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Sessions

Sessions

By Ifeyinwa Frederick

A raw, funny, bittersweet play about the complexities of masculinity, depression and therapy.

Air

Air

By Caryl Churchill

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

Published in volume What If If Only
    Anything is Possible if You Think About It Hard Enough

    Anything is Possible if You Think About It Hard Enough

    By Cordelia O'Neill

    A moving and unexpectedly funny play about a couple grieving the loss of their child, winner of the Best New Play award at the 2022 Offies (Off West End Awards).

    The Ballad of Maria Marten

    The Ballad of Maria Marten

    By Beth Flintoff

    A thrilling play based on the nineteenth-century Red Barn Murder in Suffolk, rediscovering the lost story of the murder victim, Maria Marten.

    Is God Is

    Is God Is

    By Aleshea Harris

    A revenge tale about two women seeking justice and taking control of their own narratives, colliding the ancient and the modern, the tragic and the Spaghetti Western, hip-hop and Afropunk.

    Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers

    Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers

    By Travis Alabanza, Firdos Ali, Natasha Gordon, debbie tucker green, Arinzé Kene and Chinonyerem Odimba Selected by Natalie Ibu

    An anthology of six brilliant plays, celebrating a multiplicity of stories authored by Black playwrights in the UK over the last decade. Selected and introduced by leading theatre director Natalie Ibu.

    The Lodger

    The Lodger

    By Robert Holman

    An enlightening, cathartic and acerbic new play about identity, maturity and reconciliation.

    Glee & Me

    Glee & Me

    By Stuart Slade

    A touching drama about a teenage girl diagnosed with a brain tumour, an unexpectedly optimistic portrayal of love and the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit.

    Burgerz

    Burgerz

    By Travis Alabanza

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

     

    Published in volume Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers
      40 Days

      40 Days

      By Firdos Ali

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

      Published in volume Contemporary Plays by Black British Writers
        Once Upon A Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia

        Once Upon A Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia

        By Josh Azouz

        A brutally comic play about home and identity, marriage and survival, blood and feathers.

        Rockets and Blue Lights

        Rockets and Blue Lights

        By Winsome Pinnock

        The Alfred Fagon Award-winning play that retells British history through the prism of the slave trade.

        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.

        2:22 – A Ghost Story

        2:22 – A Ghost Story

        By Danny Robins

        A spine-chilling, funny and scary play from the award-winning writer and broadcaster behind the hit BBC podcast The Battersea Poltergeist.

        Big Big Sky

        Big Big Sky

        By Tom Wells

        A beautifully tender new play that explores nature's influence on love, friendship and family – the belief that anyone who's lost can be found, even in the remotest of places.

        What Country, Friends, Is This?: Directing Shakespeare with Young Performers

        What Country, Friends, Is This?: Directing Shakespeare with Young Performers

        By Max Hafler

        A highly practical, comprehensive guide to exploring Shakespeare with young people – ideal for directors, youth theatre leaders, workshop facilitators and teachers.

        Black Love

        Black Love

        By Chinonyerem Odimba

        An explosion of form-busting storytelling, combining real-life stories, imagined worlds, and new songs inspired by an R&B heritage.

        Hungry

        Hungry

        By Chris Bush

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

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