When the Daffodils
A searching portrait of human kindness in a world that sets limits on how we care for the vulnerable. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season of short plays.
When This Is Over
A Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production, and the Original Playscript
A theatrical celebration of hope, possibility and imagination, designed to be created and performed by teenage casts, drawing directly on their own life experiences and the stories they want to tell. Winner, Outstanding Drama Initiative at the Music and Drama Education Awards.
When Winston Went to War with the Wireless
By Jack Thorne3-4f 9-10m (larger cast possible, 30+)A gripping and timely play about Winston Churchill, the 1920s General Strike and the birth of the BBC.
Where I'm From
By Laura Lomas1fA monologue play about a woman on the day of her release from prison.
Published in volume Bird and other monologues for young womenWhiff Whaff
By Jack Thorne1f 1mA savagely funny short play about attitudes to disability and mental health.
Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: TwoThe White Bike
3-10f 2-4m (large cast possible)An affecting play, based on a true story, about what happens when our world is turned upside down.
White Lead
By Jessica Siân3fA short play exploring the expectations and responsibilities of being an artist and a woman.
The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd
By D H Lawrence Introduction by Colin Counsell5f 7mAn intense and powerful drama set in a Nottinghamshire mining town. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.
WINK
2mAn electrifying drama about what happens to personal identity in an age of ubiquitous technology and social media.
Winterlong
3f 5m, 1 boy of eightA shattering and heartbreaking play, joint winner of the Bruntwood Playwriting Competition.
Wish List
1f 2m, 1f or mA sensitive, delicate and powerful play that asks what our labour is worth and how life can be lived when the system is stacked against you. Winner of the 2015 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting.
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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