Writing at the end of his own long life, in Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles depicts his doomed hero's final hours; at the moment of his death the aged Oedipus is free at last. Envisaging this meditation on mortality as a rousing service in a black church, Lee Breuer has created a remarkable text based on Robert Fitzgerald's splendid translation.

A fresh translation of one of the last great epics of the nineteenth century.

A play about Mabel Tidings Bigelow, who at the age of 26 set the world record for swimming the English Channel.

Acclaimed poet and playwright Liz Lochhead's Dracula stays refreshingly close to Bram Stoker's classic novel.

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

A modern morality tale about the corrosive effect of money, joint winner of the 2008 Bruntwood Playwriting Competition.

A play about the last woman to be executed for witchcraft in Scotland, The Last Witch explores the psychological rifts that can divide close communities and drive families apart.

A powerful study of infidelity and interwoven lives, filmed as the award-winning Lantana.

An urgent exposé of the realities behind the international call centre.

A funny, painful and deeply moving play about loss - and cooking.

Robert Tressell's classic pre-First World War account of the working lives of a group of housepainters and decorators, vividly adapted by Howard Brenton.

The true-life drama of the extraordinary bond between two identical twin girls and their struggle to find a voice.