Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
The Naked Eye
A short monologue play from the author of Jerusalem.
Prickly Heat
A surreal and sensuous comedy by a young Scottish writer-performer.
Inventing a New Colour
A war-time Exeter family takes in an evacuee from London.
The Letter-Box
A short play about domestic abuse, and its terrifying impact on families.
Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (original Traverse Theatre version)
A contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.
Dead Dad Dog
An offbeat short comedy with a political edge, in which an unemployed young man is dogged by his deceased father.
Writer's Cramp
The debut play from the author of The Slab Boys and Tutti Frutti, taking satirical swipes at Anglo-Scottish cultural pretensions.
Saturday at the Commodore
A short solo play from the award-winning Scottish playwright, in which an Aberdonian woman remembers a painful teenage betrayal.
The Steamie
A celebration of women's work in a Glasgow wash-house set on Hogmanay.
Manon / Sandra
A controversial but humane play about an obsessively religious girl and a sex-obsessed transvestite, by the renowned Quebecois writer.
Albertine in Five Times
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.
Low in the Dark
A witty and absurdist play that dismantles the myths of motherhood and exposes the sexism of language and religious imagery.
Misogynist
A powerful anatomy of misogyny, by 'one of the most significant new Irish writers of his generation' (Sunday Times).
The Hamster Wheel
When one partner in a marriage becomes unable to look after themselves and is completely dependent on the other, what happens to the relationship between them?
Fugue
A psychological horror story about a woman suffering a mental breakdown, from the award-winning author of Iron.
A Mouthful of Birds
A collaborative piece written with David Lan, combining words and dance. Inspired by Euripides' Bacchae, the play explores modern experiences of 'possession, violence and other states where people feel beside themselves'.
Sucking Dublin
A fierce and uncompromising short play about a group of five individuals tormented by a rape in a claustrophobic, drug-infested Dublin.
Acts
A short play about an old couple whose son returns after years of absence.