Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Estate Walls
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
A spellbinding retelling of the passionate and legendary love story of Abelard and Heloise.
Every One
By Jo Clifford3f 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
By Carys D. Coburn With MALAPROP Theatre2-3f 1mA 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
By Chris Hannan5f 2mA chaotic, violent, comic odyssey through the dismal streets of 1980s Glasgow.
Eyam
By Matt Hartley7f 8m, doubling (8f 13m)A play about an outbreak of the plague in a small Derbyshire village in 1665.
F*ck the Polar Bears
By Tanya Ronder2f 2m plus a young girlA 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 2mA powerful drama about the potent appeal of far right policies to young people in the UK.
Published in volume Fair & Felt Effects: two playsThe Faith Machine
4f 4mTravelling 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
By James Fritz4f 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 videoA 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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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