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Thrown

Thrown

By Jodi Gray

A child-psychologist attempts to record what she's spent her whole life trying to forget, as the memories of former patients collide with her own.

Thunderbox

Thunderbox

By Genevieve Barr

A short monologue play about a pregnant wheelchair user facing a tough decision, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

Published in volume CripTales: Six Monologues
    Thyestes

    Thyestes

    By Seneca Translated by Caryl Churchill

    Atreus, Agamemnon's father, takes revenge on his brother Thyestes by murdering Thyestes' sons and serving their flesh up for their father's dinner.

    Tickets are Now On Sale

    Tickets are Now On Sale

    By Caryl Churchill

    A short play about sponsorship and the arts.

    Published in volume Caryl Churchill Plays: Five
      Tiger Country

      Tiger Country

      By Nina Raine

      A hospital play that follows a tangle of doctors and nurses in a busy London hospital.

      Till the Stars Come Down

      Till the Stars Come Down

      By Beth Steel

      A heartbreaking and hilarious portrayal of a larger-than-life family struggling to come to terms with a changing world.

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      Tilt

      Tilt

      By Ailis Ni Riain

      A beautifully simple debut play, about a woman's search for answers to her family's self destruction.

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      The Time Machine: A Comedy

      The Time Machine: A Comedy

      By Steven Canny and John Nicholson

      A fast-paced, wise-cracking, riotous play, loosely based on H.G. Wells's masterpiece, that zips from the nineteenth century to the end of the world, and (with any luck) back again.

      Time Spent on Trains

      Time Spent on Trains

      By Elizabeth Kuti

      A 15-minute play about childhood, disability and spending time on trains.

      Published in volume Fishskin Trousers
        Time Stands Still

        Time Stands Still

        By Donald Margulies

        A photojournalist is at home in Brooklyn recovering from serious wounds sustained whilst out covering war-torn Iraq, but longs for the adrenalin rush of her past.

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        A Time to Keep

        A Time to Keep

        By Stephanie Dale and David Edgar

        A large-scale historical romp in the terrain between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.

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        A Time to Reap

        A Time to Reap

        By Anna Wakulik Translated by Catherine Grosvenor

        A play that follows one woman from a Polish village to the bright lights of London, exploring the issue of abortion and the Catholic Church.

        Tinderbox

        Tinderbox

        By Lucy Kirkwood

        A fast, wild and farcically funny play with a disturbing vision of a dystopian future.

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        'Tis Pity She's a Whore

        'Tis Pity She's a Whore

        By John Ford

        A classic tragedy of incestuous love between brother and sister. Published in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series.

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        Tituba

        Tituba

        By Winsome Pinnock

        Tituba by Winsome Pinnock is a one-woman show about Tituba Indian, the enslaved woman who played a central role in the seventeenth-century Salem Witch Trials.

        To Sir, With Love

        To Sir, With Love (stage version)

        By E. R. Braithwaite Adapted by Ayub Khan Din

        An uplifting story of the triumph of love, inspiration and hope against all odds, laced with the song and dance of austere, 1940s Britain. 

        Today

        Today

        By Robert Holman

        From a Cambridge college to the battlefields of the Spanish Civil War, Today is a panoramic study of life, desire and the search for a fundamental self in the midst of a shifting, uncertain world.

        Tomcat

        Tomcat

        By James Rushbrooke

        Winner of the 2015 Papatango New Writing Prize, Tomcat is a play set in a future world where diseases and disorders have been wiped out. How far will we go to keep humanity healthy?

        Too Much World at Once

        Too Much World at Once

        By Billie Collins

        An urgent coming-of-age story for our times, a lyrical, theatrical journey that spans continents and lives.

        Topdog/Underdog

        Topdog/Underdog

        By Suzan-Lori Parks

        A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

        Touch

        Touch

        By Vicky Jones

        A shamelessly funny and brutally honest play about sex, connection and control.

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        A Touch of the Poet

        A Touch of the Poet

        By Eugene O'Neill

        A powerful play tracking the Yankee experience from innocence to corruption, from one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

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        Touched

        Touched

        By Stephen Lowe

        A revered modern classic about life in a working-class suburb of Nottingham in the closing days of World War II.

        Toxic

        Toxic

        By Nathaniel J Hall

        A powerful and passionate play about the devastating impact of generational HIV stigma, racism, homophobia and repressive gender norms. Premiered at HOME, Manchester, in 2023, before touring the UK in 2025.