Science Fiction plays

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(Not) the End of the World

3-4f

A daringly theatrical investigation of the climate crisis through the perspectives of class, patriarchy and colonialism.

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12f 10-12m

Coincidences, omens and vision collide with political reality in this epic new play by the award-winning Mike Bartlett.

After Life

5-6f 7-8m

A surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live – and to die.

Dark Sublime

3f 2m doubling, plus one m/f voice only

A play about joy and heartbreak, quarries and transmat beams – a love-letter to British sci-fi television.

Earthquakes in London

7f 10m, doubling, large cast possible

An epic rollercoaster of a play travelling from 1968 to 2525 and back again, driven by an all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present.

Frankenstein (stage version)

4f 8m, plus extras

One of the greatest horror stories of all time, in a stage adaptation that sticks closely to Mary Shelley's original novel.

Genesis Inc.

5f 4m, doubling (12f 9m 8f/m), plus voice-overs

An explosively funny comedy that takes a closer look at the lengths to which people will go to defy biology – and at the moral compass of an industry that trades on fear and hope.

Girl in the Machine

1f 1m 1f or m

A disturbing but compassionate vision of our potential digital future, and what it might mean for 'life' as we know it.

How to Spot an Alien

2f 1m, doubling (1f playing 5 roles)

A play for young people (age five and up) to watch, read and perform, about one confused alien, two brave kids and a busted spaceship.

I Fucked You in My Spaceship

2f 4m

A razor-sharp sci-fi comedy-drama about sex and relationships, winner of the Origins Award for Outstanding New Work at VAULT Festival, London.

In Event of Moone Disaster

2-4f 4-8m

Winner of the 2016 Theatre503 Playwriting Award, Andrew Thompson's debut play is about the adventures of three extraordinary women spanning 80 years, against the backdrop of humanity’s journey to the stars.

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

1f 1m

A play about what we say and how we say it; about the things we can only hear in the silence; about dead cats, activism, eye contact and lemons, lemons, lemons, lemons, lemons.

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Henrik Ibson, Adapted by Richard Eyre

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Jeremy Sams, Original authors John Esmonde and Bob Larbey