Modern Drama

This section contains plays written or premiered after 1945.

Showing 181-192 of 1,475 items.

Britannia Waves the Rules

An arresting and angry look at conflict and its effect on soldiers returning home.

Broken Biscuits

A beautiful, heart-warming, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story for our times.

Brontë

A compelling literary detective story about the turbulent lives of the Brontë sisters - dramatised by Polly Teale and Shared Experience, the team behind After Mrs Rochester and Jane Eyre.

Brothers of Thunder

A play about forgiveness, reconciliation and the role of the church in the modern world.

The Browning Version

Rattigan's well-loved play about an unpopular schoolmaster who snatches a last shred of dignity from the collapse of his career and his marriage.

Brute

A solo show about a rather twisted schoolgirl.

BU21

Six young people are caught in the aftermath of a terrorist attack in the heart of London. By turns terrifying, inspiring, brutal, heartbreaking and hilarious, BU21 is verbatim theatre from the very near future.

buckets

Wry, emotive, funny and heartfelt, buckets is a play with a unique perspective on a universal dilemma: how do you deal with the fact that time always runs out?

Buggy Baby

A horror comedy about trying to build a normal life when nothing about life is normal.

Bull

A razor-sharp play about the fine line between office politics and playground bullying, Bull offers ringside seats as three employees fight to keep their jobs.

Bully Boy

A ferociously gripping story about the moral issues of contemporary military occupation and its effect on the mental health of serving soldiers. Written with startling insight by author and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig.

Bunny

An exhilarating coming-of-age drama for a solo performer.

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Amanda Whittington

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13–18 May 2024
Wharf Theatre, Devizes