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>>
The Welkin
Lucy Kirkwood's play about a woman sentenced to hang for murder in 18th-century rural Suffolk.
The Incident Room
By Olivia Hirst and David ByrneA play about the manhunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, going behind the scenes to investigate the case that nearly broke the British police force.
Nora : A Doll's House
By Stef Smith Original author Henrik IbsenA bold new version of Ibsen's brutal portrayal of womanhood.
Bright. Young. Things.
A funny, fast-paced play about identity, truth and the challenge of finding out who you really are. Part of Platform, an initiative from Tonic Theatre in partnership with Nick Hern Books, aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.
Chaos
By Laura LomasA symphony of characters searching for meaning in a complicated and unstable world. Part of the 2019 National Theatre Connections Festival.
Di and Viv and Rose
A warm and funny play about female friendship, crackling with wit and poignant observation.
The Ballad of Maria Marten
A thrilling play based on the nineteenth-century Red Barn Murder in Suffolk, rediscovering the lost story of the murder victim, Maria Marten.
Emilia
A riotous, witty reclaiming of the life of Emilia Bassano, poet, mistress, mother, and exceptional woman – widely considered the 'Dark Lady' of Shakespeare's sonnets.
The Good Life
A witty reimagining of a television classic for the stage, with a wellyful of laughs that's sure to delight audiences everywhere.
The IT
A darkly comic state-of-the-nation play exploring adolescent mental health and the rage within. Winner of the Best Play for Young Audiences Award at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 2023.
After Life
By Jack Thorne Original author Hirokazu Kore-edaA surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.
Bleak Expectations
By Mark EvansA hilarious, chaotic, Dickensian caper for the stage, based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series.
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