Plays for Young People

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

A funny, dark and thrilling play about family connections and the fallout from violence. In the Multiplay Drama series.

A sharp, fast-paced exploration of the possibilities of love, friendship and healing in the search for home. In the Multiplay Drama series.

A play about being a teenager, written specifically for young people, part of the 2018 National Theatre Connections Festival.

A madcap adventure story for young people (and older detectives) to watch, read and perform.

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

A loving and irreverent all-female adaptation of Jane Austen's unrivalled literary classic.

A fierce, funny and irreverent OCD love story that asks: what exactly is 'normal' anyway?

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.

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 revitalised stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale, by renowned author Piers Torday, focussing on Ebenezer Scrooge's sister Fan, the most monstrous miser ever known.

A darkly comic, smashed-up retelling of Richard III, Shakespeare's classic tale about the lust for power.

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

A play about everyday feminism, consent and the changing face of teenage sexuality in an online world. Written for the National Theatre Connections Festival.

A sometimes comic, sometimes heartbreaking journey into the world of autism, mixing narrative, song, dance and direct address to explore this contentious and often misunderstood subject matter.

A ferocious, wild and utterly exhilarating adaptation of Emily Brontë's indelible masterpiece.

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

A funny, fast-paced play about identity, truth and the challenge of finding out who you really are. Part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books, aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.