Great Plays for Festivals

A selection of our plays available for performance, specially chosen for their suitability for performance at festivals. Most of these plays have a shorter running time, generally 30-60 mins, or can be performed in a shorter version by prior arrangement. For more specific requirements, please contact our Performing Rights Department. Please note that inclusion here does not indicate that rights are available - it is important that you enquire about rights availability before making any commitment.

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The Playhouse Apprentice

By Jessica Swale

Flexible, mixed cast (minimum 5f 5m, very large cast possible)

An exhilarating and hilarious historical drama set in Elizabethan London, about theatre, bravery and how a little voice can make a big difference. Part of the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by young people.

Playing the Game

By Bola Agbaje

A short play about the election of a new President of a Students' Association.

Prima Facie

By Suzie Miller

A brilliant, powerful play for a solo actor, about a young, successful barrister forced to confront the patriarchal power of the law. Winner of Best New Play at the Olivier Awards and WhatsOnStage Awards in 2023.

Pronoun

By Evan Placey

5f 4m, 5 f or m

A love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean - commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.

The Proposal

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

1f 2m

A brilliantly funny one-act play about a hypochondriac attempting to propose to an argumentative young woman.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

Queers: Eight Monologues

By Various Created by Mark Gatiss

8 monologues, up to 2f 6m

Queers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.

Quelques Fleurs

By Liz Lochhead

1f 1m

A short play from the leading Scottish poet and playwright.

random

By debbie tucker green

An urgent play about the senseless killing of a black schoolboy, from one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British playwriting.

Red

By Somalia Seaton

5f plus chorus

An unflinching and bold exploration of the internal lives of young women. Part of Platform, an initiative aimed at addressing gender imbalance in theatre.

Remote

By Stef Smith

4f 2m plus 1 f or m, plus non-speaking extras

A play about protest, power and protecting yourself. Part of the 2015 National Theatre Connections Festival.

REVENGE: After the Levoyah

By Nick Cassenbaum

1f 1m (playing multiple parts)

A Jewish heist comedy that combines madcap action and biting political satire, winner of an Edinburgh Fringe First Award and a Summerhall Lustrum Award.