An Interrogation
A nail-biting drama about justice and deception, from the director of the smash hit SIX: The Musical. Critically acclaimed at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and transferred to Hampstead Theatre in 2025.
Interruptions
6m 6f doubling (playing about 80 characters)A boldly innovative drama exploring ideas about democracy, politics and leadership.
An Intervention
1f 1m, or 2f or 2mA touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend.
Inventing a New Colour
By Paul Godfrey1f 3mA war-time Exeter family takes in an evacuee from London.
Published in volume First RunThe Invincibles
7-10f 2-5m plus optional ensemble (some parts can be pre-recorded)A play about the Dagenham Invincibles, aka Sterling Ladies, the greatest women's football team in Britain during World War One, and their legacy in the present day.
Invisible
3f 4m, doubling (large cast possible)A funny, moving and topical portrayal of the world in flux, Invisible explores the many sides of migration.
Iron
By Rona Munro3f 1mAn intense psychological drama set in a women's prison, in which a mother and daughter try to break through the barriers of time, memory and punishment which separate them.
Is My Microphone On?
Ensemble of any size, ideally 7+ performersAn urgent and lyrical play from a leading Canadian playwright, about young people questioning the choices that have been made, and the ones that they will yet be forced to make.
The Island Princess
3f 13mA lyrical and poetic Discovery Play about Princess Quisara of the Indonesian island of Tidore, who vows to marry the man who can free her imprisoned brother.
it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now
2fA play about modern-day sex trafficking, joint winner of the 2010 John Whiting Award.
It's a Wonderful Life (stage version)
Adapted by Mary Elliott Nelson4 actors, doubling (either 1f 3m or 2f 2m); larger cast possible (13 characters plus extras)A joyful stage adaptation of Frank Capra's movie about a down-on-his-luck banker who feels like he's at the end of his rope, until his guardian angel pays him a visit.
An Italian Straw Hat
By Eugène Labiche Translated by Kenneth McLeish6f 12m, doublingA classic 19th-century French farce, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
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Amateur Productions
On Now & Coming SoonBill Bryson, Adapted by Tim WhitnallFin KennedyAmanda WhittingtonAlexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate SummerscaleAmanda WhittingtonHenrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard EyreTom WellsJeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey