Modern Drama

A verbatim play telling the story of the 2002 Hackney siege, as told by the diverse and vibrant community that experienced it.

A heartwarming, joyful and dazzlingly funny exploration of bittersweet nostalgia and the enduring power of friendship.

Funny, fresh and packed with razor-sharp wit, Kevin Elyot’s landmark drama questions the nature of fidelity and the limits of love.

A journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in James Fritz's urgent, gripping and innovative play.

A chilling play set in a Kafkaesque world where nothing is quite as it seems, and where office politics can lead to unlawful questioning, torture and even murder...

A fascinating glimpse into the social and cultural complexities of Castro's Cuba.

An explosive and thought-provoking play from the author of Girls Like That, exploring what happens when buried secrets catch up with you.

A powerful, painful, funny play about the meaning of justice and consent when two friends take opposing briefs in a rape case.

A harrowing, intense drama about people-trafficking, set inside a container lorry.

In this two-play cycle set against the background of a bitterly fought American governor's election, David Edgar explores what has happened to the revolutionary fervour which took hold of both the Right and the Left in the 1960s, and how it has been carried over into the politics of today.

A double bill of plays from the frontline of climate change – an epic portrait of Britain in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.

The world's first ever musical, The Beggar's Opera, is performed on board a creaking convict ship bound for Australia.