LGBTQ+ writing and stories
The following plays on our list contain LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes.
...blackbird hour
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 choirA blistering melodrama from Jeremy O. Harris, whose play Slave Play received a record twelve nominations at the 74th Tony Awards.
2nd May 1997
By Jack Thorne2f 4mA play set on the day that New Labour swept into government, telling three deeply personal stories of euphoria and despair.
A-Typical Rainbow
By JJ Green3f 3m with specified doublingAn 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
By Frances Poet1f 1mThe 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
By Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens4 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 2mA play about sex, secrets and suspicion, winner of the 2017 Fishamble New Writing Award.
Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two PlaysAll of Us
6-10f 7-9m plus optional extrasA passionate and timely drama that looks at the human cost of abandoning those who struggle to fit in.
Aloe Aloe
6f 6mA provocative short play about parenthood and responsibility, from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.
Published in volume Mr IncredibleAnimal
By Jon Bradfield With Josh Hepple1-2f 5-10mA 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.
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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