Modern Drama

Autumn 1940. The Battle of Britain rages. From the ashes of a devastated Southampton, a story of chaos, courage and community spirit emerges.

An enchanting collection of witty music and skits about the Bard, devised for and first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

A debut play laying bare the contradictions and private pain of cultural tourism.

An urgent political play about the collapse of an Eastern Bloc government at the end of 1989. Part of David Edgar's post-Cold War trilogy of plays.

A short monologue play exploring the power that a carer can exert over a wheelchair user's life, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

A devastating play about violence, love and loss. Winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.

An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.

A fierce, funny and intoxicating play about the enduring power – and fragility – of memory and love. Published alongside the 2024 West End transfer.

Surrounded by rain, rivers, lochs and floods, three generations of memory and experience ebb and flow through this lyrical play.

A brilliant, haunting play from the multi-award-winning author of The Weir.

A riotously funny comedy with a gallery of unforgettable characters, published here in a revised version alongside its revival at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in 2003.

A tender and honest play examining the young men society shuts away. Winner of the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize.