Swallows and Amazons (stage version)
A wonderfully theatrical adaptation of the much-loved children's classic, with songs by Neil Hannon.
Teenage Dick
By Mike Lew4f 2mA darkly comic, smashed-up retelling of Richard III, Shakespeare's classic tale about the lust for power.
This Changes Everything
By Joel Horwood20f (could be done with more)A play about a group of young women seeking to form a new type of society and a better way of living. Part of Platform, a series of big-cast plays with predominantly or all-female casts, written specifically for performance by school, college and youth-theatre groups.
THREE
11f 9mA funny, dark and thrilling play about family connections and the fallout from violence. In the Multiplay Drama series.
Three Birds
By Janice Okoh3f 2mA startling and darkly comic drama about childhood, family and fantasy. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, and later adapted into BBC television drama Just Act Normal.
To Sir, With Love (stage version)
By E. R. Braithwaite Adapted by Ayub Khan Din8f 8m (plus extras)An uplifting story of the triumph of love, inspiration and hope against all odds, laced with the song and dance of austere, 1940s Britain.
Tomcat
3f 2m (the main character is 12 years old)Winner of the 2015 Papatango New Writing Prize, Tomcat is a play set in a future world where diseases and disorders have been wiped out. How far will we go to keep humanity healthy?
Too Much World at Once
2f 2m (plus optional ensemble)An urgent coming-of-age story for our times, a lyrical, theatrical journey that spans continents and lives.
The Trials
By Dawn King2f 1m plus 12m/f (playing teenage jurors, flexible casting)A searing play set in a near-future world, where those responsible for the climate emergency are being judged by a younger generation.
The Turn of the Screw (stage version)
By Henry James Adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz4f 3mA chilling adaptation of Henry James's classic ghost story.
Two Billion Beats
2f (playing age 15 and 17)An insightful, heartfelt coming-of-age story and a blazing account of inner-city, British-Asian teenage life.
Two Billion Beats (short play version)
2fA short play about the unfairness of growing up in a world where you don't make the rules. First performed as part of Inside/Outside, a season of short plays staged at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.
Published in volume Inside/Outside
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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