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Slave Ubu

2f 12m plus extras

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.

Published in volume Ubu

    The Slaves of Solitude (stage version)

    7f 4m

    A fascinating blend of dark hilarity and melancholy, woven from Patrick Hamilton’s much-loved story about an improbable heroine in wartime Britain.

    Snuff

    1f 2m

    A short play about an Iraqi War veteran.

    Spooky Action at a Distance

    3f 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

    1f 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 5m

    A 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

    Flexible casting (3 or more performers)

    A poetic fable for the stage, about an impenetrable immigration system that mirrors our own.

    Swive [Elizabeth]

    2f 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

    2f 1-2m

    A 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 Plays

      A Tale of Two Cities (stage version)

      Adapted by Mike Poulton Original author Charles Dickens
      4f 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'.

      Temple

      3f 3m plus 2 boys (aged ten)

      A fictional account of the 2011 Occupy London movement, set in the heart of a very British crisis – a crisis of conscience, a crisis of authority and a crisis of faith.

      Amateur Productions
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      Bill Bryson, Adapted by Tim Whitnall

      Fin Kennedy

      Amanda Whittington

      Alexandra Wood, Adapted from Kate Summerscale

      Amanda Whittington


      Henrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard Eyre

      Tom Wells

      Jeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey