Plays to perform
Most Performed

Our most popular plays for amateur performance, based on the number of licences issued in 2024.

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 2024, over on our Blog>>

Showing 21-40 of 40 items.
Brainstorm: The Original Playscript
Brainstorm: The Original Playscript
By Ned Glasier, Emily Lim and Company Three
variable - flexible casting
Animal Farm
Animal Farm (stage version)
By George Orwell Adapted by Ian Wooldridge
6-14 actors
Chaos
Chaos
By Laura Lomas
flexible, any size, any gender
The IT
The IT
By Vivienne Franzmann
Flexible (5 or more, no maximum, any gender)
The Weir
The Weir
By Conor McPherson
1f 4m
Earthquakes in London
Earthquakes in London
By Mike Bartlett
7f 10m, doubling, large cast possible
Di and Viv and Rose
Di and Viv and Rose
By Amelia Bullmore
3f
The Last of the Pelican Daughters
The Last of the Pelican Daughters
By The Wardrobe Ensemble
5-7f 3m
Arabian Nights
Arabian Nights (RSC stage version)
By Dominic Cooke
4f 5m doubling (large cast possible)
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
By Sam Steiner
1f 1m
Ladies Down Under
Ladies Down Under
By Amanda Whittington
4f 2m (doubling, or up to 9m)
After Life
After Life
By Jack Thorne Original author Hirokazu Kore-eda
5-6f 7-8m
The Sweet Science of Bruising
The Sweet Science of Bruising
By Joy Wilkinson
6f 4m doubling (up to 7f 8m)
A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story
A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story (stage version)
By Charles Dickens Adapted by Mark Gatiss
50+ parts (original cast 5f 8m doubling)
As We Face the Sun
As We Face the Sun
By Kit Withington
Flexible cast, 4-50 performers, any gender
Be My Baby
Be My Baby
By Amanda Whittington
6f
Treasure Island
Treasure Island (Le Navet Bete stage version)
By Le Navet Bete and John Nicholson Original author Robert Louis Stevenson
4m doubling (or a mixed cast playing 26 characters)
Pressure
Pressure
By David Haig
1f 12m
Lilies on the Land
Lilies on the Land
By the Lions part
4f doubling (large cast possible)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (stage version)
By Mary Shelley and Rona Munro
3-6f 4-9m plus 1f/m

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