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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Ross & Rachel

By James Fritz

A dark and uncompromising play about romance, expectation and mortality, James Fritz's Ross & Rachel takes an unflinching look at the myths of modern love.

Run

By Stephen Laughton

Stephen Laughton's one-man play about a gay Jewish seventeen-year-old explores what it means to love, to lose, and how to grow from a boy into a man.

Run, Rebel (stage version)

By Manjeet Mann

4f 2m doubling (large cast possible)

A fast-paced, mesmerising stage version of the prize-winning YA verse novel about a young woman beginning to take control of her life. Edition includes a range of teaching materials and resources.

Rust

By Kenny Emson

1f 1m

An ultra-contemporary, sexy and funny play that pushes the boundaries of trust, love and lust to the limit.

Salad Day

By Deirdre Kinahan

1f 1m

A short play about an elderly couple who, trapped in a nursing home, plot a daring escape into the sunshine.

Published in volume Irish Shorts

The Same

By Enda Walsh

A play about two women who meet in a psychiatric institution.

Published in volume Medicine & The Same: two plays

Saturday at the Commodore

By Rona Munro

A short solo play from the award-winning Scottish playwright, in which an Aberdonian woman remembers a painful teenage betrayal.

Published in volume Scot-Free

Scarborough

By Fiona Evans

2f 2m (or 1f 1m Part 1 only)

An electrifying portrayal of a dangerously charged romance between a fifteen-year-old and their teacher.

Scenes with girls

By Miriam Battye

3f (plus optional boy)

A witty and caustic play about female friendship, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2020.

Scorch

By Stacey Gregg

1f or m

A touching and provocative story of first love though the eyes of a gender-curious teen, inspired by recent UK cases of 'gender fraud'.

Second Person Narrative

By Jemma Kennedy

7f or mixed cast, doubling (very large cast possible)

A play about growing up, and forging your own identity. 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.