamela carter

    An intimate and hedonistic examination of a nineteenth-century love triangle between the poets Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud, and Verlaine's young wife, Mathilde.

    Shining City

    Shining City

    By Conor McPherson

    A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

    Shibboleth

    Shibboleth

    By Stacey Gregg

    An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

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    Separate Tables

    Separate Tables

    By Terence Rattigan

    Two linked one-act plays set in a run-down residential hotel in Bournemouth.

    Scorch

    Scorch

    By Stacey Gregg

    A touching and provocative story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, inspired by recent UK cases of 'gender fraud'.

    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.

    SAUCE

    SAUCE

    By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

    A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.

    Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
      Run

      Run

      By Stephen Laughton

      Stephen Laughton's one-man play about a gay Jewish seventeen-year-old explores what it means to love, to lose, and how to grow from a boy into a man.

      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.

      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.

      Ribbons

      Ribbons

      By Elaine Murphy

      A short play about a parent and child who have been concealing their true identities.

      Published in volume Irish Shorts
        Resident Alien: Quentin Crisp explains it all

        Resident Alien: Quentin Crisp explains it all

        By Tim Fountain

        The acclaimed one-man show based on the life and writings of Quentin Crisp.

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