Science Fiction plays

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (stage version)

3-6f 4-9m plus 1f/m

A brilliant adaptation of Mary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece that places the writer herself amongst the action as she wrestles with her creation and with the stark realities facing revolutionary young women, then and now.

More Life

Ensemble of 6 performers (ideally 3f 3m)

A sci-fi gothic horror exploring what it means to be human, from Kandinsky Theatre Company. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2025.

Otherland

8f with suggested doubling (playing 30+ roles)

A play exploring what it means to be true to yourself in the face of unstoppable change, from the writer of Standing at the Sky's Edge. Premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2025.

Override

1f 1m

A captivating, darkly comic play that questions what it means to be human.

Sex with Robots and Other Devices

3f/m doubling (up to 25f/m)

A fearless examination of the future of sex, and a fascinating vision of where humanity could be heading next.

Space Girl

5-10f 8-12m

An action-packed play for young performers and audiences, bursting with songs and imagination, celebrating curiosity, resilience and exploration. In the Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series featuring large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by young people.

The Time Machine: A Comedy

1f 2m (plus 1-2 extras)

A fast-paced, wise-cracking, riotous play, loosely based on H.G. Wells's masterpiece, that zips from the nineteenth century to the end of the world, and (with any luck) back again.

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.

Tuesday

With a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth

By Alison Carr Translated by Daf James
Any number and gender (basic minimum of 5f 4m)

A funny and playful drama written specifically for young people, about what happens when the world literally turns upside-down. Bilingual edition: includes the original English play with a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth, by playwright Daf James.

Valhalla

1f 1m

Joint winner of the inaugural Theatre503 Playwriting Award, Valhalla depicts a world where the boundaries of scientific research and the endurance of human love are stretched to their limits.

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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