Good role(s) for younger performers

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The Secret Garden (stage version)

By Frances Hodgson Burnett Adapted by Elizabeth Newman

3f 5m doubling (larger cast possible; can also be performed by a cast of 5 with different doubling)

A delightful stage adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's enduring tale of transformation and healing through nature.

Secrets (stage version)

By Jacqueline Wilson Adapted by Vicky Ireland

6f 1m doubling

An adaptation for the stage of Jacqueline Wilson's popular novel.

Sex with a Stranger

By Stefan Golaszewski

2f 1m (all in their 20s)

Bleak, funny and excruciatingly accurate, Sex with a Stranger examines what it is to be in your twenties, lonely, hollow and uncertain.

Shibboleth

By Stacey Gregg

4f 7m

An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

Shook

By Samuel Bailey

1f 3m

A tender and honest play examining the young men society shuts away. Winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize.

Shout

By Alexis Zegerman

Flexible casting (20+ named characters)

A funny, moving drama about anxiety, celebrating difference, and finding your voice as a teenager. Part of the 2024 National Theatre Connections Festival.

The Silence and the Noise

By Tom Powell

1f 1m

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

Six Characters in Search of an Author

By Luigi Pirandello Translated by Stephen Mulrine

6f 11m, plus extras, a girl and a boy

Pirandello's most famous play, about the nature of theatre and the problems of theatricality. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Headlong version)

By Luigi Pirandello Adapted by Rupert Goold and Ben Power

4f 7m

Pirandello's classic play, updated for the twenty-first century by Headlong.

Skunk

By Zawe Ashton

3f 5m plus 5 or more f/m (can be performed by a cast of 10)

A surreal, dreamlike and hilarious play exploring the pressures and transformations that happen to teenagers as they grow up. In the Multiplay Drama series.

A compassionate and probing play about youth and aging, nostalgia and regret, and the dangers of refusing to get old. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.