One For Sorrow
Following an attack on London, a family let a stranger into their house. Cordelia Lynn's play explores community and the limits of tolerance.
One Good Beating
By Linda McLean1f 2mA blackly comic short play about a grown-up brother and sister who exact revenge on their violent father.
One Jewish Boy
1f 1m (both playing ages 20-34)A bittersweet comedy addressing anti-Semitism through one young family's struggle against prejudice.
One Thousand and One
3f 1mA short play from the author of Mr Incredible and Where Do Little Birds Go?.
Published in volume Mr IncredibleOpen
By Christopher Adams and Timothy Allsop2mA frank, refreshing romance that draws on interviews, conversation and private correspondence to explore the authors' real-life open marriage.
Orca
By Matt Grinter3f 2mAn incisive, unflinching insight into what makes a community tolerate the unthinkable. Winner of the 2016 Papatango New Writing Prize.
Orchids in the Moonlight
By Carlos Fuentes Translated by Sebastian Doggart2f 1m plus extrasSet in Venice the day Orson Welles died, this extraordinary play by a leading Mexican writer stretches the imagination with artistic reveries and supernatural fantasies.
The Oresteia
2f 4m (Ag); 3f 5m (Ch); 3f 3m (Eu) plus chorus & extrasAeschylus' great trilogy of Greek tragedies: Agamemnon, Choephori (Libation-Bearers) and Eumenides (The Furies).
Orestes: Blood and Light
By Helen Edmundson Original author Euripides3f 3mAn explosive retelling of the most savage and powerful of ancient myths - the story of avenging siblings, Electra and Orestes.
Original Death Rabbit
By Rose Heiney1f (playing early thirties)A painfully funny play, shining a light on one woman's struggle with the dark side of the internet
Orlando (stage version)
By Virginia Woolf Adapted by Neil BartlettFlexible casting (11 performers doubling in the original production; 20+ characters)A sparkling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's famous fantasy, premiered in the West End with Golden Globe winner Emma Corrin leading an ensemble company.
Othello
By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi3f 11m plus extrasAn edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
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Amateur Productions
On Now & Coming SoonBill Bryson, Adapted by Tim WhitnallFin KennedyAmanda WhittingtonAlexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate SummerscaleAmanda WhittingtonHenrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard EyreTom WellsJeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey