Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Crocodiles
Lee Mattinson's extraordinary play, bringing to life a dystopian, modern-fairytale town where fact and fiction weave as tightly and snag as easily as granny's knitting.
Crossings
1f 1m, doubling (3f 1m)A play with live music, waltzing and unexpected connections, exploring how we return, resettle and adapt.
The Crown Jewels
By Simon Nye3-6f 5-9mA riotous comedy based on the scarcely believable true story of the greatest heist of all time: the theft of the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. From the creator of TV's Men Behaving Badly and The Durrells.
Cruising
3-5f 2-6mA hilarious, real-life comedy about pensioners going in search of love - from the sublime to the downright saucy.
Crush: The Musical
By Maureen Chadwick and Kath Gotts11-12f 1-2mAn outrageously fun musical set in an all-girls school in the 60s, from the team behind Bad Girls: The Musical.
Crushed Shells and Mud
By Ben Musgrave2f 3mA play about conflicted desire and dangerous loyalties in a world trembling in the grip of a devastating epidemic.
Cuba
By Liz Lochhead15f 4m, 1f or mA play written for young people to perform, about two schoolgirls and their daring response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Custom of the Country
3f 10mFletcher and Massinger's bawdy Jacobean drama is transposed to 1890s Johannesburg.
Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five PlaysCyrano
By Virginia Gay Original author Edmond Rostand2f 1m plus 3f/mA joyous, gender-flipped retelling of Edmond Rostand's classic play, first performed by Melbourne Theatre Company, and a hit at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe before transferring to Park Theatre, London.
Damage
By Kamal Khalladi Translated by Houda Echouafni5f 5mA play from Morocco, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.
Dancing Bears
By Sam Holcroft3f or m plus 1mA short play laying bare the twisted loyalties and violence in teenage gangs.
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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