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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This Wide Night

By Chloë Moss

A tender portrayal of two women trying to start again after their release from prison.

Three Kings

By Stephen Beresford

A heartbreaking and hilarious play for a solo actor about fathers and sons, the gifts and burdens of inheritance, and the unfathomable puzzle of human relationships.

The Thrill of Love

By Amanda Whittington

4-5f 1m

A gripping drama about Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.

Through the Mud

By Apphia Campbell

2f (playing multiple characters)

The story of two generations of women activists in the struggle for Black liberation in America. From the Fringe First-winning creator of the hit show Black is the Color of My Voice.

Too Much World at Once

By Billie Collins

2f 2m (plus optional ensemble)

An urgent coming-of-age story for our times, a lyrical, theatrical journey that spans continents and lives.

Travesty

By Liam Williams

1f 1m

The debut play by Liam Williams, double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee - about gender and the ethical dimensions of modern love.

Tuesday

With a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth

By Alison Carr Translated by Daf James

Any number and gender (basic minimum of 5f 4m)

A funny and playful drama written specifically for young people, about what happens when the world literally turns upside-down. Bilingual edition: includes the original English play with a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth, by playwright Daf James.

Ursa Major

By Joe White

1f 1m

A heartbreakingly funny play about love, life and human connection, first performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.

Published in volume Inside/Outside

Us/Them

By Carly Wijs

1f 1m

An extraordinary, award-winning account of the Beslan School Siege, exploring the entirely individual way children cope with traumatic situations.

The Village

By Abi Falase and Tatenda Shamiso

Flexible casting, 10-20 performers, any gender

A punchy and provocative story about democracy, power, and how we can try to build a better world. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to young people.

When This Is Over

A Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production, and the Original Playscript

By Ned Glasier, Sadeysa Greenaway-Bailey and Company Three

Flexible cast (see note in description)

A theatrical celebration of hope, possibility and imagination, designed to be created and performed by teenage casts, drawing directly on their own life experiences and the stories they want to tell. Winner, Outstanding Drama Initiative at the Music and Drama Education Awards.

Where Sat the Lovers

By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP Theatre

3f 1f/m

A play about codes, hallucinations, Isaac Newton, war crimes, seeing meaning where there's none and vice versa. First staged by MALAPROP Theatre at the 2021 Dublin Fringe Festival.