Modern Drama

Two friends scratch out a living on the margins of society in a play commissioned by acclaimed theatre company Clean Break.

A short play from the author of Jumpers for Goalposts.

A short monologue play for a female performer.

A quiet masterpiece tracing the lives of five strangers who come together in a community centre in Vermont, New England, for a series of creative drama classes for adults.

A short play set in a Westminster dressing room, as Prime Minister Dave prepares for his first ever bout of Prime Minister's Questions.

A short play about a patient and her psychiatrist as they head into the wilderness to find out how sane any of us really are.

A short play about three young Israelis caught up in a hostage situation.

A short play set in 2053 in what was once Greenland.

A short play about war and family life.

A short play about sponsorship and the arts.

A short play about a family divided by politics, first performed in the week of Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017.

A timely, unsettling and powerful play from one of the UK's most prominent trans voices.

A play exploring the impact of state violence on Black and brown children.

A dark and frequently absurdist play about how we have treated those we call 'mentally ill'.

A play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

A funny, moving and provocative drama about the true nature of friendship.

The final part of Hilary Mantel's hugely acclaimed Wolf Hall trilogy, adapted by the author with the actor Ben Miles and staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

A resonant and surreal short piece published alongside What If If Only.