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Raging: Three Plays/Seven Years of Warfare in Ireland

Raging: Three Plays/Seven Years of Warfare in Ireland

Wild Sky, Embargo & Outrage

By Deirdre Kinahan

A trilogy of landmark plays - Wild Sky, Embargo and Outrage - commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland, from the 1916 Easter Rising to the Civil War which began in 1922.

Raging: Outrage

Raging: Outrage

The Civil War

By Deirdre Kinahan

A play exploring women's roles in the Irish revolutionary wars, part of Deirdre Kinahan's trilogy of landmark plays commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland.

Raging: Wild Sky

Raging: Wild Sky

The Rising

By Deirdre Kinahan

A play exploring the extraordinary energy and complexity of events in Ireland in the lead up to the Easter Rising of 1916.

Raging: Embargo

Raging: Embargo

The War of Independence

By Deirdre Kinahan

A poetic, bloody and heroic tale of industrial action and civic resistance, part of Deirdre Kinahan's trilogy of landmark plays commemorating seven years of warfare in Ireland.

Mike Bartlett Plays: Two

Mike Bartlett Plays: Two

By Mike Bartlett

Five ambitious and exciting plays by the multi-award-winning playwright, introduced by the author.

Wonder Boy

Wonder Boy

By Ross Willis

A play about the power of finding your own voice, revolving around a twelve-year-old boy with a stammer. Winner of the Best Play Award at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards.

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The Bone Sparrow

The Bone Sparrow (stage version)

By Zana Fraillon Adapted by S. Shakthidharan

A stage adaptation of Zana Fraillon's powerful and deeply moving novel about the displacement and treatment of refugees and sanctuary seekers in Australia.

Sorry, You're Not a Winner

Sorry, You're Not a Winner

By Samuel Bailey

A powerful and striking play that explores aspiration, social mobility and getting caught between classes.

Our Generation

Our Generation

By Alecky Blythe

An engrossing verbatim created from five years of interviews with twelve young people from across the UK. A captivating portrait of their teenage years as they journey into adulthood.

Bacon

Bacon

By Sophie Swithinbank

An unflinching and unexpectedly humorous play about masculinity, sexuality and power, through the dizzying lens of youth.

Small Island

Small Island (stage version)

By Andrea Levy Adapted by Helen Edmundson

Andrea Levy's epic novel tracing the tangled history of Jamaica and Britain, adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson.

Far Gone

Far Gone

By John Rwothomack

A profoundly moving play about a young Ugandan boy's journey from childhood innocence to child soldier, seen through the eyes of those that love him and those that betray him.

Two Billion Beats

Two Billion Beats

By Sonali Bhattacharyya

An insightful, heartfelt coming-of-age story and a blazing account of inner-city, British-Asian teenage life.

SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays

SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays

By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

Two sweet and saucy comedies from an award-winning Irish playwright.

SAUCE

SAUCE

By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

A play about death and rebirth, from an award-winning Irish playwright.

Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
    All honey

    All honey

    By Ciara Elizabeth Smyth

    A play about sex, secrets and suspicion, winner of the 2017 Fishamble New Writing Award.

    Published in volume SAUCE and All honey: Two Plays
      Tuesday

      Tuesday

      With a Welsh-language translation, Un Bore Mawrth

      By Alison Carr Translated by Daf James

      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.

      Little Dolls

      Little Dolls

      By Nancy Harris

      A short play about a woman seeking help from a therapist to overcome a traumatic episode in her past.

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