LGBTQ+ writing and stories
The following plays on our list contain LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes.
Jonesy
A short play from the author of Jumpers for Goalposts.
Jumpers for Goalposts
A hilarious and heart-warming comedy about football, friendship and finding your way.
The Kiss
By Zoe Cooper1fA tender, funny and beautifully observed study of lives in limbo, and a glimmer of hope for what lies ahead. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.
Published in volume Inside/OutsideThe Kitchen Sink
By Tom Wells2f 3mAn irresistibly funny and tender play about big dreams and small changes.
Love the Sinner
By Drew Pautz2f 10-14mA tense and provocative play offering a remarkably fresh and painful take on our perpetual guilt in the face of poverty and brutality in the developing world.
Making Noise Quietly: three short plays
2f 4m (plus 1 boy playing age 8)An acclaimed trilogy of plays exploring the impact of war on ordinary lives.
Manon / Sandra
By Michel Tremblay Translated by John Van Burek1f 1mA controversial but humane play about an obsessively religious girl and a sex-obsessed transvestite, by the renowned Quebecois writer.
Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other playsThe Maths Tutor
2f 4mA wry and incisive play exposing how our desire for a normal family life and our fears about adults, young people and sex, can sometimes outride the truth.
Me, As A Penguin
By Tom Wells1f 3mA charmingly offbeat, surreal comedy of knitting, penguins and Battenberg.
Mighty Atoms
7fA hard-hitting play about ex-boxer Taylor Flint, who is drawn into running a boxercise class on the Hull estate where she grew up. Inspired by Hull's original Mighty Atom, Barbara Buttrick.
The Mikvah Project
By Josh Azouz2mA playful and poignant play about two men who meet every Friday in a north-west London Mikvah, a traditional Jewish pool used for ritual cleansing.
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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