LGBTQ+ writing and stories

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

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Some Of Us Exist In The Future

2f 2m plus 3f/m

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.

Published in volume Papatango Plays

    A Song for Ella Grey (stage version)

    3f 2m

    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.

    Speech & Debate

    2f 3m

    A fiercely funny play by the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans.

    Stanley

    6f 6m

    A brilliant and painfully truthful portrait of Stanley Spencer, the wayward genius of modern British painting.

    Stories

    4f 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

    3-4m

    Tommy Murphy's unflinching and constantly surprising drama about how we make sense of who we are through our often fraught relations with others.

    Swallow

    3f (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

    4f 1 non-binary

    A poignant, dynamic play exploring belonging and identity, premiered by the National Theatre of Scotland and Edinburgh International Festival.

    Today

    5-6f 7-9m

    From 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.

    Too Much World at Once

    2f 2m (plus optional ensemble)

    An urgent coming-of-age story for our times, a lyrical, theatrical journey that spans continents and lives.

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