Modern Drama

Two modern feminist classics by a writer who was amongst the extraordinary generation of British female playwrights to emerge in the 1980s.

A raw and honest verbatim-theatre play about post-reunification Germany, commissioned in 1994 by Der Spiegel to test the mood of the new Germany.

A powerful play about the effects of Oliver Cromwell's military campaign in Ireland.

A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, with music by Mick Sands drawn from traditional French folk melodies.

A black comedy/farce from the author of Abigail's Party, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1988.

A comedy drama about male friendship in which five old friends meet for a traditional evening of poker.

A triptych of short plays on the theme of family from three generations of Scottish writers.

A play about the bonds of trust in a tight-knit Loyalist community, and how easily they are shattered, from the multi-award winning writer of The Force of Change.

A magical, compelling play from the author of The Weir.

Two plays from the author of The Wexford Trilogy.

Rattigan's 1946 play based on the real-life court case of a young naval cadet unjustly accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order.

A bold, quirky play from the renowned Quebecois writer, translated into a robust and earthy Scots.

A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.

A true-life play about friendship, heartbreak and business enterprise... in a seaside brothel.

A radical re-interpretation of The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky's classic and compelling tale of family rivalries.

Pirandello's classic play, updated for the twenty-first century by Headlong.

A fast, wild and farcically funny play with a disturbing vision of a dystopian future.

An electrifying portrayal of a dangerously charged romance between a fifteen-year-old and their teacher.