Modern Drama

A powerful drama about the potent appeal of far right policies to young people in the UK.

A play that unearths the seismic relationship between two half-sisters and their mother when they are forced together in the A&E ward of the local hospital. Joint-winner of the 2004 Verity Bargate Award.

A searing portrait of a community divided against itself, set in a weaver's cottage in County Armagh at the time of the 1798 Rebellion.

A powerful drama about how the conflict in Northern Ireland affects whole families, and of how the violence of the streets is brought into the heart of the home.

A searingly honest, beautifully observed portrait of marriage.

Michael Weller's Fifty Words culminated in one desperate phone call. Side Effects is the story of what happened on the other end of the line.

Two ex-lovers meet up after an 11-year gap for a nerve-jangling reunion.

A 15-minute play based on Restoration playwright Aphra Behn's tempestuous love affair with John Hoyle.

A 15-minute play about childhood, disability and spending time on trains.

The first part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

The second part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.

A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend.

A fast and furious comedy about the lengths we will go to when our backs are against the wall.

The first collection from a major new voice in American theatre.

A gripping but warm-spirited snapshot of life in a small southern Irish town.

In Fabulation, playwright Lynn Nottage reimagines Esther (the character from her companion play, Intimate Apparel) as Undine, the public relations diva of today, who spirals downward from her swanky Manhattan office to her roots back in Brooklyn.

The Shipment is a provocative look at African-American identity in today's not-quite post-racial society.

Young Jean Lee's Lear is an alternative re-working of Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy, focusing on the king's three daughters.