The Unmanageable Sisters
A funny and furious new version of Michel Tremblay’s fêted Québécoise comedy, Les Belles-Soeurs.
The Unravelling
By Fin Kennedy5f plus 2 or more narratorsA Fringe First Award-winning fable about the power of mythology to change your life.
The Unreturning
By Anna Jordan4m doubling (large mixed cast is possible)A compelling drama that explores the profound effect that war has on young lives.
Used Blood Junkyard
By Alberto Villarreal Translated by Simon Scardifield3f 5m doubling (large cast possible)Làzaro, his mates and his porn-star girlfriend are 'art terrorists'... Can anything stop their killing spree?
Published in volume Mexican PlaysVernon God Little (stage version)
By DBC Pierre Adapted by Tanya Ronder4f 5m doubling (large cast possible)A darkly riotous, superbly fast-talking adventure, adapted from the Booker Prize-winning novel.
The Village
By Abi Falase and Tatenda ShamisoFlexible casting, 10-20 performers, any genderA 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.
Volpone
By Ben Jonson4f 21m, 1f/m, doubling possibleVolpone is a Venetian aristocrat, a loveable rogue who enjoys the cunning pursuit of wealth more than money itself. Pretending to be mortally ill, he watches as his greedy neighbours swarm around him with expensive gifts in the hope of inheriting his fortune.
Waiting Room Germany
By Klaus Pohl Translated by David Tushingham5-30m/fA raw and honest verbatim-theatre play about post-reunification Germany, commissioned in 1994 by Der Spiegel to test the mood of the new Germany.
Wallenstein
By Friedrich Schiller Adapted by Mike Poulton3f 12m doublingSchiller's epic trilogy set during the Thirty Years' War, adapted into a gripping single play with all the drama and twists of fate of a Shakespearean tragedy.
War and Peace (stage version)
By Leo Tolstoy Adapted by Helen Edmundson5f 10m doublingA magnificent two-play epic, adapted from Tolstoy's novel and first staged by Shared Experience.
The Wardrobe
By Sam Holcroft9f 13m, plus 6 f or mA gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past. Part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival.
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Amateur Productions
On Now & Coming SoonBill Bryson, Adapted by Tim WhitnallFin KennedyAmanda WhittingtonAlexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate SummerscaleAmanda WhittingtonHenrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard EyreTom WellsJeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey