Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

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1f 1m

A captivating, darkly comic play that questions what it means to be human.

Overspill

3m (can be performed by 3f)

A poetic, explosive thriller about three young men on a night out that ends in violence.

The P Word

2m

A 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

4f

A 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

4f 3m

A hilarious social satire about liberal hypocrisy from an American writer whose work has been staged by the world famous Steppenwolf Theatre.

Pandas

3f 3m

A romantic-comedy-thriller about the heat of love and the magic of changing perspectives.

The Panel

5m

A short play about the power politics underlying the selection of any candidate.

Paper

8f 6m

A play about family, heritage and legacy, part of Chris Bush's triptych of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors.

Paradise Now!

6-7f

A funny and raging play about ambition, exploitation and the search for connection in a fractured world.

Parliament Square

5-9f 2-5m

A 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 2m

A blackly hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia.

Passing Places

2f 5m, with doubling

A road movie for the stage, following two young Scottish lads on their trip from dislocation to location.

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Bill Bryson, Adapted by Tim Whitnall

Fin Kennedy

Amanda Whittington

Alexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate Summerscale

Amanda Whittington


Henrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard Eyre

Tom Wells

Jeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey