Slave Ubu
The third and final part of The Ubu Plays, Alfred Jarry's surreal and hilarious satire of power, greed, and bourgeois pretension. Slave Ubu concludes the adventures of Pa Ubu.
The Slaves of Solitude (stage version)
A fascinating blend of dark hilarity and melancholy, woven from Patrick Hamilton’s much-loved story about an improbable heroine in wartime Britain.
Spooky Action at a Distance
By Eve Leigh3f 3m plus Chorus f/m (large cast possible)A hard-hitting, poignant play about anti-immigration sentiment in Britain today. In the Multiplay Drama series.
Steel
By Chris Bush1f 1m playing 2f 2m (male actor is white, female actor is black)A play exploring the last three decades of women in politics, asking what's changed and what still must.
stoning mary
6f 6m, plus 1 boy (doubling possible)Mysterious yet compelling, bewildering yet intoxicating, a play that mixes poetic rhythms with vernacular phrases, rap-song repetitions with complex psychology.
Strange Interlude
3f 5mA controversial work of extraordinary power, remarkable length (9 acts), and use of asides to express the characters' unspoken thoughts. An outstanding, somewhat Freudian play from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.
A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain
By Sami IbrahimFlexible casting (3 or more performers)A poetic fable for the stage, about an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own.
Swive [Elizabeth]
By Ella Hickson2f 2m (with specified doubling)Sex is power in the reign of Elizabeth I. Ella Hickson's play explores the ways and means by which women in power negotiate patriarchal pressure in order to get their way.
Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha
By Natal'ya Vorozhbit Translated by Sasha Dugdale2f 1-2mA powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.
Published in volume Voices from Ukraine: Two PlaysA Tale of Two Cities (stage version)
Adapted by Mike Poulton Original author Charles Dickens4f 9m + extras, doubling (very large cast possible)A thrilling, fast-paced adaptation of the classic novel, considered by Dickens 'the best story I have ever written'.
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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