Plays to perform
Most Performed

Our most popular plays for amateur performance, based on the number of licenses issued in 2023.

The 40 titles listed below were our most popular titles licensed for performance by amateur groups worldwide.

Read more about the Top Ten most performed plays of 2023, over on our Blog>>

Showing 1-28 of 40 items.
Bleak Expectations
Bleak Expectations
By Mark Evans
After Life
After Life
By Jack Thorne Original author Hirokazu Kore-eda
The IT
The IT
By Vivienne Franzmann
The Good Life
The Good Life
By Jeremy Sams Original author John Esmonde and Bob Larbey
Emilia
Emilia
By Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
The Ballad of Maria Marten
The Ballad of Maria Marten
By Beth Flintoff
Di and Viv and Rose
Di and Viv and Rose
By Amelia Bullmore
Chaos
Chaos
By Laura Lomas
Bright. Young. Things.
Bright. Young. Things.
By Georgia Christou
The Incident Room
The Incident Room
By Olivia Hirst and David Byrne
Nora : A Doll's House
Nora : A Doll's House
By Stef Smith Original author Henrik Ibsen
The Welkin
The Welkin
By Lucy Kirkwood
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (stage version)
By Mary Shelley and Rona Munro
Jekyll & Hyde
Jekyll & Hyde (National Youth Theatre version)
By Evan Placey Original author Robert Louis Stevenson
Education, Education, Education
Education, Education, Education
By The Wardrobe Ensemble
Queers: Eight Monologues
Queers: Eight Monologues
By various Created by Mark Gatiss
Consent
Consent
By Nina Raine
Brainstorm: The Original Playscript
Brainstorm: The Original Playscript
By Ned Glasier, Emily Lim and Company Three
The Children
The Children
By Lucy Kirkwood
Things I Know To Be True
Things I Know To Be True
By Andrew Bovell
Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales
Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales (stage version)
Adapted by Philip Wilson Original author Philip Pullman
Nell Gwynn
Nell Gwynn
By Jessica Swale
Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days (stage version)
By Laura Eason Original author Jules Verne
Wendy & Peter Pan
Wendy & Peter Pan
By Ella Hickson Original author J.M. Barrie
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
By Sam Steiner
Rules for Living
Rules for Living
By Sam Holcroft
Jeeves & Wooster in 'Perfect Nonsense'
Jeeves & Wooster in 'Perfect Nonsense'
By The Goodale Brothers Original author P.G. Wodehouse
Blue Stockings
Blue Stockings
By Jessica Swale

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