Plays for Young People

A powerful, inventive play exploring the issue of homelessness amongst young people.

A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage.

A chilling, blackly comic tale of manipulation, cyberbullying and adolescent insecurity.

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 thrilling, fast-paced adaptation of the classic novel, considered by Dickens 'the best story I have ever written'.

A play about grief and looking at someone that little bit more closely. Written specifically for young people, Burying Your Brother in the Pavement was part of the 2008 National Theatre Connections Festival and was premiered by youth theatres across the UK.

A play exporing the apparent gulf between the young and old, commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.

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.

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

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

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

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 second collection of plays by Fin Kennedy, author of How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found and The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays.

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

From the heart of London's East End, Stolen Secrets are urban fairytales, bold, lyrical and gruesome, that can be performed individually or together for maximum shock value.

A Fringe First Award-winning fable about the power of mythology to change your life.

A bittersweet comedy about life, love and friendship once school is long gone.