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The Unravelling

The Unravelling

By Fin Kennedy

A Fringe First Award-winning fable about the power of mythology to change your life.

The Unmanageable Sisters

The Unmanageable Sisters

By Michel Tremblay Adapted by Deirdre Kinahan

A funny and furious new version of Michel Tremblay’s fêted Québécoise comedy, Les Belles-Soeurs.

Unknown Rivers

Unknown Rivers

By Chinonyerem Odimba

A poignant and life-affirming play about the extraordinary powers of female friendship.

Unholy

Unholy

By Diane Flacks

A play about the intersetion of faith and misogyny, asking if you can be a feminist as well as a believer.

The Unfriend

The Unfriend

By Steven Moffat

Steven Moffat's hilarious satirical play about middle-class England's disastrous instinct always to appear nice.

Undesirable Elements

Undesirable Elements

Real People, Real Lives, Real Theater

By Ping Chong

A collection celebrating twenty years of Undesirable Elements, the series of community-specific theatre works that examines the lives of people living cultures, either by choice or circumstance.

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Under the Blue Sky

Under the Blue Sky

By David Eldridge

A triptych of love stories in a play about unrequited affection, obsession, sex, and the possibility of being happy.

Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

By Anton Chekhov Translated by Stephen Mulrine

Chekhov's great play about an elderly professor whose plans to sell off his rural estate threaten the livelihoods of those who have worked tirelessly to keep the estate going.

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Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Annie Baker

A version of Chekhov's classic play by the celebrated US playwright, Annie Baker.

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Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Conor McPherson

Conor McPherson's stunning adaptation of the Anton Chekhov masterpiece, a portrayal of life at the turn of the twentieth century, full of tumultuous frustration, dark humour and hidden passions.

Unbroken

Unbroken

By Alexandra Wood

A radical, modern-day re-interpretation of Arthur Schnitzler’s taboo-breaking 1897 play La Ronde, with its 'daisy chain' of sexual encounters.

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Unbalancing Acts: Foundations for a Theater

Unbalancing Acts: Foundations for a Theater

By Richard Foreman

Includes essays and playscripts: The Cure, Film Is Evil: Radio Is Good, Symphony of Rats, What Did He See? and Lava, with a Foreword by Peter Sellars

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Ugly Lies the Bone

Ugly Lies the Bone

By Lindsey Ferrentino

An honest and funny play about a wounded veteran seeking rehabilitation through an experimental virtual reality therapy, from an award-winning American playwright.

Ubu

Ubu

The Ubu Plays: King Ubu, Cuckold Ubu & Slave Ubu

By Alfred Jarry Translated by Kenneth McLeish

Alfred Jarry's trilogy of plays about the comically grotesque character of Pa Ubu, satirising power, greed, and bourgeois pretension.

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The Tyler Sisters

The Tyler Sisters

By Alexandra Wood

A funny, heartening exploration of time, and the unassuming moments that make up our lives.

Two Trains Running

Two Trains Running

By August Wilson

A play set in a small restaurant in the Pittsburgh Hill District in 1969. Part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century.

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Two Sisters and a Piano and other plays

Two Sisters and a Piano and other plays

By Nilo Cruz

Nilo Cruz is the most produced Cuban-American playwright in the US and was the first dramatist of Hispanic descent to receive the Pulitzer Prize.

Two Princes

Two Princes

By Meredydd Barker

A bittersweet drama about life, love, loss, and sculpture.

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