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My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals (stage version)

By Gerald Durrell Adapted by Janys Chambers

A delightful and inventive stage version of Gerald Durrell's well-loved memoir of a childhood growing up in Corfu.

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol (Old Vic stage version)

By Charles Dickens Adapted by Jack Thorne

Charles Dickens' timeless classic, brought to life in a joyous new adaptation by Jack Thorne.

Samskara

Samskara

By Lanre Malaolu

An explosive fusion of text, physical theatre and hip-hop dance exploring vulnerability, emotional trauma and what it means to be a black man in twenty-first-century Britain.

A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story

A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story (stage version)

By Charles Dickens Adapted by Mark Gatiss

A spine-tingling stage adaptation that is faithful to the heart and spirit of Charles Dickens' much-loved festive ghost story – with an emphasis on the ghostly.

Some Of Us Exist In The Future

Some Of Us Exist In The Future

By Nkenna Akunna

An utterly original, wryly funny play about one woman's search for a place to belong in a world that's not all it seems. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Published in volume Papatango Plays
    Ghost Stories from an Old Country

    Ghost Stories from an Old Country

    By Tajinder Singh Hayer

    A riveting and poignant exploration of the ties that bind us, threaded through with captivating fables. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

    Published in volume Papatango Plays
      The Silence and the Noise

      The Silence and the Noise

      By Tom Powell

      A play that beautifully captures the story of two young people on the edge. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.

      Published in volume Papatango Plays
        Dorian

        Dorian

        By Phoebe Eclair-Powell and Owen Horsley Original author Oscar Wilde

        A thrilling stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, following one man's descent from glorious debauchery to epic self-destruction.

        Old Bridge

        Old Bridge

        By Igor Memic

        An epic love story exploring the impact of a war that Europe forgot, and the love and loss of those who lived through it. Winner of the 2020 Papatango New Writing Prize.

        Yellowfin

        Yellowfin

        By Marek Horn

        Politics and the planet collide in a fiercely original play about the limits of science, the power of myths, and the things we can't control.

        Love and Other Acts of Violence

        Love and Other Acts of Violence

        By Cordelia Lynn

        A subversive and intimate love story about inheritance and the cycles of politics and history.

        The Long Song

        The Long Song (stage version)

        By Andrea Levy Adapted by Suhayla El-Bushra

        The story of a young slave girl who lives through the final turbulent days of slavery on a sugar plantation in 19th-century Jamaica. Adapted from Andrea Levy's award-winning novel.

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        20–27 April 2024
        Theatre Workshop Coulsdon
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        26–27 April 2024
        Dubai Drama Group
        Amanda Whittington

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        13–18 May 2024
        Wharf Theatre, Devizes