Modern Drama
This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.
Override
A captivating, darkly comic play that questions what it means to be human.
Overspill
By Ali Taylor3m (can be performed by 3f)A poetic, explosive thriller about three young men on a night out that ends in violence.
The P Word
2mA sharp-witted and devastating play charting the parallel lives of two gay Pakistani men as they negotiate everything from casual hook-ups to the UK's hostile environment.
Pack
4fA raw, uncompromising drama about bigotry and racism that explores the insidious rise of the British National Party. Winner of the 2012 Papatango New Writing Competition.
The Pain and the Itch
By Bruce Norris4f 3mA hilarious social satire about liberal hypocrisy from an American writer whose work has been staged by the world famous Steppenwolf Theatre.
Pandas
By Rona Munro3f 3mA romantic-comedy-thriller about the heat of love and the magic of changing perspectives.
Paper
By Chris Bush8f 6mA play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.
Paradise Now!
6-7fA funny and raging play about ambition, exploitation and the search for connection in a fractured world.
Parliament Square
By James Fritz5-9f 2-5mA searingly powerful play about what one individual can do to effect change. Winner of the Judges’ Award in the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.
Parlour Song
1f 2mA blackly hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia.
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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