Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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Estate Walls

1f 4m

A play about a young writer who dreams of leaving his estate. The play that won Arinzé Kene the Most Promising Playwright at the 2011 Offies (Off West End Theatre Awards).

Eternal Love

The Story of Abelard and Heloise

6f 11m, doubling

A spellbinding retelling of the passionate and legendary love story of Abelard and Heloise.

Every One

3f 3m (plus ideally 1 girl and additional dancers)

A re-imagining of Everyman, Jo Clifford's bold and haunting play tells a deeply emotional and warmly funny story of a voyage into the heart of living - and of what it means to lose the people we love.

Everything Not Saved

2-3f 1m

A play about memory, happiness, Rasputin, and dancing. And also the Queen. Premiered by MALAPROP Theatre at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2017.

The Evil Doers

5f 2m

A chaotic, violent, comic odyssey through the dismal streets of 1980s Glasgow.

Eyam

7f 8m, doubling (8f 13m)

A play about an outbreak of the plague in a small Derbyshire village in 1665.

F*ck the Polar Bears

2f 2m plus a young girl

A raucous family drama about the cost of living the life of our dreams.

failure project

1f playing multiple characters (plus some characters in voiceover)

A warm and witty one-person play exploring grief, the strings attached to success, and what it means to 'fail'. Premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2024.

Fair

1f 2m

A powerful drama about the potent appeal of far right policies to young people in the UK.

Published in volume Fair & Felt Effects: two plays

    The Faith Machine

    4f 4m

    Travelling from America to Britain to a remote Greek island, The Faith Machine explores the relationship between faith and capitalism and asks fundamental questions about the true meaning of love.

    The Fall

    4f 4m, doubling (6f 4m)

    A funny, moving and candid look at young people's relationships to older people, confronting the frightening prospect of ageing in a country undergoing crises of housing and care.

    Fanboy

    1m (thirties) plus additional parts (principally an 8-year-old boy) on pre-recorded video

    A five-star hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, Fanboy is a love-hate letter to pop culture and nostalgia, about a thirty-something, self-confessed nerd obsessed with Star Wars and Nintendo.

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