Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Genesis Inc.
An explosively funny comedy that takes a closer look at the lengths to which people will go to defy biology – and at the moral compass of an industry that trades on fear and hope.
Germ Free Adolescent
1f 1m (playing age sixteen)A fierce, funny and irreverent OCD love story that asks: what exactly is 'normal' anyway?
German Skerries
1f 3mAn uplifting portrait of human hope and vulnerability, weaving resonant drama out of a friendship, a marriage, a holiday, and a death.
Ghost Stories from an Old Country
1f 3mA riveting and poignant exploration of the ties that bind us, threaded through with captivating fables. Joint winner of the 2021 Papatango New Writing Prize.
Published in volume Papatango PlaysThe Giant
By Antony Sher12mA powerful, witty and moving play exploring the dark interplay between sexuality and creativity.
Giant
3f 3m plus 1m voice onlyA stage play exploring the life and legacy of that fiendishly charismatic icon, Roald Dahl. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2024 and transferring to the West End in 2025. Winner of Best New Play at both the Olivier and Critics' Circle Theatre Awards.
The Gift
By Janice Okoh4-6f 2-4mAn outrageous play about imperialism, cross-racial adoption, cultural appropriation... and tea.
Gigi & Dar
By Josh Azouz3f 1mA comic tragedy about what we bury in order to survive. Premiered at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2024.
Gilt
3f 4mAn exciting innovation: three of Scotland's top playwrights combine forces on a single play - staged by 7:84 Scotland in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London.
The Ginger Ale Boy
By Enda Walsh5f 5mWalsh's very first, previously unpublished play, is a Cork cabaret about a ventriloquist who loses control.
Girl in the Machine
By Stef Smith1f 1m 1f or mA disturbing but compassionate vision of our potential digital future, and what it might mean for 'life' as we know it.
A Girl's Bedroom
By Enda Walsh1fA short play from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.
Published in volume Arlington
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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