Plays for Young People (12-18 years)

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.

A smouldering adaptation of Thomas Hardy's enduring novel about a spirited and feisty young woman who finds herself playing mistress in a man's world.

An imaginative stage adaptation of E. Nesbit's much-loved children's classic.

A wonderful comedy about growing up in multiracial Salford.

A bold and theatrically inventive adaptation of the literary classic that puts the interior life of the novel on stage.

A tried-and-tested stage adaptation of Barry Hines' novel A Kestrel for a Knave, about a troubled young boy who finds and trains a kestrel.

A modern classic about one woman's struggle to come to terms with her past - brutally separated from her German Jewish parents at the age of 9 and brought to England with the promise of a new life...

A strikingly original play combining traditional storytelling with physical theatre, created by The Imaginary Body. Winner of a Fringe First Award at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

A powerful and straightforward dramatisation of Orwell's enduring parable on the perils of totalitarianism.

A delightful stage version of Jane Austen's earliest novel, her mock-Gothic Romance.

A landmark dramatisation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of one of the foundation stones of English literature.

A poignant drama about attitudes to teenage pregnancy in 1960s Britain.