Investment Potential
A short play about a youthful couple who can't seem to pull themselves up the rungs of the property ladder.
Ribbons
A short play about a parent and child who have been concealing their true identities.
Time Spent on Trains
A 15-minute play about childhood, disability and spending time on trains.
A Tragic Figure
A comic duologue about a civil servant sweltering in Moscow coping with the incessant demands of his family from their summer dacha.
Swansong
A comic duologue about a melancholy old actor perked up by memories of past glories.
An Intervention
A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend.
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£10.99£8.79Abortive
A couple in bed discuss the effect on them of the woman's recent abortion.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: ShortsMy Friend Duplicity
By Enda WalshA one-act duologue by Enda Walsh which went on to inspire his play Ballyturk.
Published in volume Enda Walsh Plays: TwoAmongst the Reeds
Two friends scratch out a living on the margins of society in a play commissioned by acclaimed theatre company Clean Break.
Published in volume House + Amongst the Reeds: two playsPMQ
By Ella HicksonA short play set in a Westminster dressing room, as Prime Minister Dave prepares for his first ever bout of Prime Minister's Questions.
Published in volume Ella Hickson Plays: OneWilderness (short play)
A short play about a patient and her psychiatrist as they head into the wilderness to find out how sane any of us really are.
Published in volume Women Centre Stage: Eight Short Plays By and About WomenTickets are Now On Sale
A short play about sponsorship and the arts.
Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: FiveThe Same
By Enda WalshA play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.
Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two playsAir
A resonant and surreal short piece published alongside What If If Only.
Published in volume What If If OnlyThe Silence and the Noise
By Tom PowellA 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 PlaysThe Wasp
A twisting two-hander, a psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of Emilia.
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SAUCE
A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.
Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two PlaysWhen the Daffodils
By Joel TanA searching portrait of human kindness in a world that sets limits on how we care for the vulnerable. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season of short plays.
Published in volume Inside/Outside
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