LGBTQ+ writing and stories
The following plays on our list contain LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes.
Banana Boys
A play about the challenges of being on the school football team – and secretly gay.
Before You Say Anything
A play that questions how everyone can be safe at the same time. A time-travelling set of interweaving stories exploring injustice, freedom and bravery.
Being Friends
The first of the three plays that make up Robert Holman's acclaimed dramatic trilogy Making Noise Quietly.
BLACK SUPERHERO
A brutal, unflinching and funny portrait of one man's life spiralling out of control, in an age where our idols are Kings and our superheroes Gods.
Bleeding Heart
2mA short dark comedy from Spain, in which a naive middle-aged transvestite encounters a petty thief nicknamed 'sour face'.
Bloody Elle
1fA heart-warming and belly-achingly funny story about falling in love for the very first time.
Broken Biscuits
By Tom Wells2f 1mA beautiful, heart-warming, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story for our times.
Brothers of Thunder
3mA play about forgiveness, reconciliation and the role of the church in the modern world.
Burgerz
1m/fA timely, unsettling and powerful play from one of the UK's most prominent trans voices.
Published in volume Contemporary Plays by Black British WritersBurying Your Brother in the Pavement
By Jack Thorne2-6f 3-22mA play about grief and looking at someone that little bit more closely. Written specifically for young people as part of the 2008 National Theatre Connections Festival, and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (stage version)
By Louis de Bernières Adapted by Rona Munro5f 9m plus 1f/m doubling (possible cast of 30+)Rona Munro's adaptation of Louis de Bernières' much-loved epic novel, set on an idyllic Greek island in 1941.
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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