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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Angel

Inspired by the extraordinary true story of the Angel of Kobane, Angel is part of Henry Naylor's Arabian Nightmares trilogy.

The Approach

Both psychological puzzle and quietly devastating tragedy, Mark O'Rowe's The Approach explores the inner lives of three women as they desperately try to make sense of their world.

Banana Boys

A play about the challenges of being on the school football team – and secretly gay.

Bé Carna

A short play in which five women reflect on their lives as prostitutes on the streets of Dublin.

The Bear

A one-act comic play about a reclusive young widow whose life takes a surprisingly romantic turn.

Published in volume Chekhov: Shorts

    bedbound

    A ferocious two-hander about a father-daughter relationship gone horribly and terrifyingly wrong.

    Before You Say Anything

    A play that questions how everyone can be safe at the same time. A time-travelling set of interweaving stories exploring injustice, freedom and bravery.

    Being Friends

    The first of the three plays that make up Robert Holman's acclaimed dramatic trilogy Making Noise Quietly.

      Biscuits for Breakfast

      A tender, heartfelt drama about families – the ones we inherit and the ones we create – and the struggle to survive when times get tough.

      Blackout Songs

      A compassionate and unflinching study of love, addiction and memory after a chance encounter at an AA meeting.

      Blackthorn

      A contemporary, lyrical love story that explores the changes and choices that pull us from the places and people we love.

      Blister

      A tense relationship drama which examines how the effects of one moment can ripple through a galaxy of lives. In the Multiplay Drama series.

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      Amanda Whittington

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      13–18 May 2024
      Wharf Theatre, Devizes