Deborah Bruce
Deborah Bruce is a writer and theatre director. Her plays include: Dixon and Daughters (Clean Break/National Theatre, 2023); Raya (Hampstead Theatre, 2021); The House They Grew Up In (Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 2017); The Distance (Orange Tree Theatre and Sheffield Crucible, 2014; a finalist for the 2012-13 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize); Same (National Theatre Connections Festival 2014); and Godchild (Hampstead Theatre, 2013).
A sharp, dark comedy that explores the inescapable difference between feeling 19 and being 19.
A play exporing the apparent gulf between the young and old, commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connec...
A painfully funny play about motherhood (and fatherhood), about keeping control, and about letting go.
Five of the most exciting voices in theatre explore the pressures on our public services as one young woman buckles u...
A tender, dark and funny look at a co-dependent relationship between a brother and a sister, and how they cope when t...
Six short plays exploring estrangement and loneliness, moving towards redemption and hope.
A witty and tender play about two old flames who meet again, after thirty years, at a student reunion.
A funny and poignant drama about loneliness and the opportunity for connection, first performed as part of the Orange...
A powerful play about family and forgiveness, following a woman after her release from prison. Premiered at the Natio...