Plays for Young People (12-18 years)

A play about occupation, revolution and what the future holds for today’s youth.

The groundbreaking rock musical about teenage sexuality, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik.

Frank Wedekind's famously banned German play about adolescent sexuality.

A hard-hitting, poignant play about anti-immigration sentiment in Britain today. In the Multiplay Drama series.

A fiercely funny play by the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans.

A magical retelling of the Orpheus myth, full of music, sound and storytelling, adapted from the novel by David Almond. Premiered by Pilot Theatre on UK tour in 2024.

A thrilling play inspired by the true-crime story of the Slenderman.

A National Theatre Connections play about teenagers, nightlife, and the small choices that have momentous consequences.

A compassionate and probing play about youth and aging, nostalgia and regret, and the dangers of refusing to get old. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

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

A surreal, dreamlike and hilarious play exploring the pressures and transformations that happen to teenagers as they grow up. In the Multiplay Drama series.

An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

A faithful yet inventive adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, terrifically actable and readable.

A smart and intense play from an award-winning Canadian playwright, about the complexities of relationships and community, and the nature of consent.

 An adaptation for the stage of Jacqueline Wilson's popular novel.

A play about growing up, and forging your own identity. 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.

A thrillingly fast-paced play about youthful disaffection, protest and violence, drawing on the history of the Scuttlers, the youth gangs of nineteenth-century Manchester.

A touching and provocative story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, inspired by recent UK cases of 'gender fraud'.