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 White Bike

By Tamara von Werthern

3-10f 2-4m (large cast possible)

An affecting play, based on a true story, about what happens when our world is turned upside down.

Wild Notes

By Deirdre Kinahan

3f 2m

A play exploring the impact of colonialism through a meeting between Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave and abolitionist who visited Ireland in the 1840s, and a young Irishwoman hoping to emigrate to the country he's running from.

Wild Swimming

By Marek Horn

1f 1m (or 2f)

A kaleidoscopic exploration of cultural progress, an interrogation of gender and privilege, and a wilfully ignorant history of English Literature.

Wish List

By Katherine Soper

1f 2m, 1f or m

A sensitive, delicate and powerful play that asks what our labour is worth and how life can be lived when the system is stacked against you. Winner of the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

Wolves Are Coming For You

By Joel Horwood

2f (or up to 10f 5m)

A play for two actors – or many more – exploring just how much wild we're comfortable with.

Women Centre Stage: Eight Short Plays By and About Women

By Various Edited by Sue Parrish

1-20f (flexible casting)

A collection of short plays curated by Sue Parrish, Artistic Director of Sphinx Theatre.

Word-Play

By Rabiah Hussain

Flexible casting (can be performed by a mixed cast of 5; much larger cast is possible)

A play about what happens when a Prime Minister ad-libs on live TV, exploring how language seeps into public consciousness and reverberates with far-reaching consequences that will last for generations. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London.

Zoo and Twelve Comic Monologues for Women

By Lily Bevan

A wildly inventive comedy drama about courage, female friendship and flamingos. This volume also includes twelve comic monologues for female performers.