Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
The Fishermen (stage version)
A powerful allegory of brotherhood, vengeance and fate set in a small Nigerian town. Adapted from the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel.
Fishskin Trousers
2f 1mA haunting play about loss and grief, set in the mists of Suffolk. Also contains the short plays Enter A Gentleman and Time Spent on Trains.
Five Characters in Search of a Good Night's Sleep
2f 3mA devised play exploring the experience of sleeplessness and its impact on people's lives.
Five Years with the White Man
By Eloka Obi and Saul Boyer1m playing multiple parts (plus minimal contribution from 'Technician')A startling play about satirist ABC Merriman-Labor, the greatest Black Briton ever to have been forgotten.
Fixer
1f 6mAn unsettling, intelligent and savagely funny play about oil geopolitics and the price of human life.
The Flea
By James Fritz1-2f 4-13m plus optional extrasA riotous play about the Cleveland Street Scandal of 1889. Premiered at The Yard, London, in October 2023.
Flesh and Bone
1f 4mA vivid and fast-paced ride through a working-class London estate, fusing Shakespeare-inspired lyricism with Cockney accents.
Flights
3m (thirties)A haunting and funny play about bereavement, brotherhood and breaking away from your past.
Foam
6-7mA gripping play that examines the nature of identity and the consequences of right-wing extremist ideology against the backdrop of London's skinhead and gay scenes of the 1970s and 1980s.
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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