Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Little Baby Jesus & Estate Walls
Two plays
Two plays, both set in contemporary inner-city London, showcasing the remarkable poetic and theatrical imagination of writer/performer Arinzé Kene.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Incident Room
By Olivia Hirst and David ByrneA play about the manhunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, going behind the scenes to investigate the case that nearly broke the British police force.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Last Quiz Night on Earth
By Alison CarrAn innovative, apocalyptic comedy-drama featuring a fully interactive pub quiz.
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£12.99£10.39There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£12.99£10.39Run Sister Run
By Chloë MossA witty and heartfelt play about two sisters, exploring family, class and dependence.
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A passionate and timely drama that looks at the human cost of abandoning those who struggle to fit in.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Anything is Possible if You Think About It Hard Enough
A moving and unexpectedly funny play about a couple grieving the loss of their child, winner of the Best New Play award at the 2022 Offies (Off West End Awards).
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
Two sweet and saucy comedies from an award-winning Irish playwright.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete stage version)
A rip-roaring, swashbuckling, family-friendly retelling of a classic story.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?)
By Rob MadgeA 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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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Bloody Elle
A heart-warming and belly-achingly funny story about falling in love for the very first time.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Love and Other Acts of Violence
A subversive and intimate love story about inheritance and the cycles of politics and history.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (stage version)
By Philip Pullman Adapted by Bryony LaveryThe stage version of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, which is set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Our Generation
An engrossing verbatim created from five years of interviews with twelve young people from across the UK. A captivating portrait of their teenage years as they journey into adulthood.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Electric Rosary
By Tim FoleyA sharp, timely and gloriously funny play that asks what faith really means in the age of artificial intelligence. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize Judges' Award.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Tapped
A witty and sensitive portrayal of managing mental health within a family, highlighting the barriers we put up in order to put on a brave face.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Bone Sparrow (stage version)
By Zana Fraillon Adapted by S. ShakthidharanA stage adaptation of Zana Fraillon's powerful and deeply moving novel about the displacement and treatment of refugees and sanctuary seekers in Australia.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Raging: Three Plays/Seven Years of Warfare in Ireland
Wild Sky, Embargo & Outrage
A trilogy of landmark plays - Wild Sky, Embargo and Outrage - commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland, from the 1916 Easter Rising to the Civil War which began in 1922.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Lava (2022 edition)
By James FritzA timely play about grief and the power of expression, rocking with raw emotion and sharp humour.
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