LGBTQ+ writing and stories

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

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Banana Boys

11f 8m

A play about the challenges of being on the school football team – and secretly gay.

Before You Say Anything

2f 1m

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

2m

The first of the three plays that make up Robert Holman's acclaimed dramatic trilogy Making Noise Quietly.

    BLACK SUPERHERO

    1f 6m with specified doubling

    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

    2m

    A short dark comedy from Spain, in which a naive middle-aged transvestite encounters a petty thief nicknamed 'sour face'.

    Bloody Elle

    1f

    A heart-warming and belly-achingly funny story about falling in love for the very first time.

    Broken Biscuits

    2f 1m

    A beautiful, heart-warming, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story for our times.

    Brothers of Thunder

    3m

    A play about forgiveness, reconciliation and the role of the church in the modern world.

    Burgerz

    1m/f

    A timely, unsettling and powerful play from one of the UK's most prominent trans voices.

     

      Burying Your Brother in the Pavement

      2-6f 3-22m

      A 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)

      5f 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.

      Chicken Shop

      3f (aged 24, 27, 43) 2m (aged 16 and 38)

      A dark and twisted coming-of-age story by the Bruntwood Prize-winning author of Yen.

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