Plays for Young People (12-18 years)

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

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

A landmark dramatisation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of one of the foundation stones of English literature.

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

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

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

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

An electrifying, bittersweet love story with echoes of Romeo and Juliet, set in a society divided by racial bigotry and a world rocked by terrorism. 

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

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

A compelling literary detective story about the turbulent lives of the Brontë sisters - dramatised by Polly Teale and Shared Experience, the team behind After Mrs Rochester and Jane Eyre.

A thrilling, funny and spectacular adaptation of Joan Aiken's classic children's novel, perfectly suited to performance by theatre companies and drama groups of any size.

An urgent and explosive play that explores of the pressures on young people today in the wake of advancing technology.

A love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean - commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.

A gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past. Part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

Mischievously adapted from Roald Dahl's story, acclaimed playwright Enda Walsh turns The Twits upside down and brings this revolting revolution to the stage.

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