Plays with Music

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Captain Corelli's Mandolin (stage version)

5f 9m plus 1f/m doubling (possible cast of 30+)

Rona Munro's adaptation of Louis de Bernières' much-loved epic novel, set on an idyllic Greek island in 1941.

The Cavalcaders

2f 4m

A rousing, comic play set in an old-fashioned cobbler's shop in small-town southern Ireland.

Published in volume The Cavalcaders and Amphibians

    The Changing Room

    flexible, any size, any gender

    A 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)

    2f 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)

    4f 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, doubling

    A 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 Pawlikowski
    6f 5m plus extras

    An 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 6m

    The world's first ever musical, The Beggar's Opera, is performed on board a creaking convict ship bound for Australia.

    Coram Boy (stage version)

    10f 7m plus 3 boys, doubling

    A 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

    3-6f 5-9m

    A 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)

    3m, doubling, plus a piano

    A 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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