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Today

5-6f 7-9m

From a Cambridge college to the battlefields of the Spanish Civil War, Today is a panoramic study of life, desire and the search for a fundamental self in the midst of a shifting, uncertain world.

Treetops

4f 4m

A play about the early resistance to policies of apartheid or racial segregation in Cape Town, South Africa, in the 1950s.

Published in volume Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

    The Trials

    2f 1m plus 12m/f (playing teenage jurors, flexible casting)

    A searing play set in a near-future world, where those responsible for the climate emergency are being judged by a younger generation.

    The True Life Fiction of Mata Hari

    2f 4m

    A play about the notorious World War One femme fatale known as Mata Hari.

    Trust

    2f 5m

    A play about the bonds of trust in a tight-knit Loyalist community, and how easily they are shattered, from the multi-award winning writer of The Force of Change.

    truth and reconciliation

    11f 11m

    A play about the aftermath of violence, in conflicts around the world from Rwanda to Northern Ireland, and from Zimbabwe to Bosnia.

    Trying It On

    1m 1f (plus filmed segments)

    An autobiographical monologue, written to be performed by its author David Edgar, in which Edgar at seventy confronts the ideals of his twenty-something self.

    Two Ladies

    4f 1m

    A powerful drama about the first ladies of France and America, as their husbands clash over an international crisis.

    two Palestinians go dogging

    3f 4m (and optional extras)

    A comedy that explores how the everyday becomes political and the political becomes everyday in a conflict zone.

    The Unreturning

    4m doubling (large mixed cast is possible)

    A compelling drama that explores the profound effect that war has on young lives.

    The Unthinkable

    3f 4m

    A hard-hitting play about the collapse of idealism in contemporary politics.

    Us/Them

    1f 1m

    An extraordinary, award-winning account of the Beslan School Siege, exploring the entirely individual way children cope with traumatic situations.

    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