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Box Clever

Box Clever

By Monsay Whitney

A moving, truthful and darkly comic play about one woman's experience of a women's refuge.

A Breakfast of Eels

A Breakfast of Eels

By Robert Holman

An intense, elusive, and quietly beautiful play about a family crisis.

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Bully Boy

Bully Boy

By Sandi Toksvig

A ferociously gripping story about the moral issues of contemporary military occupation and its effect on the mental health of serving soldiers. Written with startling insight by author and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig.

Cans

Cans

By Stuart Slade

A searingly funny debut play about death, betrayal, and the possibility of forgiveness. And cider.

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A Case for the Existence of God

A Case for the Existence of God

By Samuel D. Hunter

A thoughtful and meditative two-hander, both intimate and expansive as it explores themes of parenthood, financial insecurity and empathy.

Catherine Medbh

Catherine Medbh

By Declan Feenan

A bittersweet and hesitant duologue in a bar between a youngish man and woman who are ex-lovers.

Published in volume St Petersburg and other plays
    Closer to God

    Closer to God

    By Anna Jordan

    A short play exploring the private worlds of strangers, living side by side but generations apart.

    Collapsible

    Collapsible

    By Margaret Perry

    A funny, furious monologue about holding on in this collapsing world.

    Come On Over

    Come On Over

    By Conor McPherson

    A Jesuit priest, sent to investigate a 'miracle' in his home town, re-encounters the woman who loved him thirty years before.

    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.

    Contractions

    Contractions

    By Mike Bartlett

    An ink-black comedy about the boundaries between work and play.

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    Cosmic Scallies

    Cosmic Scallies

    By Jackie Hagan

    A witty and touching new play about class, friendship and absence.

    Cougar

    Cougar

    By Rose Lewenstein

    A startling play about what – and who – we consume.

    Crossings

    Crossings

    By Deirdre Kinahan

    A play with live music, waltzing and unexpected connections, exploring how we return, resettle and adapt.

    Days of Wine and Roses

    Days of Wine and Roses (stage version)

    By Owen McCafferty

    JP Miller's 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses, adapted brilliantly for the stage by Owen McCafferty.

    Dead Dad Dog

    Dead Dad Dog

    By John McKay

    An offbeat short comedy with a political edge, in which an unemployed young man is dogged by his deceased father.

    Published in volume Scot-Free
      Dear Lupin

      Dear Lupin (stage version)

      By Roger Mortimer and Charlie Mortimer Adapted by Michael Simkins

      Michael Simkins' immensely charming stage adaptation of Dear Lupin, the witty and touching collection of letters from a father to his son that became a huge bestseller, winner of The Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year.

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      Disco Pigs

      Disco Pigs

      By Enda Walsh

      Enda Walsh's breakthrough play, a fast and formally inventive portrait of two teenage Irish misfits

      Published in volume Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin
        Doris Day

        Doris Day

        By E V Crowe

        A short play about two police officers and their different expectations of the job.

        Dream Pill

        Dream Pill

        By Rebecca Prichard

        A short play about two children forced into prostitution.

        Driftwood

        Driftwood

        By Tim Foley

        An intoxicating and mystical play about love, belonging and the tides within us, premiered by Pentabus and ThickSkin on a tour of the UK.

        Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?

        Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?

        By Caryl Churchill

        A man falls in love with America and leaves his wife and children for fifty years of love and adventure with Sam.

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        Dusk Rings A Bell

        Dusk Rings A Bell

        By Stephen Belber

        A beautifully crafted play from the American playwright, author of Tape and associate writer of The Laramie Project, whose events are echoed in this play.

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        Echoes

        Echoes

        By Henry Naylor

        A bloody tale of colonialism – ancient and modern – and the rhyme of history. Part of the Arabian Nightmares trilogy.