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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Cyrano

By Virginia Gay Original author Edmond Rostand

2f 1m plus 3f/m

A joyous, gender-flipped retelling of Edmond Rostand's classic play, first performed by Melbourne Theatre Company, and a hit at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe before transferring to Park Theatre, London.

Distracted

By Morna Pearson

2f 2m

A darkly surreal and richly comic short play about a deeply unusual mother and son relationship.

Dizzy

By Mohamed-Zain Dada

1f 2m (plus two voices that can be pre-recorded)

A fantastical, theatrical adventure through the underground world of street art and the hidden patterns in our universe. Premiered on UK tour by Theatre Centre and Sheffield Theatres in 2024.

The Domino Effect

By Fin Kennedy

8-35f 0-12m

The Domino Effect is an ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

The Dream Collector

By Fin Kennedy

13f or m

An ensemble play for teenage performers created by award-winning playwright Fin Kennedy.

Driftwood

By Tim Foley

An intoxicating and mystical play about love, belonging and the tides within us, premiered by Pentabus and ThickSkin on a tour of the UK.

Education, Education, Education

By The Wardrobe Ensemble

3-5f 4-7m

A theatrical love letter to the schools of the 1990s, asking big questions about a country in special measures, exploring what we are taught and why, and where responsibility lies. Full of inventive theatricality and irreverent humour.

Eight

By Ella Hickson

9 monologues (4f 5m)

Eight compelling monologues offering a state-of-the-nation group portrait for the stage.

England & Son

By Ed Edwards

A one-man play about disaster capitalism, empire, Thatcherite politics, stolen youth, stolen wealth and a working-class boy who just wants his dad to smile at him. First performed by the celebrated political comedian Mark Thomas in Paines Plough's Roundabout during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Everything Not Saved

By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP Theatre

2-3f 1m

A play about memory, happiness, Rasputin, and dancing. And also the Queen. Premiered by MALAPROP Theatre at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2017.

failure project

By Yolanda Mercy

1f playing multiple characters (plus some characters in voiceover)

A warm and witty one-person play exploring grief, the strings attached to success, and what it means to 'fail'. Premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2024.

Fanboy

By Joe Sellman-Leava

1m (thirties) plus additional parts (principally an 8-year-old boy) on pre-recorded video

A five-star hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Fanboy is a love-hate letter to pop culture and nostalgia, about a thirty-something, self-confessed nerd obsessed with Star Wars and Nintendo.