Plays for Young People (12-18 years)

Rudyard Kipling's classic jungle tales, in an acclaimed stage adaptation by Stuart Paterson.

Rudyard Kipling’s beloved tale of family, belonging and identity has been reimagined in this acclaimed adaptation by Jessica Swale, with original songs by Joe Stilgoe. 

A brilliantly honest and witty coming-of-age drama, with music by Stephen Warbeck.

A darkly comic story about social inequality and upheaval, told in reverse. In the Multiplay Drama series.

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 modern classic about one woman's struggle to come to terms with her past - brutally separated from her German Jewish parents at the age of 9 and brought to England with the promise of a new life...

A stark, fast-paced and fraught play about political upheaval and the media's relationship with civil violence and terrorism in modern Britain. In the Multiplay Drama series.

A play inspired by the true story of the Cottingley Fairies. Part of Platform, a series of big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.

An adaptation of Zizou Corder's Lionboy novels for award-winning theatre company Complicite.

A play exploring the turbulent teenage years of a Nottingham girl looking for love in all the wrong places.

A joyful and spirited adaptation of one of the best-loved novels of all time.

An adaptation for the stage of this modern children's classic by the best-selling author and 2005 Children's Laureate.

A thrilling adaptation of the beloved, award-winning children's novel.

A powerful, provocative play exploring psychogenic illness amongst groups of women throughout history, premiered by the Almeida Young Company.

A biographical play about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Premiered by Shared Experience.

A brilliant adaptation of Mary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece that places the writer herself amongst the action as she wrestles with her creation and with the stark realities facing revolutionary young women, then and now.

A touching family tale about resentment and forgiveness on the night before a wedding.

A bold reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's tale of love, loss and desire, transported to a contemporary setting.