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Chaos

Chaos

By Laura Lomas

A symphony of dislocated and interconnected scenes, in which a series of characters search for meaning in a complicated and unstable world. Part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival.

Stuff

Stuff

By Tom Wells

A play about friendship and loss – and the way people try to do the right thing for their mates when there isn’t really a right thing to do. Written specifically for young people as part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival.

The Comeback

The Comeback

By Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen

A heartwarming, joyful and dazzlingly funny exploration of bittersweet nostalgia and the enduring power of friendship.

Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete stage version)

Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete stage version)

By Le Navet Bete and John Nicholson

A rip-roaring, swashbuckling, family-friendly retelling of a classic story.

First Time

First Time

By Nathaniel Hall

A hilarious and heartbreaking true story that smashes through the stigma and shame of HIV, to present an uplifting and inspirational guide to staying positive in a negative world.

15 Heroines: 15 Monologues Adapted from Ovid

15 Heroines: 15 Monologues Adapted from Ovid

By Various

Drawing inspiration from Ovid, fifteen leading female and non-binary British playwrights dramatise the lives of fifteen classical heroines in a series of new monologues for the twenty-first century.

CripTales: Six Monologues

CripTales: Six Monologues

Curated by Mat Fraser By Various

Six fictional monologues portraying some very real experiences of disabled people in Britain, commissioned to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK’s Disability Discrimination Act.

Contemporary Monologues for Men: Volume 2

Contemporary Monologues for Men: Volume 2

Edited by Trilby James

Forty fantastic speeches featuring male roles, all written and premiered since the year 2014, by some of today’s most exciting dramatic voices from the UK and USA.

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Contemporary Monologues for Women: Volume 2

Contemporary Monologues for Women: Volume 2

Edited by Trilby James

Forty fantastic speeches featuring female roles, all written and premiered since the year 2014, by some of the most exciting dramatic voices writing today.

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The Writer's Toolkit

The Writer's Toolkit

Exercises, Techniques and Ideas for Playwrights and Screenwriters

By Paul Kalburgi

Almost two hundred practical exercises, techniques and ideas for every part of your process, designed to equip you with everything required to kickstart your creativity, develop your craft, and make your writing the very best that it can be.

Three Sisters (Chekhov/Nelson)

Three Sisters (Chekhov/Nelson)

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

A masterful new translation of Chekhov’s exploration of yearning and disillusionment.

Evening Plays

Evening Plays

By Richard Maxwell

Three new dramas, written as a response to Dante's Divine Comedy.

Exquisite Agony

Exquisite Agony

By Nilo Cruz

A play about the heart—its passions, its failures, and its ability to connect.

Illyria

Illyria

By Richard Nelson

It is 1958. In the midst of a building boom in New York City, Joe Papp and his colleagues are facing pressure from the city’s elite as they continue their free Shakespeare in Central Park.

The Kilroys List: Volume Two

The Kilroys List: Volume Two

67 Monologues and Scenes by Women and Nonbinary Playwrights

By The Kilroys

A new collection of monologues or scenes from plays written by women, trans, and nonbinary writers, nominated by hundreds of professional artistic directors, literary managers, professors, directors, and dramaturgs.

The Language Archive and Other Plays

The Language Archive and Other Plays

By Julia Cho

A new collection of plays by one of the most versatile dramatists in contemporary American theatre.

The Sound Inside

The Sound Inside

By Adam Rapp

A riveting play exploring the limits of what one person can ask of another.

Straight White Men/Untitled Feminist Show: Two Plays

Straight White Men/Untitled Feminist Show: Two Plays

By Young Jean Lee

Two plays by the award-winning dramatist, the first Asian-American female playwright to be produced on Broadway.