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Two Billion Beats (short play version)

Two Billion Beats (short play version)

By Sonali Bhattacharyya

A short play about the unfairness of growing up in a world where you don't make the rules. First performed as part of Inside/Outside, a season of short plays staged at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.

Published in volume Inside/Outside
    Two Billion Beats

    Two Billion Beats

    By Sonali Bhattacharyya

    An insightful, heartfelt coming-of-age story and a blazing account of inner-city, British-Asian teenage life.

    twins

    twins

    By James Fritz

    A short play about twins whose lives diverge, first performed at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2015.

    Trying It On

    Trying It On

    By David Edgar

    An autobiographical monologue, written to be performed by its author David Edgar, in which Edgar at seventy confronts the ideals of his twenty-something self.

    Trestle

    Trestle

    By Stewart Pringle

    A tender but truthful exploration of love and ageing, asking how we choose to live in the face of soaring life expectancies. Winner of the 2017 Papatango New Writing Prize.

    Travesty

    Travesty

    By Liam Williams

    The debut play by Liam Williams, double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee -  about gender and the ethical dimensions of modern love.

    A Tragic Figure

    A Tragic Figure

    By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

    A comic duologue about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha.

    Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
      Topdog/Underdog

      Topdog/Underdog

      By Suzan-Lori Parks

      A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

      Time Spent on Trains

      Time Spent on Trains

      By Elizabeth Kuti

      A 15-minute play about childhood, disability and spending time on trains.

      Published in volume Fishskin Trousers
        Tickets are Now On Sale

        Tickets are Now On Sale

        By Caryl Churchill

        A short play about sponsorship and the arts.

        Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: Five
          This Wide Night

          This Wide Night

          By Chloë Moss

          A tender portrayal of two women trying to start again after their release from prison.

          This is Living

          This is Living

          By Liam Borrett

          A poignant exploration of what it means to say goodbye.

          Thick As Thieves

          Thick As Thieves

          By Katherine Chandler

          A tense, revealing play that explores what it means to care for one another and asks who, in a time of increasing disconnect, we expect to look after us.

          A Tender Thing

          A Tender Thing

          By Ben Power

          Another Romeo and another Juliet in a strikingly different love story.

          Take Care

          Take Care

          By Zoë Templeman-Young and Sam McLaughlin

          An astonishing, tragic and uplifting verbatim play about the care system in the UK today.

          Switzerland

          Switzerland

          By Joanna Murray-Smith

          A gripping psychological thriller, filled with razor-sharp dialogue.

          Swansong

          Swansong

          By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

          A comic duologue about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories.

          Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts
            Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet

            Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet

            By Jo Carson

            Fifty-four monologues and dialogues drawn from ‘found’ stories told by everyday people living everyday lives in East Tennessee and the Appalachia region of the USA.

            • Paperback
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