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The Nightclub

The Nightclub

By Chloe Todd Fordham

A short play about three very different women at a gay nightclub in Orlando, who are caught up in a terrifying hate crime.

Homos, or Everyone in America

Homos, or Everyone in America

By Jordan Seavey

A raw and provocative portrait of a love story, exploding attitudes, emotions and prejudices that sit at the heart of relationships across the world.

Drip Feed

Drip Feed

By Karen Cogan

An infectious, dark comedy monologue play about the messiness of being young(ish), female and queer.

Stories

Stories

By Nina Raine

A funny and touching new play about the fertilisation of an idea.

The Funeral Director

The Funeral Director

By Iman Qureshi

An incisive and heartfelt play about sexuality, gender and religion in twenty-first-century Britain. Winner of the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Open

Open

By Christopher Adams and Timothy Allsop

A frank, refreshing romance that draws on interviews, conversation and private correspondence to explore the authors' real-life open marriage.

The Gay Heritage Project

The Gay Heritage Project

By Damian Atkins, Paul Dunn and Andrew Kushnir

An important piece of contemporary queer theatre, from three of Canada's most gifted performers.

Company: The Complete Revised Book and Lyrics

Company: The Complete Revised Book and Lyrics

By George Furth and Stephen Sondheim

Published alongside the acclaimed, reimagined West End revival in 2018, this edition of Sondheim's hit musical features the complete revised book and lyrics for the production, plus colour production photographs.

Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane

Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane

By Carys D. Coburn

A play about losing someone close to you, about the human need to remember and connect.

Dark Sublime

Dark Sublime

By Michael Dennis

A play about joy and heartbreak, quarries and transmat beams – a love-letter to British sci-fi television.

Today

Today

By Robert Holman

From a Cambridge college to the battlefields of the Spanish Civil War, Today is a panoramic study of life, desire and the search for a fundamental self in the midst of a shifting, uncertain world.

Collapsible

Collapsible

By Margaret Perry

A funny, furious monologue about holding on in this collapsing world.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Captain Corelli's Mandolin (stage version)

By Louis de Bernières Adapted by Rona Munro

Rona Munro's adaptation of Louis de Bernières' much-loved epic novel, set on an idyllic Greek island in 1941.

Bleeding Heart

Bleeding Heart

By Antonio Onetti Translated by Oscar Ceballos and Mary Peate

A short dark comedy from Spain, in which a naive middle-aged transvestite encounters a petty thief nicknamed 'sour face'.

Paper Knickers

Paper Knickers

By Jackie Hagan

A bold, witty monologue play exploring what it is to be an amputee, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues
    First Time

    First Time

    By Nathaniel Hall

    A hilarious and heartbreaking true story that smashes through the stigma and shame of HIV, to present an uplifting and inspirational guide to staying positive in a negative world.

    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    By Zoe Cooper

    A tender, funny and beautifully observed study of lives in limbo, and a glimmer of hope for what lies ahead. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.

    Published in volume Inside/Outside
      My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)

      My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)

      By Rob Madge

      A joyous, chaotic, autobiographical play telling the story of actor, writer and social-media sensation Rob Madge as they set out to recreate a Disney parade they performed as a twelve-year-old for their Grandma.

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