Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Age is a Feeling
A gripping one-person play that wrestles with the glorious and melancholy uncertainties of human life, from the author of The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale.
Airsick
By Emma Frost2f 3mA turbulent black comedy about love, loneliness and how we shape our future.
Albert Speer
By David EdgarLarge mixed cast (6f 20m or more)A panoramic historical drama about the man whose devotion to Hitler blinded him to the worst crime of the twentieth century, drawing closely on Gita Sereny's definitive and magisterial biography of Albert Speer.
Albertine in Five Times
6fA simultaneous portrait of a woman at five different ages. Five actresses portray Albertine at different times of her life whilst conversing freely with each other and with their sister Madeleine.
Published in volume The Guid Sisters and other playsAlbion
6f 5mMike Bartlett's outstanding play, set in the ruins of a garden in rural England.
Alcatraz
3f 2mA thrilling play about family and social care that follows 11-year-old Sandy on her daring, Christmas mission to emulate Clint Eastwood and bust her gran out of lock-up.
All honey
3f 2mA play about sex, secrets and suspicion, winner of the 2017 Fishamble New Writing Award.
Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two PlaysAll Mouth
By Jonathan Lewis and Miranda Foster1f 4mA biting comedy set in the hidden world of the voice-over artist.
All of Us
6-10f 7-9m plus optional extrasA passionate and timely drama that looks at the human cost of abandoning those who struggle to fit in.
All On Her Own
1fA powerfully atmospheric one-woman play, All On Her Own tells the story of Rosemary who, alone at midnight in London, has a secret burden to share that is both heartbreaking and sinister.
Published in volume Harlequinade & All On Her OwnAll Our Children
2f 3mA moving examination of a terrifying moral dilemma, and a powerful story that shows what it takes for humanity and decency to be restored in a world that has abandoned them.
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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