Plays for Young People (12-18 years)

A gritty adaptation of Dickens' least sentimental love story with a cast of some of his most unforgettable characters.

A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread award-winning novel set in 18th-century England.

A poignant drama about attitudes to teenage pregnancy in 1960s Britain.

A delightful stage version of Jane Austen's earliest novel, her mock-Gothic Romance.

A two-play dramatisation of Philip Pullman's extraordinary award-winning fantasy trilogy, first seen at the National Theatre.

A powerful and straightforward dramatisation of Orwell's enduring parable on the perils of totalitarianism.

The classic tale of Sleeping Beauty's curse – as seen through the eyes of the fairy who curses her.

A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, first performed in this version by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

A strikingly original play combining traditional storytelling with physical theatre, created by The Imaginary Body. Winner of a Fringe First Award at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

A touching and funny play about a girl on the cusp of adolescence.

A bold, witty and fresh adaptation of Jane Austen's novel which, while thoroughly modern, retains the spirit and much of the language of the original.

A play written for young people to perform, about two schoolgirls and their daring response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

A tried-and-tested stage adaptation of Barry Hines' novel A Kestrel for a Knave, about a troubled young boy who finds and trains a kestrel.

A simple and delightfully inventive re-telling of the stories from the Arabian Nights.

A bold and theatrically inventive adaptation of the literary classic that puts the interior life of the novel on stage.

A wonderful comedy about growing up in multiracial Salford.

A magical re-telling of the story of Beauty and the Beast, with music by Mick Sands drawn from traditional French folk melodies.

A superb adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story of the unassuming Dr Jekyll and his dark alter-ego Mr Hyde.