LGBTQ+ writing and stories
The following plays on our list contain LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes.
Some Of Us Exist In The Future
An utterly original, wryly funny play about one woman's search for a place to belong in a world that's not all it seems. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.
A Song for Ella Grey (stage version)
A magical retelling of the Orpheus myth, full of music, sound and storytelling, adapted from the novel by David Almond. Premiered by Pilot Theatre on UK tour in 2024.
Stanley
By Pam Gems6f 6mA brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.
Stories
By Nina Raine4f 3m, doubling (7f 11m)A funny and touching play about the fertilisation of an idea. Premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2018.
Strangers in Between
By Tommy Murphy3-4mTommy Murphy's unflinching and constantly surprising drama about how we make sense of who we are through our often fraught relations with others.
Swallow
By Stef Smith3f (all in their 30s or 40s)Passionate, painful and playful, Stef Smith’s Swallow takes a long, hard look at the extremes of everyday life.
Tender
2f 0-2m (can be performed by 2f)A chance meeting leads to giddy kisses in a play about two women who find each other without even knowing they were looking. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024.
Things I Know To Be True
3f 3m (wide age range)A complex and intense portrait of the mechanics of a family – and a marriage – through the eyes of four siblings struggling to define themselves beyond their parents' love and expectations.
Thrown
By Nat McCleary4f 1 non-binaryA poignant, dynamic play exploring belonging and identity, premiered by the National Theatre of Scotland and Edinburgh International Festival.
Today
5-6f 7-9mFrom a Cambridge college to the battlefields of the Spanish Civil War, Today is a panoramic study of life, desire and the search for a fundamental self in the midst of a shifting, uncertain world.
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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