LGBTQ+ writing and stories

The following plays on our list contain LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes.

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...blackbird hour

2f 1m plus 1f voice only

A visceral and moving exploration of caring, belonging, and a queer Black woman's attempts to love herself. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2025.

"Daddy": A Melodrama

3f 3m plus gospel choir

A blistering melodrama from Jeremy O. Harris, whose play Slave Play received a record twelve nominations at the 74th Tony Awards.

2nd May 1997

2f 4m

A play set on the day that New Labour swept into government, telling three deeply personal stories of euphoria and despair.

A-Typical Rainbow

3f 3m with specified doubling

An uplifting play about the experience of growing up neurodivergent and queer in early 2000s Britain, based on real events from the perspective of the writer and the autistic community.

Adam

1f 1m

The remarkable true story of a young trans man's journey from Egypt to Scotland, charting his progress across borders and genders in his search for a place to call home.

After the Act

4 f/m doubling (27 named characters, large cast possible)

A funny, camp and unapologetically queer musical about Thatcher's Section 28 and the moral panic that gripped a nation – and how a community decided to fight back.

All honey

3f 2m

A play about sex, secrets and suspicion, winner of the 2017 Fishamble New Writing Award.

Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays

    All of Us

    6-10f 7-9m plus optional extras

    A passionate and timely drama that looks at the human cost of abandoning those who struggle to fit in.

    Aloe Aloe

    6f 6m

    A provocative short play about parenthood and responsibility, from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.

    Published in volume Mr Incredible

      Animal

      1-2f 5-10m

      A hilarious, challenging and heartbreaking play about a gay, disabled man embarking on a sexual and romantic odyssey.

      Backstairs Billy

      3-5f 6-7m plus extras (and optional corgis)

      An irreverent comedy about the fifty-year relationship between the Queen Mother and her most loyal, most outrageous servant. Premiered in the West End in 2023.

      Bacon

      2m

      An unflinching and unexpectedly humorous play about masculinity, sexuality and power, through the dizzying lens of youth.

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