Cordelia Lynn's version of Chekhov's play, about three sisters trapped in a provincial town, waiting for their lives to begin.

A funny and furious new version of Michel Tremblay’s fêted Québécoise comedy, Les Belles-Soeurs.

A play about the impact of war on a small town in Syria, by a leading Syrian playwright and documentary film-maker.

A heartbreaking, powerful and bitterly comic account of what it is to be a woman in wartime.

An extraordinary play by Dutch writer Lot Vekemans that asks a simple question: is it ever possible to move on?

A play from Syria, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

A play from Palestine, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

A play from Morocco, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

A play from Lebanon, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

A play from Egypt, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Arab World initiative in conjunction with the British Council.

A short play by a leading Argentine playwright, telling the shocking story of an everyday trip to the hairdressers.

Set in Venice the day Orson Welles died, this extraordinary play by a leading Mexican writer stretches the imagination with artistic reveries and supernatural fantasies.