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The Kiss

The Kiss

By Zoe Cooper

A tender, funny and beautifully observed study of lives in limbo, and a glimmer of hope for what lies ahead. First performed as part of the Orange Tree Theatre's Inside/Outside season.

Published in volume Inside/Outside
    Kiss Me Quickstep

    Kiss Me Quickstep

    By Amanda Whittington

    Dazzling and sequin-studded, Kiss Me Quickstep is a play about the world of ballroom dance, taking us behind the fixed smiles and fake tan to look at the real lives of those for whom ballroom dancing is everything

    Kitchen

    Kitchen

    By Enda Walsh

    A short play from the author of Disco Pigs and The Walworth Farce.

    Published in volume Arlington
      The Kitchen Sink

      The Kitchen Sink

      By Tom Wells

      An irresistibly funny and tender play about big dreams and small changes.

      The Knight of the Burning Pestle

      The Knight of the Burning Pestle

      By Francis Beaumont

      A classic satire on chivalric romances. In the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      The Knot of the Heart

      The Knot of the Heart

      By David Eldridge

      A grippingly insightful play about a young woman whose social drug habit has got disastrously out of control.

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      La Bête

      La Bête

      By David Hirson

      An exuberant, wildly distinctive comedy that encompasses timeless concerns about life and art.

      La Ronde

      La Ronde

      By Arthur Schnitzler Translated by Stephen Unwin and Peter Zombory-Moldovan

      Schnitzler's famous 'daisy-chain' play of sexual coupling, set in Vienna in the 1890s. In the Drama Classics series.

      Ladies Down Under

      Ladies Down Under

      By Amanda Whittington

      The funny, heart-warming sequel to the enormously successful Ladies' Day, following the lasses from Hull on their adventures down under.

      The Ladies Foursome

      The Ladies Foursome

      By Norm Foster

      A funny, fast-paced, heartwarming story of friendship inspired by Norm Foster's popular play The Foursome.

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      Ladies Unleashed

      Ladies Unleashed

      By Amanda Whittington

      A moving comedy for the stage, about friendship, growing older and living for today, reuniting the characters from the smash-hit plays Ladies' Day and Ladies Down Under.

      Ladies' Day

      Ladies' Day

      By Amanda Whittington

      Work, love and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda. But their fortunes are set to change when Linda finds tickets to Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot the year it relocated to York.

      Lady Dealer

      Lady Dealer

      By Martha Watson Allpress

      A mile-a-minute, one-person poem play about a young female drug dealer, exploring forgiveness, the exhaustion of trying, and mistaking self-destruction for self-preservation. Premiered at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

      The Lady From the Sea

      The Lady From the Sea

      By Henrik Ibsen Translated by Kenneth McLeish

      One of Ibsen's most powerful studies of female psychology, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

      The Lady from the Sea

      The Lady from the Sea

      By Henrik Ibsen Adapted by Elinor Cook

      Ibsen's moving play about duty and self-determination, relocated to the Caribbean in the 1950s.

      Lady Windermere's Fan

      Lady Windermere's Fan

      By Oscar Wilde

      A biting satire on the morals of Victorian society, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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      Ladybird

      Ladybird

      By Vassily Sigarev Translated by Sasha Dugdale

      A tough but tender portrait of urban squalor, from the award-winning Siberian-born author of Plasticine.

      Lagan

      Lagan

      By Stacey Gregg

      A kaleidoscope of stories from post-Troubles Belfast, Lagan is an intimate and absorbing dramatic portrait of a city with a past like no other.

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      The Lament for Arthur Cleary

      The Lament for Arthur Cleary

      By Dermot Bolger

      Bestselling novelist Dermot Bolger transposes an old story of love and death to modern-day Dublin.

      Published in volume The Crack in the Emerald
        Landmines

        Landmines

        By Phil Davies

        A stark, fast-paced and fraught play about political upheaval and the media's relationship with civil violence and terrorism in modern Britain. In the Multiplay Drama series.

        The Language Archive and Other Plays

        The Language Archive and Other Plays

        By Julia Cho

        A new collection of plays by one of the most versatile dramatists in contemporary American theatre.

        Last Dance at Dum Dum

        Last Dance at Dum Dum

        By Ayub Khan Din

        A serious comedy from the author of East is East, about the dying breed of Anglo-Indians living in Calcutta in 1985.

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        Last Easter

        Last Easter

        By Bryony Lavery

        A funny, moving and provocative drama about the true nature of friendship.

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        The Last King of Scotland

        The Last King of Scotland (stage version)

        By Giles Foden Adapted by Steve Waters

        An electrifying thriller about corruption and complicity, adapted from Giles Foden's multi-award-winning novel.