Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Two Billion Beats (short play version)
A short play about the unfairness of growing up in a world where you don't make the rules. First performed as part of Inside/Outside, a season of short plays staged at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond.
Two Ladies
A powerful drama about the first ladies of France and America, as their husbands clash over an international crisis.
two Palestinians go dogging
By Sami Ibrahim3f 4m (and optional extras)A comedy that explores how the everyday becomes political and the political becomes everyday in a conflict zone.
The Tyler Sisters
3f (each playing a wide span of ages)A funny, heartening exploration of time, and the unassuming moments that make up our lives.
Unbroken
1m 1f (playing 6 characters)A radical, modern-day re-interpretation of Arthur Schnitzler’s taboo-breaking 1897 play La Ronde, with its 'daisy chain' of sexual encounters.
Under the Blue Sky
3f 3mA triptych of love stories in a play about unrequited affection, obsession, sex, and the possibility of being happy.
The Unfriend
3f 4mSteven Moffat's hilarious satirical play about middle-class England's disastrous instinct always to appear nice.
Unicorn
2f 1mAn explicit, funny and provocative play about a married couple looking to add sparkle to their relationship. Premiered in London's West End in 2025.
Unknown Rivers
4fA poignant and life-affirming play about the extraordinary powers of female friendship.
The Unmanageable Sisters
By Michel Tremblay Adapted by Deirdre Kinahan15fA funny and furious new version of Michel Tremblay’s fêted Québécoise comedy, Les Belles-Soeurs.
The Unravelling
By Fin Kennedy5f plus 2 or more narratorsA Fringe First Award-winning fable about the power of mythology to change your life.
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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