Dry Powder
A razor-sharp comedy about the people who shape – and skew – the economy.
Duck Duck Goose
2f 4m with specified doublingA viscerally charged play, full of moral ambiguity and psychological complexity, examining the nature of consent, trust and trial by social media.
ear for eye
8f 8m doubling (very large cast possible)Snapshots of lives, snapshots of experiences of protest; violence vs non-violence, direct action vs demonstrations, ear for eye follows characters navigating their way through society today.
East is East
3f 7mA wonderful comedy about growing up in multiracial Salford.
Education, Education, Education
3-5f 4-7mA theatrical love letter to the schools of the 1990s, asking big questions about a country in special measures, exploring what we are taught and why, and where responsibility lies. Full of inventive theatricality and irreverent humour.
Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (National Theatre of Scotland version)
By Chris Hannan4f 5m, doublingA contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.
Elizabeth Gordon Quinn (original Traverse Theatre version)
By Chris Hannan4f 5m doublingA contemporary classic set during the Glasgow Rent Strike of 1915, with one of the best women's roles ever to emerge from Scottish theatre, an unforgettable tragicomic heroine with an extraordinary power to repel and attract.
Published in volume Scot-FreeEmilia
13-29f, plus ChorusA riotous, witty reclaiming of the life of Emilia Bassano, poet, mistress, mother, and exceptional woman – widely considered the 'Dark Lady' of Shakespeare's sonnets.
An Enemy of the People
By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Stephen Mulrine2f 9mIbsen's play about an idealistic doctor whose moral resolve is put to the test when he discovers that the waters from which his native spa town draws its wealth are dangerously contaminated.
England & Son
By Ed Edwards1mA one-man play about disaster capitalism, empire, Thatcherite politics, stolen youth, stolen wealth and a working-class boy who just wants his dad to smile at him. First performed by the celebrated political comedian Mark Thomas in Paines Plough's Roundabout during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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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