Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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...blackbird hour

...blackbird hour

By babirye bukilwa

2f 1m plus 1f voice only

...cake

...cake

By babirye bukilwa

2f (playing ages 42 and 16)

"Daddy": A Melodrama

"Daddy": A Melodrama

By Jeremy O. Harris

3f 3m plus gospel choir

(Not) the End of the World

(Not) the End of the World

3-4f

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

By Howard Brenton

9-12m

100

100

By Christopher Heimann, Neil Monaghan and Diene Petterle

2f 2m plus 1f/m

13

By Mike Bartlett

12f 10-12m

15 Heroines

By various

up to 15f

1972: The Future of Sex

1972: The Future of Sex

By The Wardrobe Ensemble

4f 3m playing multiple characters (large cast possible)

1984

1984 (stage version)

By George Orwell Adapted by Nick Hern

4f 9m 1f/m (1f 4m doubling)

2:22 – A Ghost Story

2:22 – A Ghost Story

By Danny Robins

3f 3m

2nd May 1997

2f 4m

Amateur Productions
On Now & Coming Soon

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Education, Education, Education

The Wardrobe Ensemble

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6-29 March 2025
Nottingham New Theatre, Nottingham

Oil

Ella Hickson

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25 March 2025
Medway Play Lab C.I.C, Kent

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Dario Fo and Franca Rame, Adapted by Tom Basden

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25-29 March 2025
Putney Theatre Company, Putney

Nora: A Doll's House

Stef Smith, Original author Henrik Ibsen

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2-5 April 2025
The Dulwich Players, Brockley

Mumsy

Lydia Marchant

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3 April 2025
Chichester College, Chichester

The Taxidermists' Daughter

Kate Mosse

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9-12 April 2025
The Harlequin Youth Theatre Club, Northwich

Notes from a Small Island (Stage Version)

Bill Bryson, Adapted by Tim Whitnall

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30 April - 3 May 2025
Ilminster Entertainment Society, Ilminster

Stolen Secrets

Fin Kennedy

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1 May 2025
Chichester College, Chichester

The Thrill of Love

Amanda Whittington

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5-10 May 2025
Keighley Playhouse, Keighley

The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (Stage Version)

Alexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate Summerscale

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7-10 May 2025
Broughton Players, Preston

Ladies Down Under

Amanda Whittington

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15-17 May 2025
Waddington Dramatic Society, Lincoln

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