Believe What You Will
A Middle-Eastern leader comes out of hiding, and is hounded from state to state by the forces of the Roman Empire who threaten sanctions and ultimately war on anyone who harbours him.
Bleak Expectations
A hilarious, chaotic, Dickensian caper for the stage, based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series.
Blood Wedding
By Federico García Lorca Adapted by Tanya Ronder8f 5mGarcía Lorca's blood-soaked story of doomed love, in a version by playwright Tanya Ronder.
Bloody Wimmin
7-10f 5mA short play about the protests at Greenham Common, a political landmark in the fight for nuclear disarmament.
Blue Stockings
8-10f 8-14m (plus 2 extras)A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women’s suffrage.
The Bone Sparrow (stage version)
By Zana Fraillon Adapted by S. Shakthidharan4f 4m doubling (large cast possible)A stage adaptation of Zana Fraillon's powerful and deeply moving novel about the displacement and treatment of refugees and sanctuary seekers in Australia.
The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (stage version)
By Philip Pullman Adapted by Bryony Lavery8f 8m doubling (cast of 50+ is possible)The stage version of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage, which is set twelve years before the epic His Dark Materials trilogy. Two young people and their dæmons, with everything at stake, find themselves at the centre of a terrifying manhunt.
Boudica
7f 7m, doublingA brand-new ancient-history play in verse that tells the story of one of Britain's most iconic women: a queen, a warrior and a rebel.
Brainstorm: The Original Playscript
And a Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production
variable - flexible castingA unique theatrical investigation into how teenagers' brains work, and why they’re designed by evolution to be the way they are.
Bright. Young. Things.
7f 8f/mA funny, fast-paced play about identity, truth and the challenge of finding out who you really are. Part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books, aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.
Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)
By Hilary Mantel Adapted by Mike Poulton4-6f 16-26m (plus non-speaking extras)The second part of Mike Poulton's two-part adaptation of Hilary Mantel's acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. A thrilling and utterly convincing portrait of a brilliant man embroiled in the lethal, high-stakes politics of the Court of Henry VIII.
Published in volume Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies (stage version)
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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