Plays to perform
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Trying It On

Trying It On

By David Edgar

An autobiographical monologue, written to be performed by its author David Edgar, in which Edgar at seventy confronts the ideals of his twenty-something self.

Thick As Thieves

Thick As Thieves

By Katherine Chandler

A tense, revealing play that explores what it means to care for one another and asks who, in a time of increasing disconnect, we expect to look after us.

Crossings

Crossings

By Deirdre Kinahan

A play with live music, waltzing and unexpected connections, exploring how we return, resettle and adapt.

Closer to God

Closer to God

By Anna Jordan

A short play exploring the private worlds of strangers, living side by side but generations apart.

Stop/Over

Stop/Over

By Gary Duggan

A night of debauchery and delicate connection in a play set in the city that never sleeps.

Steel

Steel

By Chris Bush

A play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.

Pop Music

Pop Music

By Anna Jordan

A rollercoaster of a play for anyone that’s ever been a dick on the dance floor.

The Political History of Smack and Crack

The Political History of Smack and Crack

By Ed Edwards

An angry and passionate play chronicling the fallout for communities crushed by the heroin epidemic at the height of Thatcherism.

The Fishermen

The Fishermen (stage version)

By Chigozie Obioma Adapted by Gbolahan Obisesan

A powerful allegory of brotherhood, vengeance and fate set in a small Nigerian town. Adapted from the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel.

Blackthorn

Blackthorn

By Charley Miles

A contemporary, lyrical love story that explores the changes and choices that pull us from the places and people we love.

Wilderness

Wilderness (short play)

By April De Angelis

A short play about a patient and her psychiatrist as they head into the wilderness to find out how sane any of us really are.

Published in volume Women Centre Stage: Eight Short Plays By and About Women
    What is the Custom of Your Grief?

    What is the Custom of Your Grief?

    By Timberlake Wertenbaker

    A short play by Timberlake Wertenbaker about an English schoolgirl who is befriended online by an Afghan girl after her brother is killed while on active duty in Afghanistan.

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    Amanda Whittington

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    13–18 May 2024
    Wharf Theatre, Devizes