Modern Drama

Writing at the end of his own long life, in Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles depicts his doomed hero's final hours; at the moment of his death the aged Oedipus is free at last. Envisaging this meditation on mortality as a rousing service in a black church, Lee Breuer has created a remarkable text based on Robert Fitzgerald's splendid translation.

Exploring the opening up of Japan to American influence and using motifs from Japanese theatre and music, this is one of Sondheim's most adventurous musicals.

Fifty-four monologues and dialogues drawn from ‘found’ stories told by everyday people living everyday lives in East Tennessee and the Appalachia region of the USA.

A play in the tradition of Arthur Miller: an impassioned exploration of the impact of politics on an American family.

David Hwang invokes the age in which his great grandfather broke with Confucian tradition by converting to Christianity and unbinding his daughter's feet. Golden Child explores the impact of these momentous decisions  on succeeding generations.

A hard-hitting play about the Philippines in the Marcos era, adapted by Jessica Hagedorn from her own novel of the same name.

A short play written in response to the situation in Gaza at the time of writing in January 2009.

A dark but very funny comedy about the collapse of a family of feckless chancers and no-hopers.

A monologue play in which a 17-year-old girl tells us the story of her relationship with an older man and what it led to.

A bittersweet and hesitant duologue in a bar between a youngish man and woman who are ex-lovers.

A short play about a young man who volunteers in old people's homes, and suffers paroxyms of love and hate for the residents.

A comic monologue warning of the perils of self-abuse in zero gravity conditions.