LGBTQ+ writing and stories
The following plays on our list contain LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes.
Otherland
A play exploring what it means to be true to yourself in the face of unstoppable change, from the writer of Standing at the Sky's Edge. Premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2025.
The P Word
2mA sharp-witted and devastating play charting the parallel lives of two gay Pakistani men as they negotiate everything from casual hook-ups to the UK's hostile environment.
Paper
By Chris Bush8f 6mA play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.
Paper Knickers
By Jackie Hagan1fA bold, witty monologue play exploring what it is to be an amputee, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.
Published in volume CripTales: Six MonologuesParadise Now!
6-7fA funny and raging play about ambition, exploitation and the search for connection in a fractured world.
Pennyroyal
By Lucy Roslyn2fA heartrending play about sisterhood and motherhood; enduring love, and regrets many years in the making.
Poppy + George
2f 2mA romantic drama with music inspired by the days of music hall and beyond, from the author of the modern classic Kindertransport.
The Pride
1f 3-5mThe powerful debut play from Alexi Kaye Campbell, examining changing attitudes to sexuality.
Pronoun
By Evan Placey5f 4m, 5 f or mA love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean - commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival and premiered by youth theatres across the UK.
Queers: Eight Monologues
By Various Created by Mark Gatiss8 monologues, up to 2f 6mQueers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals.
Rattigan's Nijinsky
By Nicholas Wright and Terence Rattigan4f 7m doublingThe extraordinary story of the relationship between the famous dancer Vaslav Nijinsky and the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, drawing on an unproduced screenplay by Terence Rattigan.
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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