Word-Play
A play about what happens when a Prime Minister ad-libs on live TV, exploring how language seeps into public consciousness and reverberates with far-reaching consequences that will last for generations. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
World Factory: The Game
By Zoë Svendsen and Simon Daw4f/m plus 1f/m voice-overA participative theatre experience about global consumer capitalism, offering readers the opportunity to play – as individuals or in teams – the managers of a clothing factory in China.
Wormwood
2f 4mA poetic and heart-rending play written in response to the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
Wretch
2f 2mAn ex-teacher and an ex-junkie meet on a night bus during long, dark nights of homelessness.
The Writer
By Ella Hickson2f 2m, original production also featured a real baby in one sceneA young writer challenges the status quo but discovers that creative gain comes at a personal cost.
Yellowfin
By Marek Horn1f 3mPolitics and the planet collide in a fiercely original play about the limits of science, the power of myths, and the things we can't control.
Yen
By Anna Jordan2f (playing ages 16 & 36) 2m (playing ages 13 & 16)Anna Jordan's Bruntwood Prize-winning play, Yen explores a childhood lived without boundaries and the consequences of being forced to grow up on your own.
You Stupid Darkness!
By Sam Steiner2f 2mAn urgent play about the struggle for optimism and community amid the chaos of a world falling apart.
You, Me and Wii
By Sue Townsend4f 2mA short play by the author of the Adrian Mole books, set in a council house in a small Leicestershire town at election time.
Your Turn to Clean the Stair
By Rona Munro3f 2mA comically sinister study of the tensions in an Edinburgh tenement.
Published in volume Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
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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