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The House Party

The House Party

By Laura Lomas Original author August Strindberg

A new spin on August Strindberg's classic play Miss Julie, premiered at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, in 2024 in a co-production between Chichester Festival Theatre, Headlong and Frantic Assembly.

The House They Grew Up In

The House They Grew Up In

By Deborah Bruce

A tender, dark and funny look at a co-dependent relationship between a brother and a sister, and how they cope when the world bursts in on them.

How Love Is Spelt

How Love Is Spelt

By Chloë Moss

A fresh, funny and playful tale of growing up and finding yourself in the city.

How Musicals Work

How Musicals Work

And How to Write Your Own

By Julian Woolford

Why do some musicals work, while others just don't? And what should you do if you're thinking of writing your own? Julian Woolford, a successful writer and director of musicals and lecturer in writing musicals at the University of London, explores the musical-theatre canon to answer these and many other questions.

How My Light Is Spent

How My Light Is Spent

By Alan Harris

A funny, hopeful play about loneliness, longing and being left behind. Winner of the Judges' Award in the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

How Plays Work

How Plays Work

By David Edgar

Distinguished playwright David Edgar examines the mechanisms and techniques which dramatists throughout the ages have employed to structure their plays and to express their meaning.

How These Desperate Men Talk

How These Desperate Men Talk

By Enda Walsh

A short play published for the first time, written during the author's time working with European theatremakers.

How To Be A Kid

How To Be A Kid

By Sarah McDonald-Hughes

A touching and funny story of family, friends and fitting in, How To Be A Kid is ideal for seven- to eleven-year-olds to watch, read and perform.

How To Curse

How To Curse

By Ian McHugh

A spellbinding debut play about 17-year-olds on the edge, with a touch of magic and mayhem.

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How to Date a Feminist

How to Date a Feminist

By Samantha Ellis

A hilarious new spin on the Hollywood romcom featuring two proposals, two weddings, an elopement and a cast of unforgettable characters.

How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

By Fin Kennedy

The award-winning play that follows one man's desperate attempts to buck the system, and asks what really makes us who we are in the 21st century.

How to Not Sink

How to Not Sink

By Georgia Christou

A short play by Georgia Christou that looks at duty, love and dependency across three generations of women.

How to Spot an Alien

How to Spot an Alien

By Georgia Christou

A play for young people (age five and up) to watch, read and perform, about one confused alien, two brave kids and a busted spaceship.

How We Begin

How We Begin

By Elisabeth Lewerenz

A tender exploration of love, queerness and identity, staged at VAULT Festival, London, 2023.

Howie the Rookie

Howie the Rookie

By Mark O'Rowe

A white-knuckle ride through a nightmare Dublin, where enemies and allies are interchangeable.

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Hue & Cry

Hue & Cry

By Deirdre Kinahan

A short play in which two Dublin cousins, Damian and Kevin, are reunited for a family funeral in a highly charged encounter full of disillusion, denial and dark laughter.

Human Animals

Human Animals

By Stef Smith

In the overcrowded city, nature is getting out of control. Stef Smith's play premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2016.

The Human Body

The Human Body

By Lucy Kirkwood

A play of political and private passions, set in the 1940s against a backdrop of the foundation of the NHS. Premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2024.

The Human Ear

The Human Ear

By Alexandra Wood

An intriguing play about loss, renewal and knowing who to trust.

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The Humans

The Humans

By Stephen Karam

A powerful comedy-drama about a family gathering at Thanksgiving, from a gifted young American playwright.

A Hundred Words for Snow

A Hundred Words for Snow

By Tatty Hennessy

A play about a teenage girl's solo journey to the North Pole with her father's ashes.

Hundreds and Thousands

Hundreds and Thousands

By Lou Ramsden

A dark and twisted tale about deciding what's more important - doing what's right, or what's right for you.

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Hungry

Hungry

By Chris Bush

A play about food, love, class and grief in a world where there's little left to savour.

The Hypochondriac

The Hypochondriac

By Molière Translated by Martin Sorrell

Molière's classic farce in a fresh and performable translation. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.