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Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Good People

A funny and tender drama that explores how even if you live on the brink, destiny can have a way of surprising you.

The Girl's Guide to Saving the World

A frank and funny new play about friendship, feminism and what it means to be successful.

Thérèse Raquin (Theatre Royal Bath stage version)

A story of lust, madness and destruction set in the backstreets of Paris. Based on Emile Zola's classic novel.

Holes

An absurd, hilarious and fast-paced comedy by the writer of some of Britain's most acclaimed TV comedies.

Jonah and Otto

A humane, funny and ultimately haunting play that explores masculinity, identity and what it means to be English.

Elephants

A sharp black comedy with a tender heart that explores the paths we take in life and their repercussions on the people we love most.

A Breakfast of Eels

An intense, elusive, and quietly beautiful play about a family crisis.

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The Crocodile

By Tom Basden Original author Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A ferociously funny, eye-poppingly theatrical play about art, animals and what happens when you try to take on the system from within... a crocodile.

Crushed Shells and Mud

A play about conflicted desire and dangerous loyalties in a world trembling in the grip of a devastating epidemic.

German Skerries

An uplifting portrait of human hope and vulnerability, weaving resonant drama out of a friendship, a marriage, a holiday, and a death.

Human Animals

In the overcrowded city, nature is getting out of control. Stef Smith's play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2016.

The Encounter

A solo show tracing one man's journey into the Amazon rainforest and to the limits of human consciousness, inspired by the book Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu.

Yen

Anna Jordan's Bruntwood Prize-winning play, Yen explores a childhood lived without boundaries and the consequences of being forced to grow up on your own.

Rabbit Hole

The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a happy suburban couple whose lives are changed forever when their young son is killed in an accident.

Four Play

A comic play about sex and commitment in the 21st century.

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Bird

Winner of a Judges Award in the 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, Bird is a raw, delicate and bold play about growing up in a care home, and eventually leaving it for the outside world.

Folk

Surprising and poignant, Folk is a hilarious and not-so-holy story of hope, coming together and finding your feet when your world is turned upside down.

Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales (stage version)

Adapted by Philip Wilson Original author Philip Pullman

A deliciously dark version of the Grimm Tales, from master storyteller Philip Pullman.

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