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.
Freak
A punchy and provocative new play by the Bruntwood Prize-winning author of Yen.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Gift
By Janice OkohAn outrageous play about imperialism, cross-racial adoption, cultural appropriation... and tea.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Girl in the Machine
By Stef SmithA disturbing but compassionate vision of our potential digital future, and what it might mean for 'life' as we know it.
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£11.99£9.59Add to basketEbook£11.99£9.59Girls Like That
By Evan PlaceyAn urgent and explosive play that explores of the pressures on young people today in the wake of advancing technology.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketA4 Spiral-bound£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79The Good Thief
A monologue play about a petty criminal who is punished by his conscience when he becomes involved in a bungled kidnap.
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£4.99£3.99
Gunter
The hit play about deception, witchcraft and football, winner of a Fringe First at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe, then at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Handbagged (one-act version)
A short play about the working relationship between Mrs Thatcher and the Queen.
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£4.99£3.99
Hanna
By Sam PotterA funny, heartfelt and compelling new play that asks what family means in a modern society, delicately weaving in questions of racial identity, economic privilege, and the lottery of birth.
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£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Happy Meal
By Tabby LambA joyful trans rom-com for the stage, following two initial strangers on their journeys from teen to adult; from MySpace to TikTok; from cis to trans...
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79HEART
By Jade AnoukaA raw and honest exploration of love, loss, and self-discovery. The debut play by acclaimed actor Jade Anouka.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Helen
A play for two actors, about love, grief, and the threads which bind mother and daughter together. Shortlisted for the 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award.
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£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Honour-Bound
By Zahra JassiA powerful solo show about family, anti-Blackness, and what we're willing to sacrifice for love.
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£4.99£3.99
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