Plays

A short monologue play exploring the issue of benefits fraud, commissioned by the BBC as part of CripTales, a television series marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UK's Disability Discrimination Act.

A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.

A powerful play about the shattering impact of war, and the astonishing resilience of those living through it, written by one of Ukraine's leading playwrights.

A joyful stage adaptation of Frank Capra's movie about a down-on-his-luck banker who feels like he's at the end of his rope, until his guardian angel pays him a visit.

A savagely funny short play about attitudes to disability and mental health.

A powerful and beautifully observed short play for one actor, exploring the impact of the newly established National Health Service on working people's lives in the 1940s and 50s.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1904. Aunt Esther, the 285-year-old fiery matriarch of 1839 Wylie Avenue, sets Citizen Barlow, a young man from Alabama, on a soaring, lyrical journey of spiritual awakening.

A play about a time in American history when the sons and daughters of recently freed slaves journeyed to the industrial cities of the North in search of prosperity, a new way of life, and, essentially, their own identities.

A powerful exploration of the legacy of slavery in America in a play that focuses on a brother and sister in 1930s Pittsburgh as they argue over whether to sell the family piano, an instrument tainted by the wages of slavery.

A play set in 1940s Pittsburgh, about the search for self-fulfillment and acceptance in a hostile world.

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.

A play set in 1950s Nottingham, following a group of friends who work on the production line of the John Player tobacco factory.

A brilliantly inventive version of the classic tale, from the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

A brilliant version of the classic tale, from a playwright acclaimed as 'the master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

The story of King Arthur, Merlin and the sword in the stone, retold by Scotland's leading writer of plays for children.

A rich and magical play for all the family, from a master of storytelling.

A variation on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty, by the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).

A superb children's play, drawn from the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by the 'master of children's theatre' (Scotsman).