Modern Drama

A painfully truthful, darkly comic take on contemporary life and how to survive it.

A play that sets the rampant technology of the modern world against the conservatism of a traditional society. The British debut of a writer from Chennai, India.

A touching and frequently hilarious play about three women whose lives are touched by breast cancer.

A radical reworking of Christopher Marlowe's classic tragedy Dr Faustus, bringing together the original story of the man who sells his soul to the devil with a startling act of provocation by 21st-century artists the Chapman Brothers.

A powerful play about the growing culture of human exploitation in the UK, delving below the surface to reveal a personal account of life as a migrant worker.

The provocative story of a modern family consumed by fear and hope, by the Swiss-born Lukas Bärfuss, a rising star of contemporary German theatre.

A pitch-black comedy complete with wickedly entertaining songs, from the Edinburgh Fringe First-winning writer of Food.

A hilarious social satire about liberal hypocrisy from an American writer whose work has been staged by the world famous Steppenwolf Theatre.

A large-scale historical romp in the terrain between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.

A hypnotic noir thriller set in a beguiling world of dream, danger and fantasy.

A powerful, witty and moving play exploring the dark interplay between sexuality and creativity.

A blackly comic drama set in a crazed, completely re-imagined Dublin underworld, full of martial arts, rogue cops and savage low-lifes. From the award-winning writer of Howie the Rookie.

A funny and sardonic play about two brothers trapped in a love triangle with the woman they both love.

A delightfully wacky comedy about the facts of life, from the fictional 'National Theatre of Brent'.

A sharp, funny, moving story of five women across three generations, and a prodigal daughter's return.

The acclaimed one-man show based on the life and writings of Quentin Crisp.

A heart-warming play set in a small town in southern Ireland - from the award-winning writer of The Wexford Trilogy.

A play about the notorious World War One femme fatale known as Mata Hari.