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Phoenix

Phoenix

By Mike Bartlett

A powerful story of fire and destruction, self-deceit and the corrosion of trust.

Published in volume Mrs Delgado
    100 Plays to Save the World

    100 Plays to Save the World

    By Elizabeth Freestone and Jeanie O'Hare

    A guide to one hundred brilliant plays addressing the most urgent and important issue of our time: the climate emergency.

    After Life

    After Life

    By Jack Thorne Original author Hirokazu Kore-eda

    A surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.

    My Family and Other Animals

    My Family and Other Animals (stage version)

    By Gerald Durrell Adapted by Janys Chambers

    A delightful and inventive stage version of Gerald Durrell's well-loved memoir of a childhood growing up in Corfu.

    1984

    1984 (stage version)

    By George Orwell Adapted by Nick Hern

    A bold and powerful dramatisation of George Orwell's classic dystopia, ideal for any school, youth group or amateur company.

    The IT

    The IT

    By Vivienne Franzmann

    A darkly comic state-of-the-nation play exploring adolescent mental health and the rage within.

    Straight White Men & Untitled Feminist Show: two plays

    Straight White Men & Untitled Feminist Show: two plays

    By Young Jean Lee

    Two compassionately subversive plays about identity, by Young Jean Lee, a Korean American playwright whose work is groundbreaking, humorous and often thrillingly transgressive.

    A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol (Old Vic stage version)

    By Charles Dickens Adapted by Jack Thorne

    Charles Dickens' timeless classic, brought to life in a joyous new adaptation by Jack Thorne.

    Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

    Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)

    By Isobel McArthur Original author Jane Austen

    A loving and irreverent all-female adaptation of Jane Austen's unrivalled literary classic, winner of the Best Entertainment or Comedy Play at the Olivier Awards.

    A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story

    A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story (stage version)

    By Charles Dickens Adapted by Mark Gatiss

    A spine-tingling stage adaptation that is faithful to the heart and spirit of Charles Dickens' much-loved festive ghost story – with an emphasis on the ghostly.

    Samskara

    Samskara

    By Lanre Malaolu

    An explosive fusion of text, physical theatre and hip-hop dance exploring vulnerability, emotional trauma and what it means to be a black man in twenty-first-century Britain.

    Milk and Gall

    Milk and Gall

    By Mathilde Dratwa

    A funny, surreal play reflecting the experience of being a new mother under Trump.

    Some Of Us Exist In The Future

    Some Of Us Exist In The Future

    By Nkenna Akunna

    An utterly original, wryly funny play about one woman's search for a place to belong in a world that's not all it seems. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

    Published in volume Papatango Plays
      Ghost Stories from an Old Country

      Ghost Stories from an Old Country

      By Tajinder Singh Hayer

      A riveting and poignant exploration of the ties that bind us, threaded through with captivating fables. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

      Published in volume Papatango Plays
        The Silence and the Noise

        The Silence and the Noise

        By Tom Powell

        A play that beautifully captures the story of two young people on the edge. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

        Published in volume Papatango Plays
          Papatango Plays

          Papatango Plays

          Three Prize-Winning Plays

          By Nkenna Akunna, Tajinder Singh Hayer and Tom Powell

          Three urgent and compelling plays, joint winners of the 2021 New Writing Prize awarded by acclaimed theatre company Papatango, in partnership with English Touring Theatre.

          Old Bridge

          Old Bridge

          By Igor Memic

          An epic love story exploring the impact of a war that Europe forgot, and the love and loss of those who lived through it. Winner of the 2020 Papatango New Writing Prize.

          Slave Play

          Slave Play

          By Jeremy O. Harris

          A play that rips apart history to shed new light on the nexus of race, gender, and sexuality in twenty-first-century America.

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