Plays with Music
See also Musicals
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (stage version)
Rona Munro's adaptation of Louis de Bernières' much-loved epic novel, set on an idyllic Greek island in 1941.
The Cavalcaders
By Billy Roche2f 4mA rousing, comic play set in an old-fashioned cobbler's shop in small-town southern Ireland.
Published in volume The Cavalcaders and AmphibiansThe Changing Room
By Chris Bushflexible, any size, any genderA play about being a teenager, written specifically for young people, part of the 2018 National Theatre Connections Festival.
A Christmas Carol (Derby Playhouse stage version)
By Charles Dickens Adapted by Karen Louise Hebden2f 6m & 6 children, doubling (large cast possible)An acclaimed dramatisation of Dickens' well-loved Christmas story - more faithful to the original than any other published version.
Christmas Carol: A Fairy Tale (stage play)
By Piers Torday Original author Charles Dickens4f 3m doubling (up to 9f 16m plus 10f/m)A revitalised stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's Christmas tale, by renowned author Piers Torday, focussing on Ebenezer Scrooge's sister Fan, the most monstrous miser ever known.
Cinderella (stage version)
4f 4m, doublingA classic fairy tale with a twist, from the UK's leading author of plays for young audiences.
Cold War (stage version)
Adapted by Conor McPherson Original author Paweł Pawlikowski6f 5m plus extrasAn epic love story spanning the decades and breadth of Europe at its most divided, adapted from the Academy Award-nominated film. Premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2023.
The Convict's Opera
4f 6mThe world's first ever musical, The Beggar's Opera, is performed on board a creaking convict ship bound for Australia.
Coram Boy (stage version)
By Jamila Gavin Adapted by Helen Edmundson10f 7m plus 3 boys, doublingA heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread award-winning novel set in 18th-century England.
Crossings
1f 1m, doubling (3f 1m)A play with live music, waltzing and unexpected connections, exploring how we return, resettle and adapt.
The Crown Jewels
By Simon Nye3-6f 5-9mA riotous comedy based on the scarcely believable true story of the greatest heist of all time: the theft of the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. From the creator of TV's Men Behaving Badly and The Durrells.
Diary of a Nobody (stage version)
By George & Weedon Grossmith Adapted by Hugh Osborne3m, doubling, plus a pianoA sparkling adaptation of the classic comic novel recording the daily exploits of Charles Pooter, the London clerk with social aspirations far beyond his status.
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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