Plays for Young People

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 thrilling play about family and social care that follows 11-year-old Sandy on her daring, Christmas mission to emulate Clint Eastwood and bust her gran out of lock-up.

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

Helen Edmundson's celebrated adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's enduring classic is a vibrant and deeply moving meditation on the nature of love.

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

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

Laura Eason's celebrated adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novel, a dazzling escapade that packs in more than fifty unforgettable characters.

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

A play about the challenges of being on the school football team – and secretly gay.

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

A brilliant version of the classic tale, from a playwright acclaimed as 'the master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

Lucy Kirkwood's delightful version of the classic fairytale, first seen in a production devised and directed by Katie Mitchell at the National Theatre for Christmas 2010.

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

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

Three hard-hitting, distinctive monologues for young female actors, from one of the country's most exciting young playwrights.

A tense relationship drama which examines how the effects of one moment can ripple through a galaxy of lives. In the Multiplay Drama series.

Renowned poet and dramatist Liz Lochhead tells the story of Frankenstein's creation.

A disquieting and darkly funny play which shines a light on the state of mental-health services in modern Britain. In the Multiplay Drama series.