Machinal
A powerful expressionist drama from the 1920s about the dependent status of women in an increasingly mechanised society, based on the true story of Ruth Snyder.
Madame Bovary: Breakfast with Emma
By Gustave Flaubert Adapted by Fay Weldon2f 3m doublingFlaubert's masterpiece about an infidelity with tragic consequences, dramatised for Shared Experience by the acclaimed novelist.
Madame Ovary
1f (playing 11 additional roles)The heartbreaking and hilarious true story of the author's own experience of ovarian cancer.
The Maiden Stone
By Rona Munro4f 3mA wild and fantastical tale about a group of women struggling to get by in the harsh world of north-east Scotland in the early nineteenth century.
The Maladies
By Carmen Nasr11-15f 7-18m (flexible casting)A powerful, provocative play exploring psychogenic illness amongst groups of women throughout history, premiered by the Almeida Young Company.
Mary
By Rona Munro1-2f 2m (plus optional female extras)A political thriller for the stage, set in the 1560s and portraying events around Mary Stuart, the troubled Queen of Scots. Part of Rona Munro's breathtaking theatrical exploration of Scottish history.
Mary and the Hyenas
1f plus chorus of 5+ f/m playing 27 rolesAn electrifying stage play telling the story of feminist icon Mary Wollstonecraft. Premiered by Hull Truck Theatre and Pilot Theatre in 2025.
Mary Shelley
4-7f 2mA biographical play about Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Premiered by Shared Experience.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (stage version)
By Mary Shelley and Rona Munro3-6f 4-9m plus 1f/mA 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.
The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary
1f 3m playing multiple roles (larger cast possible)Peepolykus bring their exhilarating combination of verbal slapstick, visual surprise and anarchic comedy to Gustave Flaubert's seminal nineteenth-century masterpiece Madame Bovary.
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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